Tunable microwave impedance matching to a high impedance source using a Josephson metamaterial

Journal Article · Mon Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4832074· OSTI ID:22254032

Altimiras, Carles; Parlavecchio, Olivier; Joyez, Philippe; Vion, Denis; Roche, Patrice; Esteve, Daniel; Portier, Fabien ^[1]

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1. Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé (CNRS URA 2464), IRAMIS, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)

We report the efficient coupling of a 50  Ω microwave circuit to a high impedance conductor. We use an impedance transformer consisting of a λ/4 co-planar resonator whose inner conductor contains an array of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), providing it with a tunable lineic inductance L∼80 μ{sub 0}, resulting in a characteristic impedance Z{sub C}∼1 kΩ. The impedance matching efficiency is characterized by measuring the shot noise power emitted by a dc biased tunnel junction connected to the resonator. We demonstrate matching to impedances in the 15 to 35 kΩ range with bandwidths above 100 MHz around a resonant frequency tunable between 4 and 6 GHz.

• OSTI ID: 22254032
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 21; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
IMPEDANCE
MICROWAVE RADIATION
RESONATORS
SQUID DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS
TRANSFORMERS
TUNNEL EFFECT