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Squeezing and Quantum-Limited Photodetection

11:30 am – 2:18 pm, Friday March 21 Session MAR-X09 Anaheim Convention Center, 204C (Level 2)
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Maxime Malnou, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Impedance matched gyrators with edge magnetoplasmons

12:42 pm – 12:54 pm
Presenter: Aldo Tarascio (University of Basel)
Authors: Yiqi Zhao (University of Basel), Rafael Eggli (University of Basel), Taras Patlatiuk (University of Basel), Stefano Bosco (QuTech, TU Delft), Dominik Zumbuhl (University of Basel)

Non-reciprocal Cryo-CMOS components addresses key challenges in cryogenic experiments, such as low-power signal routing, amplification, and qubit readout. Edge magnetoplasmons (EMPs) offer inherent chirality and directional propagation, thus making them ideal candidates for non-reciprocal devices. 

It has been predicted [1] that EMP gyrators offer a significant reduction in size compared to traditional ferrite-based components particularly for the low frequency range below 1 GHz. Moreover, with careful considerations regarding the device geometry, it is possible to have 50 Ω impedance matching, critical for reducing losses. 

We present experiments from 3 gyrator devices of different sizes on a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure with terminals which are capacitively coupled to the 2D electron gas, avoiding losses from ohmic contacts. We have measured transmission parameters in a dilution refrigerator as a function of magnetic field and find good agreement with theory once the parasitics and coupling capacitances are taken into account. These results open the way for a new generation of non-reciprocal and self-impedance matched devices for applications such as gyrators or circulators.  

[1] S. Bosco et al. Phys. Rev. Applied 7, 024030 (2017) 

Thanks to C. Reich and W. Wegscheider from ETHZ for providing the heterostructure.

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