Josephson Parametric Amplifiers (JPAs)

Presentations

• A Frequency-based SU(1,1) Interferometer based on a Josephson Parametric Amplifier

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Nicolò Crescini

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  Authors

  • Nicolò Crescini

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK)
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Felix Ahrens

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Giulio Cappelli

    • Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    • Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Institut Néel, 38000 Grenoble, France

  • Iacopo Carusotto

    • Istituto Nazionale di Ottica CNR-INO

  • Gianluca Rastelli

    • Istituto Nazionale di Ottica CNR-INO

  • Marcello Faggionato

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Enrico Bogoni

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Alessandro Irace

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Federica Mantegazzini

    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • Benno Margesin

    • Fondazione Bruno Kessler
    • FBK - Fondazione Bruno Kessler

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• Noise Characterization of Impedance-Matched Broadband Josephson Parametric Amplifier

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Maria-Teresa Handschuh

    • TU Munich, Walther-Meissner-Institute

  Authors

  • Maria-Teresa Handschuh

    • TU Munich, Walther-Meissner-Institute

  • Kedar Eshwar Honasoge

    • TU Munich, Walther-Meissner-Institute

  • Wun Kwan Yam

    • TU Munich, Walther-Meissner-Institute
    • Walther-Meißner-Institute

  • Simon Gandorfer

    • TU Munich, Walther-Meissner-Institute
    • Walther Meissner Institut

  • Yongjie Yuan

    • TU Munich

  • Achim Marx

    • Walther-Meissner-Institute
    • Walther-Meissner-Institut

  • Michael Haider

    • University of the Bundeswehr Munich

  • Rudolf Gross

    • Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    • Walther-Meissner-Institute, TU Munich, MCQST
    • Walther Meissner Inst

  • Kirill G Fedorov

    • Walther-Meissner-Institute, TU Munich, MCQST
    • Walther Meissner Inst

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• Wideband Squeezing in a Low-Q Josephson Parametric Amplifier

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Matthew T Bell

    • University of Massachusetts Boston

  Authors

  • Matthew T Bell

    • University of Massachusetts Boston

  • Leonardo M Ranzani

    • Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • RTX BBN Technologies, Quantum Photonics and Computing Group, Cambridge, MA
    • RTX BBN Technologies

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• Advances in cavity-based parametric amplification

  ORAL · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

  Authors

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

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• Broadened Resonant Josephson Parametric Amplifiers for Frequency Multiplexed Readout

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Maria F Nowicki

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Maria F Nowicki

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Ryan Kaufman

    • Google Quantum AI

  • Kristen L Genter

    • University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

  • Katarina Cicak

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Martin Ritter

    • NIST
    • University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • University of Colorado, Boulder
    • University of Colorado Boulder, NIST Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Chun-Che Wang

    • Yale University

  • Benton T Miller

    • University of Colorado Boulder, National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Jose A Aumentado

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Colorado Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

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• Three-wave mixing using a flux-biased loop of granular aluminium

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Mitchell Field

    • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Mitchell Field

    • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Nicolas Zapata

    • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Martin Spiecker

    • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Ioan M. Pop

    • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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• Systematic errors in the calibration of cryogenic amplifier chains due to Fano interference 

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Xander R Ault

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Manuel A Castellanos-Beltran

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

  • Xander R Ault

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Adam J Sirois

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

  • David Olaya

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • NIST/University of Colorado Boulder

  • Danilo Labranca

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

  • Andrea Giachero

    • University of Milano-Bicocca
    • University of Milan, Bicocca

  • Samuel P Benz

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Peter F Hopkins

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder

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• Optimizing the scattering and stability of matched nonreciprocal Josephson parametric amplifiers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Ryan Kaufman

    • Google Quantum AI

  Authors

  • Ryan Kaufman

    • Google Quantum AI

  • Ted White

    • Google Quantum AI

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

  • Ofer Naaman

    • Google LLC

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• Embedded parametric amplification with intrinsic isolation for time-multiplexed qubit readout

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Boris Mesits

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Boris Mesits

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Leon Bello

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Maria F Nowicki

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Chun-Che Wang

    • Yale University

  • Hakan E Tureci

    • Princeton University

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

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• Investigating nonlinearity in Sn–InAs nanowire-based Josephson parametric amplifiers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Amritesh Sharma

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Amritesh Sharma

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Amrita Purkayastha

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  • Shreyas Asodekar

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Subhayan Sinha

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Param Patel

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Yale University

  • An-Hsi Chen

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Veeco

  • Connor P Dempsey

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Christopher J Palmstrøm

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Moïra Hocevar

    • Institut Néel CNRS

  • Kun Zuo

    • University of Sydney

  • Michael Hatridge

    • Yale University
    • University of Pittsburgh
    • Department of Applied Physics, Yale University

  • Sergey M Frolov

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• A Quantum Paraelectric Parametric Amplifier

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Publication: A quantum paraelectric parametric amplifier (in preparation)
  R. S. Eggli et al. (2025)

  Presenters

  • Rafael Sebastian Eggli

    • University of Basel

  Authors

  • Rafael Sebastian Eggli

    • University of Basel

  • Dominique A Trüssel

    • University of Basel

  • Karthekan Sivasubramaniam

    • University of Basel

  • Aldo Tarascio

    • University of Basel

  • Taras Patlatiuk

    • University of Basel

  • Miguel J. Carballido

    • University of Basel

  • Richard J Warburton

    • University of Basel

  • Andreas V Kuhlmann

    • University of Basel

  • Dominik M Zumbuhl

    • University of Basel

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• Strontium Titanate Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifiers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Connor Denney

    • Colorado School of Mines
    • NIST

  Authors

  • Connor Denney

    • Colorado School of Mines
    • NIST

  • Chandler Wilburn

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Timothy Strawn

    • Bifrost Electronics

  • Gabriel Santamaria Botello

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Simulation and Measurement of Simultaneous Gain and Isolation in Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Publication: [1] A. Ranadive, B. Fazliji, G. L. Gal, G. Cappelli, G. Butseraen, E. Bonet, E. Eyraud, S. B¨ohling, L. Planat, A. Metelmann, et al., A traveling wave parametric amplifier isolator, arXiv:2406.19752 (2024).
  
  [2] L. M. Janssen, F. Faramarzi, H. G. LeDuc, S. Patel, G. Catelani, P. K. Day, Y. Ando, and C. Dickel, Magnetic-Field and Temperature Limits of a Kinetic-Inductance Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifier, arXiv:2509.15043 (2025)
  
  [3] https://github.com/twpalab/twpasolver
  
  [4] L. Howe, A. Giachero, M. Vissers, P. Campana, J. Wheeler, J. Gao, J. Austermann, J. Hubmayr, A. Nucciotti, and J. Ullom, Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers Near the Quantum Limit: Methodology and Characterization, arXiv:2507.07706 (2025).
  

  Presenters

  • Logan Howe

    • California Institute of Technlogy, Pasadena, CA 91125
    • Amazon Center for Quantum Computing

  Authors

  • Logan Howe

    • California Institute of Technlogy, Pasadena, CA 91125
    • Amazon Center for Quantum Computing

  • Pietro Campana

    • University of Milano-Bicocca
    • University of Milan, Bicocca

  • Andrea Giachero

    • University of Milan, Bicocca

  • Michael Vissers

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder

  • Jason Austermann

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • NIST

  • Johannes Hubmayr

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • NIST

  • Joel N Ullom

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA

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