Simulation of dielectric resonator for a high-To radio frequency superconducting quantum interference device

Nowadays, the high-critical-temperature radio frequency superconducting quantum interference device （high-Tc rf SQUID） is usually coupled to a dielectric resonator that is a standard 10× 10×1 mm^3 SrTiO3 （STO） substrate with a YBa2Cu3O7-δ （YBCO） thin-film flux focuser deposited on it. Recently, we have simulated a dielectric resonator for the high-Tc rf SQUID by using the ANSOFT High Frequency Structure Simulator （ANSOFT HFSS）. We simulate the resonant frequency and the quality factor of our dielectric resonator when it is unloaded or matches a 50-Ω impedance. The simulation results are quite close to the practical measurements. Our study shows that ANSOFT HFSS is quite suitable for simulating the dielectric resonator used for the high-Tc rf SQUID. Therefore, we think the ANSOFT HFSS can be very helpful for investigating the characteristics of dielectric resonators for high-Tc rf SQUIDs.     

Simulation of dielectric resonator for high-Tc radio frequency superconducting quantum interference device

Nowadays, the high-critical-temperature radio frequency superconducting quantum interference device (high-$T_{\rm c }$ rf SQUID) is usually coupled to a dielectric resonator that is a standard $10\times 10\times 1$~mm³ SrTiO$₃ (STO) substrate with a YBa₂Cu$₃O$_{7 - \delta }$ (YBCO) thin-film flux focuser deposited on it. Recently, we have simulated a dielectric resonator for the high-$T_{\rm c }$ rf SQUID by using the ANSOFT High Frequency Structure Simulator (ANSOFT HFSS). We simulate the resonant frequency and the quality factor of our dielectric resonator when it is unloaded or matches a 50-$\Omega$ impedance. The simulation results are quite close to the practical measurements. Our study shows that ANSOFT HFSS is quite suitable for simulating the dielectric resonator used for the high-$T_c rf SQUID. Therefore, we think the ANSOFT HFSS can be very helpful for investigating the characteristics of dielectric resonators for high-$T_c rf SQUIDs.     

用于射频超导量子干涉器的新型单CSRR磁通聚焦器和谐振器

文提出了一种新型磁通聚焦器和谐振器. 磁通聚焦器引入了单互补开环谐振器结构 (单CSRR); 谐振器则采用环绕着绕磁通聚焦器的发夹型3阶阶梯阻抗谐振器 (SIR). 采用ANSYS HFSSv.11高频结构仿真软件对提出的磁通聚焦器和谐振器进行了仿真, 并对单CSRR进行了理论分析. 仿真和理论分析表明: 单CSRR的引入, 提高了磁通聚焦器的聚磁效果, 改善了磁通聚焦器与RF SQUID垫圈的耦合(耦合系数k_sc为引入单CSRR前的2倍), 并且有效面积增大到1.227 mm².     

用于高温射频超导量子干涉器的介质谐振器的性质研究

介质谐振器是目前高温射频超导量子干涉器较常采用的一种高品质因数微波谐振器.它是由10 mm×10 mm×1 mm的SrTiO₃(STO)标准衬底及覆盖在其上的YBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ(YBCO)薄膜磁通聚焦器共同构成的.为探明磁通聚焦器构形对介质谐振器谐振频率的影响,本文采用Ansoft公司出品的HFSS高频结构仿真软件对磁通聚焦器构形不同的若干介质谐振器的谐振特性进行了仿真.结果表明:增大磁通聚焦器开     

A new type of HTc superconducting film comb-shape resonator for radio frequency superconducting quantum interference devices

A new type of HTc superconducting film combshape resonator for radio frequency superconducting quantum interference devices (RF SQUID) has been designed. This new type of superconducting film comb-shape resonator is formed by a foursquare microstrip line without a flux concentrator. The range of the center frequency of this type of resonator varies from 800 MHz to 1 300 MHz by changing the length of the teeth. In this paper, we report on simulating the relationship of the value of the center frequency and the length of the teeth, and testing the noise of HTc RF SQUID coupling this comb-shape resonator. __________ Translated from Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2005, 27(3) (in Chinese)     

Nanowire acting as a superconducting quantum interference device

We present the results from an experimental study of the magnetotransport of superconducting wires of amorphous indium-oxide having widths in the range 40-120 nm. We find that, below the superconducting transition temperature, the wires exhibit clear, reproducible, oscillations in their resistance as a function of magnetic field. The oscillations are reminiscent of those that underlie the operation of a superconducting quantum interference device.     

