Thermal spectrometer for superconducting circuits

Christoforus Dimas Satrya (), Yu-Cheng Chang, Aleksandr S. Strelnikov, Rishabh Upadhyay, Ilari K. Mäkinen, Joonas T. Peltonen, Bayan Karimi and Jukka P. Pekola
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Christoforus Dimas Satrya: Aalto University
Yu-Cheng Chang: Aalto University
Aleksandr S. Strelnikov: Aalto University
Rishabh Upadhyay: Aalto University
Ilari K. Mäkinen: Aalto University
Joonas T. Peltonen: Aalto University
Bayan Karimi: Aalto University
Jukka P. Pekola: Aalto University

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Superconducting circuits provide a versatile and controllable platform for studies of fundamental quantum phenomena as well as for quantum technology applications. A conventional technique to read out the state of a quantum circuit or to characterize its properties is based on RF measurement schemes. Here we demonstrate a simple DC measurement of a thermal spectrometer to investigate properties of a superconducting circuit, in this proof-of-concept experiment a coplanar waveguide resonator. A fraction of the microwave photons in the resonator is absorbed by an on-chip bolometer, resulting in a measurable temperature rise. By monitoring the DC signal of the thermometer due to this process, we are able to determine the resonance frequency and the lineshape (quality factor) of the resonator. The demonstrated scheme, which is a simple DC measurement, offers a wide frequency band potentially reaching up to 200 GHz, far exceeding that of the typical RF spectrometer. Moreover, the thermal measurement yields a highly frequency independent reference level of the Lorentzian absorption signal. In the low power regime, the measurement is fully calibration-free. Our technique offers an alternative spectrometer for quantum circuits.

Date: 2025
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