Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation
Karimi B, Steffensen GO, Higginbotham AP, Marcus CM, Levy Yeyati A, Pekola JP. 2024. Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation. Nature Nanotechnology.
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Karimi, Bayan;
Steffensen, Gorm Ole;
Higginbotham, Andrew PISTA
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Marcus, Charles M.;
Levy Yeyati, Alfredo;
Pekola, Jukka P.
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One of the most promising approaches towards large-scale quantum computation uses devices based on many Josephson junctions. Yet, even today, open questions regarding the single junction remain unsolved, such as the detailed understanding of the quantum phase transitions, the coupling of the Josephson junction to the environment or how to improve the coherence of a superconducting qubit. Here we design and build an engineered on-chip reservoir connected to a Josephson junction that acts as an efficient bolometer for detecting the Josephson radiation under non-equilibrium, that is, biased conditions. The bolometer converts the a.c. Josephson current at microwave frequencies up to about 100 GHz into a temperature rise measured by d.c. thermometry. A circuit model based on realistic parameter values captures both the current–voltage characteristics and the measured power quantitatively. The present experiment demonstrates an efficient, wide-band, thermal detection scheme of microwave photons and provides a sensitive detector of Josephson dynamics beyond the standard conductance measurements.
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2024-08-22
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Nature Nanotechnology
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We thank M. Möttönen, D. Subero, V. Vadimov, A. Alizadeh, C. Strunk, N. Roch, S. Kafanov, S. Kubatkin, A. Kerman and J. Peltonen for scientific discussions and Z.-Y. Chen for technical assistance. B.K. and J.P.P. acknowledge funding from the Research Council of Finland Centre of Excellence programme grant 336810 and grant 349601 (THEPOW), G.O.S. and A.L.Y. financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science through grant TED2021-130292B-C43 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, ‘ERDF A way of making Europe’ and the EU through FET-Open project AndQC, A.P.H. support from the NOMIS Foundation, and C.M.M. support from the Danish National Research Foundation and a research grant (Project 43951) from VILLUM FONDEN. We thank the facilities and technical support of Otaniemi Research Infrastructure for Micro and Nanotechnologies (OtaNano). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the paper.
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Karimi B, Steffensen GO, Higginbotham AP, Marcus CM, Levy Yeyati A, Pekola JP. Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation. Nature Nanotechnology. 2024. doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01770-7
Karimi, B., Steffensen, G. O., Higginbotham, A. P., Marcus, C. M., Levy Yeyati, A., & Pekola, J. P. (2024). Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation. Nature Nanotechnology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01770-7
Karimi, Bayan, Gorm Ole Steffensen, Andrew P Higginbotham, Charles M. Marcus, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, and Jukka P. Pekola. “Bolometric Detection of Josephson Radiation.” Nature Nanotechnology. Springer Nature, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-024-01770-7.
B. Karimi, G. O. Steffensen, A. P. Higginbotham, C. M. Marcus, A. Levy Yeyati, and J. P. Pekola, “Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation,” Nature Nanotechnology. Springer Nature, 2024.
Karimi B, Steffensen GO, Higginbotham AP, Marcus CM, Levy Yeyati A, Pekola JP. 2024. Bolometric detection of Josephson radiation. Nature Nanotechnology.
Karimi, Bayan, et al. “Bolometric Detection of Josephson Radiation.” Nature Nanotechnology, Springer Nature, 2024, doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01770-7.
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