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Quantum state tracking and control of a single molecular ion in a thermal environment

August 1, 2024
Author(s)
Yu Liu, Julian Schmidt, Zhimin Liu, David Leibrandt, Dietrich Leibfried, Chin-wen Chou
Understanding molecular state evolution is central to many disciplines, including molecular dynamics, precision measurement, and molecule-based quantum technology. Details of this evolution are obscured when observing a statistical ensemble of molecules

AC Metrology Applications of the Josephson Effect

July 31, 2024
Author(s)
Samuel Benz
The performance of programmable voltage signals that exploit the quantum behavior of superconducting Josephson junctions continues to improve and enable new capabilities for applications in metrology, communications, and quantum control. We present the

Clock-line-mediated Sisyphus Cooling

July 31, 2024
Author(s)
Jacob Siegel, Benjamin Hunt, Tanner Grogan, Youssef Hassan, Kyle Beloy, Roger Brown, Andrew Ludlow, Chun-Chia Chen, Kurt Gibble
We demonstrate sub-recoil Sisyphus cooling using the long-lived 3P0 clock state in alkaline-earthlike ytterbium. A 1388 -nm optical standing wave nearly resonant with the 3P0→3D1 transition creates a spatially periodic light shift of the 3P0 clock state

Orthogonal Determination of Competing Surfactant Adsorption onto Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes During Aqueous Two-Polymer Phase Extraction via Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Analytical Ultracentrifugation

July 31, 2024
Author(s)
Christopher Sims, Jeffrey Fagan
A combination of analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) and fluorescence spectroscopy are utilized to orthogonally probe compositions of adsorbed surfactant layers on the surface of (7,5) species single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) under conditions known

Tilted Stripes Origin in La1.88Sr0.12CuO4 Revealed by Anisotropic Next-Nearest Neighbor Hopping

July 31, 2024
Author(s)
Wei He, JiaJia Wen, Hong-Chen Jiang, Guangyong Xu, Wei Tian, Takanori Taniguchi, Yoichi Ikeda, Masaki Fujita, Young S. Lee
Spin- and charge- stripe order has been extensively studied in the superconducting cuprates, among which underdoped La2−xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) is an archetype with static spin stripes at low temperatures. An intriguing, but not completely understood, phenomenon

Characterizing a Frequency Converter Based on a Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Grant Giesbrecht, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Adam Sirois, Manuel Castellanos Beltran, Michael Vissers, JIANSONG GAO, Paul Dresselhaus, Taylor Barton
We present a technique for implementing a frequency doubler in NbTiN on silicon for operation in a cryogenic environment. The kinetic inductance of a superconducting coplanar waveguide is exploited for efficient frequency conversion, while the fabrication

Characterizing the Broadband RF Permittivity of 3D-Integrated Layers in a Glass Wafer Stack from 100 MHz to 30 GHz

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Jacob Pawlik, Tomasz Karpisz, Nicholas Derimow, Sarah Evans, Jim Booth, Nate Orloff, Chris Long, Angela Stelson
We present a method for accurately determining the permittivity of dielectric materials in 3D integrated structures at broadband RF frequencies. With applications of microwave and millimeter-wave electronics on the rise, reliable methods for measuring the

Effects of the Human Presence among Robots in the ARIAC 2023 Industria Automation Competition

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Leandro Buss Becker, Anthony Downs, Craig I. Schlenoff, Justin Albrecht, Zeid Kootbally, Angelo Ferrando, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Fisher
The ''Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition'' (ARIAC) is an international robotic competition carried out in a simulated factory floor. ARIAC's competitors must perform assembly and kitting tasks by means of controlling four AGVs, one floor

Multiferroic Quantum Material Ba2Cu1-xMnxGe2O7(O?x?1) as a Potential Candidate for Frustrated Heisenberg Antiferromagnet

