MilliKelvin HEMT Amplifiers for Low Noise High Bandwidth Measurement of Quantum Devices
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (United States)
We demonstrate ultra-low power cryogenic high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) amplifiers for measurement of quantum devices. The low power consumption (few uWs) allows the amplifier to be located near the device, at the coldest cryostat stage (typically less than 100 mK). Such placement minimizes parasitic capacitance and reduces the impact of environmental noise (e.g. triboelectric noise in cabling), allowing for improvements in measurement gain, bandwidth and noise. We use custom high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) in GaAs/A1GaAs heterostructures. These HEMTs are known to have excellent performance specifically at mK temperatures, with electron mobilities that can exceed 106 cm2 /Vs, allowing for large gain with low power consumption. Low temperature measurements of custom HEMT amplifiers at T = 4 K show a current sensitivity of 50 pA at 1 MHz bandwidth for 5 mW power dissipation, which is an improvement upon performance of amplifiers using off-the-shelf HEMTs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
- OSTI ID:
- 1471452
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2018-10190; 667945
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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