Effect of Microwaves on Superconductors for Kinetic Inductance Detection and Parametric Amplification
Effect of Microwaves on Superconductors for Kinetic Inductance Detection and Parametric Amplification
We address parametric amplifiers and kinetic inductance detectors, using concepts of the microscopic theory of superconductivity, and focusing on the interaction of microwave radiation with the superconducting condensate. This interaction was identified in recent experiments as the source of the apparent dissipation in microwave superconducting microresonators at low temperatures. Since …