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Henrik Thoma, Rajesh Dutta, Vladimir Hutanu, Veronica Granata, Rosalba Fittipaldi, Qiang Zhang, Jeffrey Lynn, Petr Cermak, Nazir Khan, Shibabrata Nandi, Manuel Angst
Multiferroic Ba2CuGe2O7 was anticipated as a potential member of the exciting group of materials hosting a skyrmion or vortex lattice because of its profound Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) and the absence of single ion anisotropy (SIA). This phase

NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Martin Herman, Michaela Iorga, Ahsen Michael Salim, Robert H. Jackson, Mark R. Hurst, Ross A. Leo, Anand Kumar Mishra, Nancy M. Landreville, Yien Wang
This document summarizes the research performed by the NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science Working Group and presents the NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Reference Architecture (CC FRA or FRA), whose goal is to provide support for a cloud system's forensic

On-Wafer Calibration Comparisons of Multiline TRL with Platinum and Gold Conductors

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Tomasz Karpisz, Jacob Pawlik, Johannes Hoffmann, Sarah Evans, Christian Long, Nathan Orloff, James Booth, Angela Stelson
On-wafer calibrations are critical for measurements of embedded devices at the correct reference planes. A major challenge in on-wafer calibrations is the development of accurate calibrations that cover a frequency range from MHz to THz. Another challenge

Ultrahigh reflectivity photonic crystal membranes with optimal geometry

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Feng Zhou, Yiliang Bao, Jason Gorman, John R. Lawall
Photonic crystal (PhC) structures with subwavelength periods are widely used for diffractive optics, including high reflectivity membranes with nanoscale thickness. Here, we report on a design procedure for 2D PhC silicon nitride membrane mirrors providing

Advances in Yeast Synthetic Biology for Human GPCR Biology and Pharmacology

July 29, 2024
Author(s)
Geoffrey Taghon, Nicholas Kapolka, Daniel Isom
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of transmembrane receptors in humans. Over 800 GPCRs regulate the (patho)biology of every organ, tissue, and cell type. Consequently, GPCRs are the most prominent therapeutic targets in medicine

Coherent coupling and non-destructive measurement of trapped-ion mechanical oscillators

July 29, 2024
Author(s)
Panyu Hou, Jenny Wu, Stephen Erickson, Daniel Cole, Giorgio Zarantonello, Adam Brandt, Andrew C. Wilson, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried
Precise quantum control and measurement of several harmonic oscillators, such as the modes of the electromagnetic field in a cavity or of mechanical motion, are key for their use as quantum platforms. The motional modes of trapped ions can be individually

Magnetic skin effect in Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3

July 29, 2024
Author(s)
Guangyong Xu, Peter M. Gehring
Relaxor-ferroelectrics display exceptional dielectric properties resulting from the underlying random dipolar fields induced by strong chemical inhomogeneity. An unusual structural aspect of relaxors is a skin-effect where the near-surface region in single

Similarity Measures of Mass Spectra in Hilbert Spaces

July 29, 2024
Author(s)
Anthony J. Kearsley, Matthew Roberts
Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytic tool for measuring mass-to-charge ratios of molecules or molecular fragments. It is often used to identify and classify compounds. A mass spectrometer measures the mass of molecules and produces a signal proportional

Super-resolution Localization and Tracking in WiFi Sensing

July 29, 2024
Author(s)
Jian Wang, Jack Chuang, Nada Golmie
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems have been investigated by the research and standardization communities in the recent past. Accurate localizing the target and tracking the target's movement are critical for numerous smart Internet of

Generation of Neutron Airy Beams

July 28, 2024
Author(s)
Charles W. Clark, Dmitry Pushin, Michael G. Huber, Kirill Zhernenkov, Jonathan White, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt, David Cory, Huseyin Ekinici, Melissa Henderson, Owen Lailey, Dusan Sarenac
The Airy wave packet is a solution to the potential-free Schr¨odinger equation that exhibits remark-able properties such as self-acceleration, non-diffraction, and self-healing. Although Airy beams are now routinely realized with electromagnetic waves and
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