Sep 20 – 25, 2026
University of Graz
Europe/Vienna timezone

On the intrinsic nonlinearity of granular aluminium

Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 PM
10m
HS 15.13 (University of Graz)

HS 15.13

University of Graz

15 - RESOWI E, 1st floor
3) Contributed talk M10 - Mesoscopic superconductivity and quantum circuits Mini-Colloquium

Speaker

Mitchell Field (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (IQMT))

Description

Over the last 10 years, granular aluminium has risen as a popular material for implementation in superconducting circuits thanks to its high kinetic inductance, low loss with approachable fabrication.
Where granular aluminium really shines is as the nonlinear element for parametric amplification, showing both magnetic field resilience, robustness for multi pumping schemes with a compact footprint. In this talk we compare grAl to other disordered superconductors and junction arrays and show how its tuneable nonlinearity stands out.

Authors

Prof. Ioan M. Pop (KIT) Mitchell Field (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (IQMT)) Dr Nicolas Zapata (Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech)

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