Nonlinear Co-simulation for Designing Kinetic Inductance Parametric Amplifiers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07816v1
• Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:53:17 GMT
• Title: Nonlinear Co-simulation for Designing Kinetic Inductance Parametric Amplifiers
• Authors: Likai Yang, Yufeng Wu, Chaofan Wang, Mingrui Xu, Hong X. Tang, Mohamed A. Hassan, Eric T. Holland,
• Abstract summary: Kinetic inductance parametric amplifiers (KIPAs) have been widely studied for small-signal detection in superconducting quantum circuits.<n>We demonstrate the modeling of a niobium nitride nanowire based KIPA using electromagnetic (EM) and circuit co-simulation.
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• Abstract: Kinetic inductance parametric amplifiers (KIPAs) have been widely studied for small-signal detection in superconducting quantum circuits. In this work, we demonstrate the modeling of a niobium nitride nanowire based KIPA using electromagnetic (EM) and circuit co-simulation, and compare the outcomes with experimental results. EM analysis is first performed on the device layout, taking into account the linear part of the kinetic inductance. The results are then integrated into a harmonic balance circuit simulator, in which the current-dependent inductance is modeled by representing the nanowire as a nonlinear inductor. Both linear and nonlinear responses of the device, including temperature-dependent resonance spectra and parametric gain, are extracted and show good agreement with experiments. We further show that when the KIPA operates as a degenerate amplifier, its phase-sensitive behavior can be accurately reproduced by the simulation. Our technique can serve as a valuable enabler for the simulation and design of quantum parametric amplifiers and superconducting kinetic inductance devices.

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