//OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION

Microwave
Drive line

Microwave Drive lines deliver the high-frequency signals required to control superconducting qubits, from driving transitions between qubit states to supporting qubit-state-dependent measurements. The configuration is optimized for high signal fidelity, controlled attenuation, and low noise at the device.

LOW PASS FILTER

8 GHz

ATTENUATION

-50 dB

INFRA-RED FILTER

-1 dB/GHz

// SPECIFICATIONS

Configuration highlights

Ideally suited for Feed, Drive, and Pump functions within superconducting qubit architectures

Engineered for high signal fidelity in the 6–8 GHz operating range

Optimized for signal power, integrity, and noise temperature

Attenuation profile strategically distributed across the cryostat’s thermal stages

Delivers performance equivalent to or exceeding conventional coaxial solutions

Cri/oFlex cryogenic cable assembly installed in a dilution refrigerator.

// SPECIFICATIONS

Cable layout

Each Microwave Drive line incorporates an integrated chain of low-pass filtering, infrared filtering, and attenuation, with the components strategically distributed across the cryogenic stages for Feed, Drive, and Pump applications.

This architecture balances signal integrity, noise suppression, and thermalization to deliver clean and reliable microwave signals to the qubits while minimizing the thermal load on the cryogenic system.

Scheme of quantum I/O with integrated attenuators

// PERFORMANCE

Optimal transmission,
minimal noise

Microwave Drive lines are designed to deliver high-frequency control signals with low loss and strong channel-to-channel isolation. The transmission and Far-End Crosstalk graphs below provide an overview of signal integrity across the relevant frequency range, highlighting both the available bandwidth and the suppression of unwanted coupling between neighboring drive lines.

Graphs of transmission (S21) and far-end crosstalk (S41) versus frequency for a cryogenic cable.

// OTHER SYSTEMS

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Flux Bias line

For controlling superconducting qubits and tunable couplers

Signal line

Versatile building block for cryogenic and quantum compute

Readout and Pimp line

Transfer signals from the quantum device back to the control electronics

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