Superconducting device that mixes surface acoustic waves and microwave signals
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorBaleegh Abdo
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Abstract
A superconducting device that mixes surface acoustic waves and microwave signals and techniques for fabricating the same are provided. A superconducting device can comprise a superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator and a superconducting microwave resonator. The superconducting device can also comprise a Josephson ring modulator coupled to the superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator and the superconducting microwave resonator. The Josephson ring modulator can be a dispersive nonlinear three-wave mixing element.
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A superconducting device, comprising:
- a superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator comprising:
- a first periodic structure comprising first metallic fingers and first dielectric gaps, and
- a second periodic structure comprising second metallic fingers and second dielectric gaps, wherein the first periodic structure and the second periodic structure are separated by a distance defined as an odd integer multiple of a half-wavelength supported by the superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator.
A superconducting device, comprising:
- a superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator comprising:
- a first periodic structure comprising first metallic fingers and first dielectric gaps, and
- a second periodic structure comprising second metallic fingers and second dielectric gaps, wherein the first periodic structure and the second periodic structure are separated by a distance defined as an odd integer multiple of a half-wavelength supported by the superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator;
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- a Josephson ring modulator coupled to the superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator.
A superconducting device, comprising:
- a superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator comprising:
- a first periodic structure comprising first metallic fingers and first dielectric gaps, and
- a second periodic structure comprising second metallic fingers and second dielectric gaps, wherein the first periodic structure and the second periodic structure are separated by a defined multiple of a half-wavelength supported by the superconducting surface acoustic wave resonator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.