Phase-preserving amplification near the quantum limit with a Josephson ring modulator

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7294, 2010, Pages 64-68

  Bergeal, N ^a,b   Schackert, F ^a   Metcalfe, M ^a,c   Vijay, R ^a,d   Manucharyan, V E ^a   Frunzio, L ^a   Prober, D E ^a   Schoelkopf, R J ^a   Girvin, S M ^a   Devoret, M H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE;

EID: 77952039787     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09035     Document Type: Article

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