高阶高温超导量子干涉器件平面式梯度计的设计

设计了一种高温超导平面式梯度计的探测线圈，利用这种探测线圈与超导量子干涉器件(SQ UID)耦合，可以制成二阶或更高阶的高温超导SQUID平面式磁场梯度计.设计的探测线 圈由两个闭合环路组成，每个闭合环路是由若干个环路通过细小的连接通道连接而成.两个 闭合环路由一条超导窄带分割，将SQUID与这条超导窄带耦合可以测出超导窄带上的电流大 小.通过调整各个环路的形状、面积和位置，可以使超导窄带上的电流与磁场的高阶梯度成 正比，从而测得磁场的高阶梯度. 通过计算，得到了各个环路的面积、电感以及位置的关 系，在理 关键词： 高阶平面式磁场梯度计 高温超导薄膜     

A scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscope for room temperature samples

We have constructed a scanning low-T_c superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscope, in which the SQUID is mounted on the lower end of a copper rod and cooled to liquid helium temperature. There is a 65μm thick sapphire window under the SQUID. The sample at room temperature underneath the window can be scanned to produce magnetic images. The microscope has a spatial resolution of 100－150μm and a magnetic field sensitivity of 3－60pT/$\sqrt{Hz}$ in a magnetically unshielded environment. We have used this scanning SQUID microscope to measure various room temperature samples.     

Implementation of quantum partial search with superconducting quantum interference device qudits in cavity QED

We present a method to implement the quantum partial search of the database separated into any number of blocks with qudits,D-level quantum systems.Compared with the partial search using qubits,our method needs fewer iteration steps and uses the carriers of the information more economically.To illustrate how to realize the idea with concrete physical systems,we propose a scheme to carry out a twelve-dimensional partial search of the database partitioned into three blocks with superconducting quantum interference devices(SQUIDs)in cavity QED.Through the appropriate modulation of the amplitudes of the microwave pulses,the scheme can overcome the non-identity of the cavity–SQUID coupling strengths due to the parameter variations resulting from the fabrication processes.Numerical simulation under the influence of the cavity and SQUID decays shows that the scheme could be achieved efficiently within current state-of-the-art technology.     

Retrieval of original signals for superconducting quantum interference device operating in flux locked mode

We discuss a simple relation between the input and output signals of a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer operating in flux locked mode in a cosine curve approximation. According to this relation, an original fast input signal can be easily retrieved from its distorted output response. This technique can be used in some areas such as sensitive and fast detection of magnetic or metallic grains in medicine and food security checking.     

基于SQUIDs和腔场相互作用传送量子信息的方案

本文提出了一个基于SQUIDs和腔场的大失谐相互作用传送量子信息的方案,此方案可以直接地、百分之百地实现量子信息的传送.该方案中腔场和SQUIDs系统之间没有量子信息的传递,腔场只是虚激发,这样对腔的品质因子的要求大大的降低了.同时也可以在SQUIDs之间建立传送量子信息的量子网络.     

基于SQUIDs和腔场相互作用传送量子信息的方案

本文提出了一个基于SQUIDs和腔场的大失谐相互作用传送量子信息的方案,此方案可以直接地、百分之百地实现量子信息的传送。该方案中腔场和SQUIDs系统之间没有量子信息的传递,腔场只是虚激发, 这样对腔的品质因子的要求大大的降低了。同时也可以在SQUIDs之间建立传送量子信息的量子网络。     

Optimum quantum memory conditions for a spatial frequency resonator grating

The dynamics of the interaction between microcavities connected to a common waveguide in a multiresonator quantum memory circuit is investigated. Optimum conditions are identified for the use of quantum memory and a dynamic picture of the exchange of energy between different microcavities is obtained.     

