Kerr nonlinearity in a superconducting Josephson metamaterial
Abstract
Here, we present a detailed experimental and theoretical analysis of the dispersion and nonlinear Kerr frequency shifts of plasma modes in a one-dimensional Josephson junction chain containing 500 superconducting quantum interfence devices in the regime of weak nonlinearity. The measured low-power dispersion curve agrees perfectly with the theoretical model if we take into account the Kerr renormalization of the bare frequencies and the long-range nature of the island charge screening by a remote ground plane. We measured the self- and cross-Kerr shifts for the frequencies of the eight lowest modes in the chain. We compare the measured Kerr coefficients with theory and find good agreement.
- Authors:
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble (France)
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, Grenoble (France)
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble (France); Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm (Sweden)
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble (France); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- European Research Council (ERC); USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1485126
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; quantum
Citation Formats
Krupko, Yu., Nguyen, V. D., Weißl, T., Dumur, É., Puertas, J., Dassonneville, R., Naud, C., Hekking, F. W. J., Basko, D. M., Buisson, O., Roch, N., and Hasch-Guichard, W. Kerr nonlinearity in a superconducting Josephson metamaterial. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094516.
Krupko, Yu., Nguyen, V. D., Weißl, T., Dumur, É., Puertas, J., Dassonneville, R., Naud, C., Hekking, F. W. J., Basko, D. M., Buisson, O., Roch, N., & Hasch-Guichard, W. Kerr nonlinearity in a superconducting Josephson metamaterial. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094516
Krupko, Yu., Nguyen, V. D., Weißl, T., Dumur, É., Puertas, J., Dassonneville, R., Naud, C., Hekking, F. W. J., Basko, D. M., Buisson, O., Roch, N., and Hasch-Guichard, W. Tue .
"Kerr nonlinearity in a superconducting Josephson metamaterial". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094516. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1485126.
@article{osti_1485126,
title = {Kerr nonlinearity in a superconducting Josephson metamaterial},
author = {Krupko, Yu. and Nguyen, V. D. and Weißl, T. and Dumur, É. and Puertas, J. and Dassonneville, R. and Naud, C. and Hekking, F. W. J. and Basko, D. M. and Buisson, O. and Roch, N. and Hasch-Guichard, W.},
abstractNote = {Here, we present a detailed experimental and theoretical analysis of the dispersion and nonlinear Kerr frequency shifts of plasma modes in a one-dimensional Josephson junction chain containing 500 superconducting quantum interfence devices in the regime of weak nonlinearity. The measured low-power dispersion curve agrees perfectly with the theoretical model if we take into account the Kerr renormalization of the bare frequencies and the long-range nature of the island charge screening by a remote ground plane. We measured the self- and cross-Kerr shifts for the frequencies of the eight lowest modes in the chain. We compare the measured Kerr coefficients with theory and find good agreement.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.98.094516},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {9}
}
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