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Hybrid superconducting-magnetic memory device using competing order parameters

May 28, 2014
Author(s)
Burm Baek, William H. Rippard, Samuel P. Benz, Stephen E. Russek, Paul D. Dresselhaus
The quantum behavior of Josephson junctions is often exploited to produce superconducting devices with outstanding performance. Josephson junctions can also be used in circuits that perform logic operations in picoseconds and may enable high-performance

Precision high-value resistance scaling with a two-terminal cryogenic current comparator

March 1, 2014
Author(s)
Randolph E. Elmquist, George R. Jones, Felipe L. Hernandez-Marquez, Marcos Bierzychudek
We describe a cryogenic two-terminal high-resistance bridge and its application in precision resistance scaling from the quantized Hall resistance (QHR) at RH = RK/2 = 12 906.4035 _ to decade resistance standards with values between 1 M_ and 1 G_. The

A four-pixel single-photon pulse-position array fabricated from WSi superconducting nanowire single- photon detectors

February 3, 2014
Author(s)
Varun B. Verma, Robert D. Horansky, Francesco Marsili, Jeffrey Stern, Matthew Shaw, Adriana E. Lita, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate a scalable readout scheme for an infrared single-photon pulse-position camera consisting of WSi superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. For an N × N array, only 2 × N wires are required to obtain the position of a detection event

Phase-slip lines as a resistance mechanism in transition-edge sensors

January 27, 2014
Author(s)
Douglas A. Bennett, Daniel R. Schmidt, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom
The fundamental mechanism of resistance in voltage-biased superconducting films is poorly understood despite its importance as the basis of transition-edge sensors (TESs). TESs are utilized in state-of- the-art microbolometers and microcalorimeters

Johnson-noise thermometry based on a quantized-voltage noise source at NIST

September 11, 2013
Author(s)
Alessio Pollarolo, Tae H. Jeong, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus, Horst Rogalla, Weston L. Tew
Johnson Noise Thermometry is an electronic approach to measuring temperature. For several years, NIST has been developing a switching-correlator-type Johnson-noise thermometer that uses a quantized voltage noise source as an accurate voltage reference

Direct Comparison of two NIST PJVS systems at 10 V

August 27, 2013
Author(s)
Stephane Solve, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Samuel Benz
Two NIST Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) systems have been directly compared at 10V using different nanovoltmeters at the temperature of the laboratory. These PJVS systems use arrays double-stacked superconducting-niobium Josephson junctions

Broadband S-parameter characterization of a DC-SQUID amplifier

July 9, 2013
Author(s)
Leonardo M. Ranzani, Lafe F. Spietz, Jose A. Aumentado
In this work we characterize the 2-port scattering parameters of a superconducting quantum interference device (DC-SQUID) ampli er at 20 mK in the 2{8 GHz band. The measurement reference plane is positioned on a 6.25 microstrip line situated directly at

Flat Frequency Response in the Electronic Measurement of the Boltzmann Constant

June 1, 2013
Author(s)
Jifeng Qu, Horst Rogalla, Yang Fu, Jianqiang Zhang, Alessio Pollarolo, Samuel Benz
A new quantum voltage calibrated Johnson noise thermometer (JNT) was developed at NIM to demonstrate the electrical approach that determines the Boltzmann constant k by comparing electrical and thermal noise power. A measurement with an integration period

Method for Ensuring Accurate AC Waveforms with Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

June 1, 2013
Author(s)
Charles J. Burroughs, Alain Rufenacht, Samuel Benz, Paul Dresselhaus
The amplitudes of stepwise-approximated sine waves generated by programmable Josephson voltage standards (PJVS) are not intrinsically accurate because the transitions between the quantized voltages depend on numerous conditions. We have developed a method

Two-port microwave calibration at millikelvin temperatures

March 15, 2013
Author(s)
Leonardo M. Ranzani, Jose A. Aumentado, Lafe F. Spietz, Zoya Popovic
In this work we introduce a system for 2-port microwave calibration at millikelvin temperatures operating at the coldest stage of a dilution refrigerator by use of an adapted thru-reflect-line algorithm. We show that this can be an effective tool for

