Abstract
It is noted that it is possible to operate a mixer as a phase-sensitive linear amplifier by pumping with two local oscillators (LOs) separated in frequency by twice the IF (intermediate frequency) and symmetrically located about the signal frequency. In principle a phase-sensitive amplifier can detect a signal without adding any noise. The authors present a formalism developed to describe two-LO mixers, and extend the quantum mixer theory to calculate expressions for the gain and noise of a two-LO mixer. The full quantum mechanical formulation used here enables an analysis of the mixer noise for general input states, for example, a squeezed state. It is demonstrated that a two-LO mixer is phase-sensitive. The results are pertinent to the design of phase-sensitive heterodyne receivers with SIS (superconductor-insulator-superconductor) quasiparticle mixers. >
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