A wideband, low-noise superconducting amplifier with high dynamic range

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 623-627

  Ho Eom, Byeong ^a   Day, Peter K ^b   Leduc, Henry G ^b   Zmuidzinas, Jonas ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; LIMITED DYNAMIC RANGES; MULTI-OCTAVE BANDWIDTHS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSMISSION LINES; TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84865020402     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2356     Document Type: Article

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