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Physical Measurement Laboratory

Quantum Electromagnetics Division

Projects/Programs

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Micrographs of kinetic inductance-based parametric amplifier

Amplifiers

Ongoing
To process information from quantum circuits and systems, it is important to have amplifiers with wide bandwidth, high dynamic range, and extremely low noise
Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed

Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed

Ongoing
The Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed (BCQT) Project implements, develops and openly disseminates standard protocols to reproducibly measure the performance
thin-film payload

Cryogenics

Ongoing
Low temperatures suppress noise and make quantum phenomena accessible. As a result, cryogenics play a crucial role in precision measurements.
FIB cross section of a SQUID multiplexer integrated circuit

Fabrication

Ongoing
The application of modern micro- and nanofabrication techniques to superconducting and cryogenic electronics is enabling new capabilities and applications.

Ion Traps

Ongoing
The Ion Traps Project collaborates with PML's Ion Storage Group to lower the intrinsic heating of ions from ion trap components.

Magnetic Random Access Memory

Ongoing
The program on magnetic random-access memory develops metrology to determine how spin currents can be generated and used to control and manipulate magnetization
Detection Circuit and Layout of STO Chip

Neuromorphic Computing

Ongoing
Neuromorphic computing promises to dramatically improve the efficiency of important computational tasks, such as perception and decision making. While software
scanning electron microscope

Quantum Calorimeters

Ongoing
Superconducting devices at very low temperatures can be used to measure very small amounts of energy. Using this effect, the Quantum Sensors Group is building
PCB

Quantum Electronics

Ongoing
The Quantum Electronics project leverages the sensitivity of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), low-noise superconducting parametric
Spintronic Fluid

Spin Transport

Ongoing
The Spin Transport program performs basic and applied research, and develops new measurement capabilities, to enable the development of high-speed, nonvolatile
Fig. 1. Die containing 285 superparamagnetic tunnel junctions.

Spintronics for Neuromorphic Computing

Ongoing
One promising new approach to next generation information processing is spintronics, where information is carried by electronic spin rather than charge. Among