Quantum parameter amplifier
View Patent ↗A quantum parameter amplifier; the quantum parameter amplifier includes a capacitor module, a first microwave resonant cavity, and an inductance-adjustable superconducting quantum interference apparatus that are connected in sequence to constitute an oscillation amplifier circuit, wherein, the superconducting quantum interference apparatus is grounded; the quantum parameter amplifier further includes a voltage modulating circuit and/or a second microwave resonant cavity; one end of the voltage modulating circuit is connected with an end of the superconducting quantum interference apparatus that is close to the first microwave resonant cavity; and one end of the second microwave resonant cavity is connected with the end of the superconducting quantum interference apparatus that is close to the first microwave resonant cavity. A frequency of a pump signal that makes the quantum parameter amplifier according to the present disclosure in an optimal operation mode does not need to be selected as a multiple of a frequency of the signal to be amplified.
1. A quantum parameter amplifier, comprising a capacitor module a first microwave resonant cavity, and an inductance-adjustable superconducting quantum interference apparatus that are connected in sequence to constitute an oscillation amplifier circuit; wherein the superconducting quantum interference apparatus is grounded; a signal to be amplified is coupled into the oscillation amplifier circuit from the capacitor module, when a resonant frequency of the first microwave resonant cavity is equal to the frequency of the signal to be amplified; the oscillation amplifier circuit amplifies the signal to be amplified under an action of a pump signal and generates idle frequency signals; and inductance of the superconducting quantum interference apparatus is adjusted to make the resonant frequency of the first microwave resonant cavity equal to the frequency of the signal to be amplified,
the quantum parameter amplifier further comprises a voltage modulating circuit and/or a second microwave resonant cavity,
one end of the voltage modulating circuit is connected with an end of the superconducting quantum interference apparatus that is close to the first microwave resonant cavity; the voltage modulating circuit is configured to supply a bias voltage to the superconducting quantum interference apparatus; and the superconducting quantum interference apparatus, under an action of the bias voltage, releases at least one type of the idle frequency signals generated in the oscillation amplifier circuit;
one end of the second microwave resonant cavity is connected with the end of the superconducting quantum interference apparatus that is close to the first microwave resonant cavity; and a resonant frequency of the second microwave resonant cavity is equal to a frequency of one type of the idle frequency signals generated by the oscillation amplifier circuit.
2. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the superconducting quantum interference apparatus includes a superconducting quantum interferometer and a magnetic flux modulating circuit coupled by mutual inductance;
the superconducting quantum interferometer is a closed-loop apparatus constituted by Josephson junctions connected in parallel; and the magnetic flux modulating circuit is configured to adjust inductance of the closed-loop apparatus.
3. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic flux modulating circuit includes a magnetic flux modulating line and a current apparatus connected in sequence;
the current apparatus is configured to generate a bias current;
the magnetic flux modulating line is configured to transmit the bias current; and the bias current is used to adjust the inductance of the superconducting quantum interferometer.
4. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 3 , wherein the magnetic flux modulating line is a coplanar waveguide transmitting line.
5. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 3 , wherein the current apparatus is a current source, or a voltage source and a resistor connected in sequence that is configured to supply the bias current.
6. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 2 any one of claims 2 to 5 , wherein the superconducting quantum interferometer is a closed-loop apparatus constituted by two Josephson junctions connected in parallel.
7. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 2 , wherein the pump signal is coupled into the oscillation amplifier circuit from the capacitor module and/or the magnetic flux modulating circuit.
8. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the capacitor module is any one of an interdigital capacitor, a distributed capacitor and a parallel capacitor.
9. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the quantum parameter amplifier further comprises a wave filter,
the wave filter is connected with an output end of the oscillation amplifier circuit.
10. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the first microwave resonant cavity is a reflective microwave resonant cavity; and the superconducting quantum interference apparatus is connected with an electric field intensity distribution wave node of the reflective microwave resonant cavity.
11. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 10 , wherein the reflective microwave resonant cavity is a coplanar waveguide microwave resonant cavity; and the length of the coplanar waveguide microwave resonant cavity is (2k+1)/4 of the wavelength of the signal to be amplified, where k≥0 and k is an integer.
12. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 10 , wherein the quantum parameter amplifier further comprises a circulator;
the circulator is connected with an end of the capacitor module that is away from the reflective microwave resonant cavity, and is configured to input the signal to be amplified into the oscillation amplifier circuit, and output an amplified signal generated by the oscillation amplifier circuit.
13. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the first microwave resonant cavity is a transmissive microwave resonant cavity; and the inductance-adjustable superconducting quantum interference apparatus is connected with an electric field intensity distribution wave node of the transmissive microwave resonant cavity.
14. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 13 , wherein the transmissive microwave resonant cavity is a coplanar waveguide microwave resonant cavity; and the length of the coplanar waveguide microwave resonant cavity is half the wavelength of the signal to be amplified.
15. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 13 , wherein the transmissive microwave resonant cavity is constituted in series by a pair of coplanar waveguide microwave resonant cavities whose length is a quarter of the wavelength of the signal to be amplified.
16. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 13 , wherein the quantum parameter amplifier further comprises a second capacitor module;
the second capacitor module is connected with an electric field intensity distribution wave loop of the transmissive microwave resonant cavity, and is configured to output an amplified signal generated by the oscillation amplifier circuit.
17. The quantum parameter amplifier according to claim 1 , wherein the second microwave resonant cavity is grounded.