2005/05/31 by Bernard Yurke, Eyal Buks · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1109/jlt.2006.884490
arxiv created 2005/11/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Two-photon loss mechanisms often accompany a Kerr nonlinearity. The kinetic inductance exhibited by superconducting transmission lines provides an example of a Kerr-like nonlinearity that is accompanied by a nonlinear resistance of the two-photon absorptive type. Such nonlinear dissipation can degrade the performance of amplifiers and mixers employing a Kerr-like nonlinearity as the gain or mixing medium. As an aid for parametric amplifier design, we provide a quantum analysis of a cavity parametric amplifier employing a Kerr nonlinearity that is accompanied by a two-photon absorptive loss. Because of their usefulness in diagnostics, we obtain expressions for the pump amplitude within the cavity, the reflection coefficient for the pump amplitude reflected off of the cavity, the parametric gain, and the intermodulation gain. Expressions by which of the degree of squeezing can be computed are also presented.