A persistent-current-biased and current-actuated switch for superconducting circuits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06472v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:57:55 GMT
• Title: A persistent-current-biased and current-actuated switch for superconducting circuits
• Abstract summary: Microwave switch implements a persistent current bias and direct current actuation to reduce static power consumption.<n>We show that persistent current associated with tens of flux quanta is stable and long-lived, reducing the need for on-the-fly tuning.<n>Our switch has desirable performance for superconducting-circuit-based quantum information processing.
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• Abstract: Broadband and low-loss superconducting switches can facilitate large-scale quantum information processors and cryogenic detectors by dynamically reconfiguring the connectivity of their circuits. The time dependent connectivity is enabled by the nonlinearity of lossless Josephson junctions, which are often wired into superconducting loops to be controlled by magnetic flux. However, this approach needs a power-consuming constant flux bias and dynamic flux actuation, both of which are hard to isolate from other switches or flux sensitive elements, limiting their integration density. Here, we design and characterize a microwave switch that implements a persistent current bias and direct current actuation to reduce static power consumption, actuation energy and potential crosstalk to other devices. We show that persistent current associated with tens of flux quanta is stable and long-lived, reducing the need for on-the-fly tuning. We further demonstrate that our switch has desirable performance for superconducting-circuit-based quantum information processing, including an off mode with more than 20 dB isolation comparable to commercial ferrite isolators, power handling larger than 100 pW sufficient for resonator readout tones and amplifier pumps, and modulation bandwidth broader than 600 MHz useful for multiplexing schemes.

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