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Quantum Limited Amplifiers for Astronomical Instrumentation Author: Farzad Faramarzi | 389i | NPP
Advisor: Dr. Peter Day (389i)
Sasha Sypkens(389i), Ryan Stephenson(389i), Byeong H. Eom(389i), Henry LeDuc(389i) Postdoc Research National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
www.nasa.gov Clearance Number: CL#00-0000
Poster Number: PRD-T-001
Copyright 2024. All rights reserved. Publications and Acknowledgements:
Faramarzi,F., et al.; A 4–8 GHz kinetic inductance traveling-wave parametric amplifier using four-wave mixing with near quantum-limited noise performance. APL Quantum 1 September 2024; 1 (3): 036107. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0208110
Faramarzi, F., et al.; “A Near Quantum Limited Sub-GHz TiN Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier Operating in a Frequency Translating Mode”, Art. no. arXiv:2406.00530, 2024. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2406.00530.
Author Contact Information:
faramarzi@jpl.nasa.gov Background and Scientific Goals
Quantum Limited Amplifiers Suitable for Astronomy:
High bandwidth gain product
Quantum limited noise performance
High dynamic range & low power dissipation
Wide frequency range of operation (0.2 – 1000 GHz)
Applications:
OUVIR MKID readout (Astro 2020 report)
IF Amplifier for coherent receiver
MMC readout for X-ray calorimeters
DSN, radiometer, and spectrometer applications Approach and Results
4-8 GHz Amplifier Sub-GHz Amplifier Future Work
On-chip integration on the ancillary circuitry
Demonstration with 2-kilo pixel MIR MKIDs
Readout of FIR MKIDs in frequency-translating mode
Develop quantum-limited Ka-band amplifier for DSN Significance of Results / Benefits to NASA / JPL
Critical to Improve energy resolution of MKID Spectro-photometer arrays (2020 Decadal survey) at NIR UV
Readout of energy resolving photon counting detectors at 200 um
Pre-amplifier for Deep Space Network (DSN) Principles of Operation
Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier
Kinetic inductance nonlinearity
Strong Pump transfers energy to signal
Dispersion Engineering
Device Design and Fabrication
Inverted microstrip line
Meandered for compactness Separation of bands. No contamination from idler
Diplexers to manage pump and idler tones
Tunable gain bandwidth
Near quantum noise limited performance 0.5 < N < 1.5
High dynamic range (saturation power of -58 dBm) Low pump power ~ 300 nW
Tunable gain bandwidth covering an octave
Near quantum noise limited performance at sub-GHz
Frequency translating gain
High dynamic range (saturation power of -68 dBm) Gain Plot Tunable Gain Noise Plot Saturation Power Gain Plot Tunable Gain Noise Plot Saturation Power<br>
