Demonstration of a superconducting nanowire microwave switch

Abstract

The functionality of a nanowire integrated into a superconducting transmission line acting as a single pole single throw switch is demonstrated. The switch has an instantaneous bandwidth from 2 to 8 GHz with more than 10 dB of isolation between the open and closed states. The switch consumes no power in the closed state and ≈15 nW in the open state. The rise and fall response time between open and closed states is approximately 370 ps.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 21, 2019
Source ID
10.1063/1.5120009

Entities

People

  • Alexander Wagner
  • G. Ribeill
  • L. Ranzani
  • Thomas Ohki

Organizations

  • Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
  • RTX

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.