Two-port microwave calibration at milliKelvin temperatures

March 5, 2013
Author(s)
Leonardo M. Ranzani, Lafe F. Spietz, Zoya Popovic, Jose A. Aumentado
In this work we introduce a system for 2-port microwave calibration at millikelvin temperatures operating at the coldest stage of a dilution refrigerator by use of an adapted thru-reflect-line algorithm. We show that this can be an effective tool for

Dual-polarization sensitive MKIDs for far infrared astrophysics

December 12, 2012
Author(s)
Johannes Hubmayr, James A. Beall, Daniel T. Becker, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Brad Dober, Mark Devlin, Anna E. Fox, Dale Li, Michael D. Niemack, David P. Pappas, Leila R. Vale, Kent D. Irwin, Gene C. Hilton
We present the design for arrays of dual-polarization sensitive, superconducting sensors for far infrared astrophysics. Each pixel is feedhorn-coupled and consists of orthogonal, lumped-element kinetic inductance detectors (LEKIDs) both fabricated in the

Silicon Micromachines for Fun and Profit

December 12, 2012
Author(s)
David Bishop, Flavio Pardo, Cris Bolle, Randy Giles, Vladimir Aksyuk
Over the last decade or so a group of us, while working at Bell Labs, have been able to develop a large number of silicon micromachines for a wide range of applications. In this article, which is part of a special volume to celebrate the career of

A titanium-nitride near-infrared kinetic inductance photon-counting detector and its anomalous electrodynamics

October 1, 2012
Author(s)
Martin O. Sandberg, Fabio C. da Silva, Kent D. Irwin, David P. Pappas, Sae Woo Nam, David Wisbey, Ben Mazin, Seth Meeker, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Henry G. Leduc
We demonstrate single-photon counting at 1550 nm with titanium-nitride (TiN) microwave kinetic inductancedetectors. Full-width-at-half-maximum energy resolution of 0.4 eV is achieved. 0-, 1-, 2- photon events are resolved and shown to follow Poisson

A 10 V programmable Josephson voltage standard and its applications for voltage metrology

September 3, 2012
Author(s)
Yi-hua D. Tang, Vijay Ojha, Stephan Schlamminger, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
The concept of a programmable Josephson voltage standard was first proposed in 1997. Since then a significant amount of research and development work has been devoted to the fabrication of the programmable Josephson junction array and its deployment in a

Demonstration of code-division multiplexing for x-ray microcalorimeters

February 13, 2012
Author(s)
Greg Stiehl, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Dan Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Joseph Fowler
We demonstrate the code-division multiplexing (CDM) readout of eight transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters. The energy resolution is 3.0 eV (full width at half-maximum) or better at 5.9 keV, with a best resolution of 2.3 eV and a mean of 2.6 eV over the

Advanced Code-Division Multiplexers for Superconducting Detector Arrays

February 11, 2012
Author(s)
Kent D. Irwin, Hsiao-Mei Cho, William B. Doriese, Joseph W. Fowler, Gene C. Hilton, Michael D. Niemack, Carl D. Reintsema, Daniel R. Schmidt, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale
Multiplexers based on the modulation of superconducting quantum interference devices are now regularly used in multi-kilopixel arrays of superconducting detectors for astrophysics, cosmology, and materials analysis. Over the next decade, much larger arrays

Quantum-based Voltage Waveform Synthesis

November 11, 2011
Author(s)
Samuel P. Benz
More than a decade of research and development was required to practically exploit the quantum behavior of superconducting Josephson junctions for ac applications. Sine waves and arbitrary waveforms had to be synthesized with sufficiently large voltage

Electromechanical Characterization of Bi-2212 Strands

June 1, 2011
Author(s)
Xifeng Lu
The uniaxial strain dependence of the critical current was measured both in tension and compression in Bi-2212 high-temperature superconducting round wires. We observed that permanent damage to the critical current can easily occur due to strain. To

Practical Operation of Cryogen-free Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

February 17, 2011
Author(s)
Robert E. Schwall, David Zilz, Jeffrey Power, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
Cryogen-free operation is rapidly becoming the preferred implementation of programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) systems. There are strong operational incentives for using the smallest possible cryocooler in order to minimize acoustic noise
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