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Sub-100 mK cooling using normal-metal?insulator?superconductor tunnel junctions

December 15, 2013
Author(s)
Peter J. Lowell, Galen C. O'Neil, Jason M. Underwood, Xiaohang NMN Zhang, Joel N. Ullom
Normal-metal∖insulator∖superconductor (NIS) junctions can be used as solid-state refrigerators since the hottest electrons preferentially tunnel from the normal metal into the superconductor. In this paper, we present NIS junctions optimized to cool

Identification and elimination of anomalous thermal decay in gamma-ray microcalorimeters

November 18, 2013
Author(s)
Robert D. Horansky, Douglas A. Bennett, Daniel R. Schmidt, Barry L. Zink, Joel N. Ullom
Microcalorimeter detectors rely on superconducting components and cryogenic temperatures to provide over an order-of-magnitude improvement in energy resolution compared to semiconducting sensors. Resolution improvements impact fields from gamma-ray

High resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy with a microwave-multiplexed TES array

November 11, 2013
Author(s)
Omid Noroozian, John A. Mates, Douglas A. Bennett, Justus A. Brevik, Joseph W. Fowler, Jiansong Gao, Robert D. Horansky, Kent D. Irwin, Daniel R. Schmidt, Joel N. Ullom, Zhao Kang
We demonstrate the first gamma-ray spectroscopy with a microwave-multiplexed two-pixel TES(transition-edge sensor) array. We measured a $^{153}$Gd photon source and achieved an energy resolution of 63 eV full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) at 97 keV and an

Time Required to Injection-Lock Spin Torque Nanoscale Oscillators

October 29, 2013
Author(s)
William H. Rippard, Matthew R. Pufall, Anthony B. Kos
We have injection-locked a spin-transfer oscillator to a second-harmonic electrical input signal and measured the relative phase and amplitude of the device output as a function of DC current under steady-state conditions. The relative phase of the device

EUV-Driven Carbonaceous Film Deposition and Its Photo-oxidation on a TiO2 Film Surface

September 23, 2013
Author(s)
Nadir S. Faradzhev, Monica McEntee, John Yate, Shannon B. Hill, Thomas B. Lucatorto
We report the photo-deposition of a carbonaceous layer grown on a TiO2 thin film by EUV radiation-induced chemistry of adsorbed n-tetradecane and the subsequent photo-oxidation of this film. It is found by chemical analysis of the C layer that irradiation

Feeling Small: Exploring the tactile perception limits

September 12, 2013
Author(s)
Lisa Skedung, Martin Arvidsson, Jun Y. Chung, Christopher Stafford, Birgitta Berglund, Mark W. Rutland
The human finger is exquisitely sensitive in distinguishing different materials, but the question remains as to what length scales are capable of being discriminated in active touch? We combine psychophysical approaches with materials science to

Reply to "Comment on: 'Ultrafast Demagnetization Measurements Using Extreme Ultraviolet Light: Comparison of Electronic and Magnetic Contributions'"

September 4, 2013
Author(s)
Justin Shaw, Thomas J. Silva, Hans Nembach, Emrah Turgut, Patrik Grychtol, Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Henry C. Kapteyn, Margaret M. Murnane, Stefan Mathias, Martin Aeschlimann, Claus Schneider, Daniel E. Adams
In the following, we show that the conclusions of our article titled "Ultrafast Demagnetization Measurements Using Extreme Ultraviolet Light: Comparison of Electronic and Magnetic Contributions" are correct. The Comment of Vodungbo et al. argues that a

Giant Secondary Grain Growth in Cu Films on Sapphire

August 1, 2013
Author(s)
David L. Miller, Mark W. Keller, Justin Shaw, Katherine P. Rice, Robert Keller, Kyle M. Diederichsen
Single crystal metal films on insulating substrates are attractive for microelectronics and other applications, but they are difficult to achieve on macroscopic length scales. The conventional approach to obtaining such films is epitaxial growth at high

Properties of magnetic barrier structures for superconducting-magnetic hybrid Josephson junctions

July 7, 2013
Author(s)
Burm Baek, Samuel P. Benz, William H. Rippard, Stephen E. Russek, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Horst Rogalla, Matthew R. Pufall
If Josephson and spintronic technologies can be successfully integrated to produce a cryogenic memory that can be controlled with single-flux quantum pulses, then they may enable ultra-low-power, high-speed computing. We have developed hybrid Josephson