超导量子干涉器件读出电路中匹配变压器的传输特性研究

在磁通调制超导量子干涉器件(SQUID)的读出电路中, 匹配变压器具有放大信号和阻抗匹配的功能, 是实现SQUID低噪声读出的关键元件. 利用模拟SQUID电路对匹配变压器进行性能测试, 研究了不同绕制匝数变压器的传输特性, 确定最佳绕制匝数比. 在变压器拾取SQUID电压信号的耦合网络中, 研究了不同电容对变压器传输特性的影响, 实现了变压器耦合网络参数的匹配和优化. 室温下匝数比为1:20的匹配变压器在匹配电容C=1μF时, 输出源电压增益为21.2, 带宽范围可达到210 kHz. 最后在基于磁通调制式DC SQUID读出电路中, 对匹配变压器的工作性能进行了评估与验证. 关键词： 超导量子干涉器件读出电路 匹配变压器 低噪声 传输特性     

Low-T_c direct current superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer-based 36-channel magnetocardiography system in a magnetically shielded room

We constructed a 36-channel magnetocardiography(MCG) system based on low-Tc direct current(DC) superconducting quantum interference device(SQUID) magnetometers operated inside a magnetically shielded room(MSR). Weakly damped SQUID magnetometers with large Steward–Mc Cumber parameter βc(βc≈ 5), which could directly connect to the operational amplifier without any additional feedback circuit, were used to simplify the readout electronics. With a flux-to-voltage transfer coefficient V / Φ larger than 420 μV/Φ0, the SQUID magnetometers had a white noise level of about 5.5 f T·Hz-1/2when operated in MSR. 36 sensing magnetometers and 15 reference magnetometers were employed to realize software gradiometer configurations. The coverage area of the 36 sensing magnetometers is 210×210 mm2. MCG measurements with a high signal-to-noise ratio of 40 d B were done successfully using the developed system.     

Controllable microwave frequency comb generation in a tunable superconducting coplanar-waveguide resonator

Frequency combs are useful in a wide range of applications,such as optical metrology and high-precision spec-troscopy.We experimentally study a controllable fre...     

Persistent currents in superconducting quantum interference devices

Starting from the reduced dynamical model of a two-junction quantum interference device, it shown that a quantum analog of the system can be exhibited. This quantum model extends the well-known properties of the device when its characteristic dimensions are of the order of mesoscopic length scales. By finding eigenvalues of the corresponding Hamiltonian operator, the persistent currents flowing in the ring have been obtained. The resulting quantum analog of the overdamped two-junction quantum interference device can be seen as a supercurrent qubit operating in the limit of negligible capacitance and finite inductance.     

具有Washer型输入线圈的超导量子干涉放大器的制备与表征

超导量子干涉仪(SQUID)放大器具有低输入阻抗、低噪声、低功耗等优点, 目前被广泛用于微弱信号的检测领域. 与其他工艺相比, Nb/Al-AlO_x/Nb结构的约瑟夫森结具有相对较高的转变温度(T_c)、高的磁通电压调制系数以及良好的热循环能力、较宽的临界电流范围, 因此是制备SQUID放大器的很好选择. 设计并制作了欠阻尼、过阻尼约瑟夫森结以及具有Washer型输入线圈的单SQUID放大器, 通过在He³制冷机3 K温区下对器件电流-电压特性进行测量, 得到良好的结I-V特性曲线、SQUID调制特性, 初步实现利用SQUID进行放大作用, 并计算了SQUID的电流分辨率. 此项工作对于超导转变边沿传感器读出电路的实现具有重要的意义.     

Coupling and readout of semiconductor quantum dots with a superconducting microwave resonator

In a circuit quantum electrodynamics(circuit QED) architecture, the microwave resonator could be used to couple and probe qubits. The long-range coupling and information transfer between nonlocal qubits can be performed via photons trapped in a microwave resonator, promising an effective approach for scaling up solid-state qubits. A series of important advances in the hybrid system composed of a microwave resonator and semiconductor qubits have been achieved in recent years. For instance,with ap...