Q-Factor Measurement of Nonlinear Superconducting Resonators

2000/01/21 by X. S. Rao, C. K. Ong, Rao, X. S. +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.supr-con

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0001310

12 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Electronics Letters

arxiv created 2000/01/21 · openalex publication_date 2000/01/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A novel method, which combined a multi-bandwidth measurement and an extrapolation procedure, is proposed for extracting the loaded Q-factor (Q_L) with improved accuracy from non-Lorentzian resonances of nonlinear superconducting resonators.

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