On-chip Josephson junction microwave switch

Abstract

The authors report on the design and measurement of a reflective single-pole single-throw microwave switch with no internal power dissipation, based on a superconducting circuit containing a single Josephson junction. The data demonstrate the switch operation with 2 GHz instantaneous bandwidth centered at 10 GHz, low insertion loss, and better than 20 dB on/off ratio. The switch's measured performance agrees well with simulations for input powers up to −100 dBm. An extension of the demonstrated circuit to implement a single-pole double-throw switch is shown in simulation.