99.996% 12C films enriched and deposited in situ

June 28, 2013
Author(s)
Kevin J. Dwyer, Joshua M. Pomeroy, David S. Simons
A mass selected ion beam system is used to isotopically enrich and deposit thin films, which are measured to be 99.9961(4)% 12C. In solid state quantum information, isotopic enrichment of materials has allowed significant improvements in the coherence time

Atomic-level stick-slip

June 28, 2013
Author(s)
Robert W. Carpick, Rachel J. Cannara, Ashlie Martini
Atomic level stick-slip refers to the behavior of a sliding interface, usually an atomic force microscope tip sliding along a crystalline surface, whereby the tip sticks and then slips laterally with respect to the surface in a periodic fashion. The

Fermion Mediated Interactions Between Ultracold Bosons

June 16, 2013
Author(s)
Ian B. Spielman, Subhadeep De
We describe a new method for creating spin-dependent long-range interactions between atomic ultra-cold neutral bosons in an optical lattice. In this proposal, the bosonic system is immersed in a spin polarized degenerate Fermi gas. We first show that the

Nanosecond-scale timing jitter in transition edge sensors at telecom and visible wavelengths

June 10, 2013
Author(s)
Antia A. Lamas-Linares, Brice R. Calkins, Nathan A. Tomlin, Thomas Gerrits, Adriana Lita, Joern Beyer, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
Transition edge sensors (TES) have the highest reported efficiencies (> 98%) for single photon detection in the visible and near infrared. Experiments in quantum information and foundations of physics that rely on this efficiency have started incorporating

Graphene Epitaxial Growth on SiC(0001) for Resistance Standards

June 3, 2013
Author(s)
Mariano A. Real, Eric Lass, Fan-Hung H. Liu, Tian T. Shen, George R. Jones Jr., Johannes A. Soons, David B. Newell, Albert Davydov, Randolph Elmquist
A well-controlled technique for high-temperature epitaxial growth on 6H-SiC(0001) substrates is shown to allow development of monolayer graphene that exhibits promise for precise metrological applications. Face-to-face (FTF) and face-to-graphite (FTG)

Cryogen-free Operation of 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

June 1, 2013
Author(s)
Logan A. Howe, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz, Robert E. Schwall
Given the recent shortages of liquid helium, cryogen-free operation of superconducting devices such as programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) systems has become preferred worldwide, and a necessity in some locations. Besides consistent and accurate

Light-Wave Mixing and Scattering with Quantum Gases

May 21, 2013
Author(s)
Lu Deng, Chengjie Zhu, Edward W. Hagley
We present a general theoretical framework on light-wave mixing and scattering in quantum gases. We show that all such processes that originate from elementary excitations are stimulated Raman or hyper-Raman in nature. In the forward direction, the third

Controlling the Competition between Optically Induced Ultrafast Spin-Flip Scattering and Spin Transport in Magnetic Multilayers

May 7, 2013
Author(s)
Justin Shaw, Hans Nembach, Thomas J. Silva, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Martin Aeschlimann, Claus M. Schneider, Emrah Turgut, Stefan Mathias, Patrik Grychtol, Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Dennis Rudolf, Roman Adam
The study of ultrafast dynamics in magnetic materials provides rich opportunities for greater fundamental understanding of correlated phenomena in solid-state matter, because many of the basic microscopic mechanisms involved are as-yet unclear and are

Critical thermal-conductivity enhancement in molecular fluids

March 2, 2013
Author(s)
Richard A. Perkins, Jan V. Sengers, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Marcia L. Huber
The available information for the thermal-conductivity enhancement is reviewed. We show that it can be represented by a simplified solution of the mode-coupling theory of critical dynamics with two critical amplitudes and one cutoff wave number as fluid

Macroscale refrigeration by nanoscale electron transport

February 26, 2013
Author(s)
Peter J. Lowell, Galen C. O'Neil, Jason M. Underwood, Joel N. Ullom
Nano- and Micro- Electromechanical devices (NEMS & MEMS) have become ubiquitous; examples include automobile accelerometers, inkjet printer heads, infrared viewers, and mirrors for image manipulation and projection. Applications fall broadly in the
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