Calibrated cryogenic amplifier measurements
Determining the characteristics of a current pumped nanobridge Josephson Parametric Amplifier using Short-Open-Load and Thermal Calibration
L. Locht (TU Delft - Applied Sciences)
Gary Steele – Mentor (TU Delft - QN/Steele Lab)
Y.M. Blanter – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - QN/Blanter Group)
Toeno van der Sar – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - QN/vanderSarlab)
A. Bruno – Graduation committee member (Quantware)
W.J.M. Franse – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - QN/Steele Lab)
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Abstract
In this project, we have done a calibrated measurement on a previously designed and fabricated current pumped Josephson Parametric amplifier. We have installed a microwave switch into our crygenic fridge tobe able to get a calibrated response measurement using Short-Open-Load calibration, which we used withmeasurements of the gain and flux tunability of the device. This showed that our previous measurements onthe gain deviated significantly, with about 10dB. We also did a thermal calibration on the amplifier by heatingthe plate it was attached to, and found that the input noise approximates the limit of a half quantum of noise.