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Sensors capable of detecting individual photons of visible light have become essential for applications ranging from imaging faint galaxies to quantum computing
Project activities include: Electronic structure of semiconductor-oxide interfaces. Thermodynamics of flexible microporous materials for gas storage Gas adsorption in microporous materials Analysis of topological materials, including magnetic topological insulators High-throughput screening of
We have developed parametric amplifiers based on two different technologies: Josephson Junctions and superconductors with high kinetic inductance, a representation of the kinetic energy of superconducting Cooper-pair charge carriers. Junction-based parametric amplifiers (JPAs) are well suited for
Manufacturing optimized devices that incorporate newly-emerging materials requires predictable performance throughout device lifetimes. Unexpected degradation in device performance, sometimes leading to failure, is often traceable to poor material reliability. Reliability is rooted in the stability
“Getting from Qubit to Mega-Qubit Quantum Computers with RF Calibrations” is a multi-laboratory effort to develop precision radio frequency measurements in the coldest and darkest places on the planet, cryostats and dilution refrigerators. The projects in this multi-laboratory effort are focused on
Ryan Fitzgerald, Bradley Alpert, Denis Bergeron, Max Carlson, Richard Essex, Kelsey Morgan, Shinichiro N. Muramoto, Svetlana Nour, Galen O'Neil, Daniel Schmidt, Gordon Shaw, Daniel Swetz, R Verkouteren
We demonstrate a method for radionuclide assay that is spectroscopic with 100 % counting efficiency for alpha decay. Advancing both cryogenic decay energy
Benedikt Hampel, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Varun Verma
We demonstrate a 64-pixel single-photon imager based on superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) capable of counting single photons up to a
The Bi–Ni binary system has been of interest due to possible unconventional superconductivity aroused therein, such as time-reversal symmetry breaking in Bi/Ni