A high-kinetic-inductance microstrip uses a nanoscale superconducting strip to match 50Ω, shorten amplifier length, and avoid spectral ripples.
Two control currents tune rf-SQUID nonlinearities to deliver compact superconducting microwave gain without complex phase-matching networks.
Periodic dispersion control in a superconducting transmission line suppresses shock fronts, enabling wide microwave gain bandwidth with very low noise.