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Shyam Shankar

IQUIST Seminar: "Josephson parametric amplifiers for rapid, high-fidelity measurement of solid-state qubits," Shyam Shankar, The University of Texas at Austin

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
IQUIST
Location
190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Date
Oct 24, 2023   11:00 - 11:50 am  
Speaker
Shyam Shankar, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Contact
Hannah Stites
E-Mail
hstites2@illinois.edu
Phone
217-300-4072
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IQUIST Seminar Series

Josephson parametric amplifiers for rapid, high-fidelity measurement of solid-state qubits

Abstract: Quantum physics puts a limit on how small the noise added by an amplifier can be. Limiting this extra noise, which causes unavoidable signal degradation, is an essential requirement for the measurement of weak electromagnetic signals in various areas of science and engineering. In particular, a nearly-quantum-limited microwave amplifier is a key tool for performing rapid, high-fidelity measurement of solid-state qubits. In this talk, I will review how we build Josephson parametric amplifiers (JPAs) that adds only the minimum amount of noise required by quantum physics. Focusing on a specific JPA circuit called the SNAIL parametric amplifier, I will discuss how, we have improved the performance of these amplifiers to achieve greater power handling and information throughput, necessary for realizing large-scale quantum information processors. Finally, I will discuss recent work to realize JPAs with a new element, a Josephson Junction Field Effect Transistor (JJFET) made from InAs-Al superconductor-semiconductor heterostructures.

Bio: Shyam Shankar received his B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2004 and his Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2010. From 2010 to 2019, he worked as a postdoc and subsequently as a research scientist at Yale University in the Applied Physics department. In this capacity, he led a line of experiments that demonstrated the underlying principles for the design of large-scale quantum computers. These experiments included a demonstration of the quantum back-action of dispersive readout, the stabilization of entanglement with measurement-based and autonomous feedback, as well as the generation of modular remote entanglement between two superconducting qubits. He has also been involved in the development of quantum-limited amplifiers and non-reciprocal devices. Since 2019, he has been leading a research group focused on these themes at the University of Texas at Austin.

To watch online go to the IQUIST youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzAySwQXF8J4kRolUzg2ww

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