학술논문

Development of Flux-Tuneable Inductive Nanobridge SQUIDs for Quantum Technology Applications
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 33(5):1-5 Aug, 2023
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
SQUIDs
Radio frequency
Superconducting microwave devices
Coplanar waveguides
Nanoscale devices
Sensitivity
Integrated circuit modeling
Electron beam lithography (EBL)
nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (nanoSQUIDs)
co-planar waveguide resonators (CPW)
three wave mixing (3WM)
parametric amplification
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
Niobium nanobridge SQUIDs have shown exceptional noise performance with potential applications in quantum information processing, weak signal detection and single spin detection where the nanobridge geometry should enable efficient electromagnetic coupling to implanted spins. Combining such devices with dispersive microwave readout circuitry allows the spin sensitivity to be further improved by overcoming the standard thermal limit. Here we report on the fabrication and dispersive microwave readout of an array of niobium nanobridge rf SQUIDs incorporated into a superconducting resonator, including the optimization of the nanobridge fabrication process by electron beam lithography. We show the measured flux-tuneability of the resonance is in good agreement with theory, and we also discuss how the nonlinearity of the weak-link in the resonator structure allows for the mediation of parametric effects to enhance performance.