Acknowledgements
EPJ Quantum Technology, 04 May 2017
Philipp Kurpiers* ,Theodore Walter,Paul Magnard,Yves Salathe and Andreas WallraffDepartment of Physics,ETH Zürich, Zürich,CH-8093,Switzerland
"Characterizing the attenuation of coaxial and rectangular microwave-frequency waveguides at cryogenic temperatures"
※Evaluation of Keycom's NbTi Superconducting Coaxial Cables and actual measurement result of temperature/frequency/strong magnetic field - characteristics of attenuation amount are reported in the paper.
Nature Vol. 398, No. 6730, pp.786 - 788, 29 April 1999
Y. Nakamura*, Yu. A. Pashkin & J. S. TsaiNEC Fundamental Research Laboratories, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)
"Coherent control of macroscopic quantum states in a single-Cooper-pair box"
※Keycom's Superconducting Coaxial Cables, Cryogenic Coaxial Cables, Cryogenic printed boards are used.
Material Characteristics
w/cmk at 1K(1) | dB/m at 10GHz,4K(2) | effect(1)*(2) | |
Cu | 0.15 | 1 | 0.15 |
Ag | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
Bs:Cu65% | 0.007 | 1.47 | 0.010 (non-magnetic) |
SUS304 | 0.0015(ULT05) | 1.14 | 0.002 |
Nb | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.08 (non-magnetic) |
NbTi:Nb47% | 0.0003 | 1.0 | 0.0003 |
PTFE | 0.000035 |
Variation of insertion loss with frequency(4K,10mK)
This is an extract of a part of the ETH Zürich's paper above on measurement results using KEYCOM products(Page 9 of 15).Pulse propagation property of 10m NbTi-NbTi 085 at 4K including short length extension cable at room temperature
Specification
Part Number |
Max. Frequency (GHz) |
Outter Conductor | Dielectric | Inner Conductor | Heat Quantity (μw/k)* | Min. Bending Radius (mm) |
Available Connectors | |||
Diameter (mm) |
Material | Diameter (mm) |
Material | Diameter (mm) |
Material | 4K-20K | ||||
NbTiNbTi085 |
66GHz | 2.20 |
NbTi |
1.62 |
PTFE |
0.51 |
NbTi |
0.3 |
30.0 |
SMA, APC2.9, APC2.4, APC1.85, GPPO |
NbTiNbTi047 |
119GHz | 1.19 |
0.94 |
0.29 |
0.09 |
10.0 |
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NbTiNbTi034 |
170GHz | 0.86 |
0.66 |
0.20 |
0.06 |
8.0 |
*Heat quantity required for one end of 10 cm long cable (excluding connectors) to reach 20 K or 100 K when 4 K heat anchor is applied to the other end of the cable.
Connector type | SMA | 2.9mm(K) | 2.4mm | 1.8mm(V) | GPO(SMP) | GPPO(SMPM) |
Max. operating frequency (GHz) | 18.5 | 40 or (46) | 50 | 60 or (65) | 40 | 60 or (65) |
Order model example
NbTiNbTi085A | - | K(m)K(f) | - | 1000 |
Cable type | Connector name | Connector phase front length (mm) max. 1000mm |
Applicable connectors SMA, APC2.9, APC2.4, APC1.85
A crimping connection is standard.