Parametric amplification with weak-link nonlinearity in superconducting microresonators

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T137, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tholen E A ^a   Ergul A ^a   Stannigel, K ^b,c   Hutter, C ^b   Haviland, D B ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMODYNE DETECTION; KERR NONLINEARITY; MICRO RESONATORS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR KINETICS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PARAMETRIC GAIN; PUMPING POWER; RESONANCE CURVES;

AMPLIFICATION; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; FREQUENCY BANDS; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 77952866472     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2009/T137/014019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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