Anomalous Microwave Response in YBCO Resonators beyond the Two-Level-System Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.27392v1
• Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:57:26 GMT
• Title: Anomalous Microwave Response in YBCO Resonators beyond the Two-Level-System Model
• Abstract summary: resonators fabricated from $mathrmYBaCu_3O_7-$ (YBCO) thin films over temperatures from $70mathrmmK$ to $40mathrmK$.<n>Resonators exhibit internal quality factors $Q_mathrmi$ in the range of $4times103$ to $104$ at 70 mK, which increase to a maximum of approximately $8times103$ to $1.2times104$ near $6mathrmK$.
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• Abstract: We report the microwave response of coplanar-waveguide (CPW) resonators fabricated from $\mathrm{YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ}}$ (YBCO) thin films over temperatures from approximately $70~\mathrm{mK}$ to $40~\mathrm{K}$. The resonators exhibit internal quality factors $Q_\mathrm{i}$ in the range of $4\times10^3$ to $10^4$ at 70 mK, which increase to a maximum of approximately $8\times10^3$ to $1.2\times10^4$ near $6~\mathrm{K}$. At low temperatures, both $Q_\mathrm{i}$ and the fractional shift of the resonance frequency $Δf_\mathrm{r}/f_\mathrm{r}$ increases with temperature, qualitatively resembling behavior commonly associated with two-level-system (TLS) defects. However, neither response saturates on the temperature scale set by the resonator frequency, and the loss exhibits no observable microwave-power dependence. We show that low-temperature frequency upturn may be better described by an additional paramagnetic response associated with defect-induced local moments or Andreev bound states, while the low-temperature loss follows an approximately logarithmic temperature dependence whose microscopic origin remains unresolved. These measurements establish the millikelvin performance of patterned YBCO resonators and show that their low-temperature response cannot be understood within the conventional TLS framework alone.

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