The University of Chicago

Aziza Suleymanzade

Jonathan Simon

Alexander Vladimir Anferov

David C Schuster

David I Schuster

A nonlinear parametric device includes a planar substrate and a millimeter-wave resonator formed from superconductive material deposited on the planar substrate. When the resonator is cooled below a critical temperature, it exhibits nonlinear kinetic inductance that may be used to implement millimeter-wave nonlinear frequency generation and parametric amplification. Millimeter waves may be coupled into, and out of, the nonlinear parametric device with hollow rectangular electromagnetic waveguides. Niobium nitride is an excellent superconductive material for kinetic inductance due to its high intrinsic sheet inductance, a critical temperature that is higher than many other superconductive materials, and relatively low loss at millimeter-wave frequencies.

Non-linear parametric device including a superconductive millimeter-wave resonator exhibiting non-linear kinetic inductance and method for non-linear wave generation

A millimeter-wave resonator is produced by drilling a plurality of holes into a piece of metal. Each hole forms an evanescent tube having a lowest cutoff frequency. The holes spatially intersect to form a seamless three-dimensional cavity whose fundamental cavity mode has a resonant frequency that is less than the cutoff frequencies of all the evanescent tubes. Below cutoff, the fundamental cavity mode does not couple to the waveguide modes, and therefore has a high internal Q. Millimeter waves can be coupled into any of the tubes to excite an evanescent mode that couples to the fundamental cavity mode. The tubes also provide spatial and optical access for transporting atoms into the cavity, where they can be trapped while spatially overlapping the fundamental cavity mode. The piece of metal may be superconducting, allowing the resonator to be used in a cryogenic environment for quantum computing and information processing.

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Aziza Suleymanzade