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Niobium nitride (NbN) is a particularly promising material for quantum technology applications, as entails the degree of reproducibility necessary for large-scale of superconducting circuits. We demonstrate that resonators based on NbN thin…

We present superconducting microwave-frequency resonators based on NbTiN nanowires. The small cross section of the nanowires minimizes vortex generation, making the resonators resilient to magnetic fields. Measured intrinsic quality factors…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 N. Samkharadze , A. Bruno , P. Scarlino , G. Zheng , D. P. DiVincenzo , L. DiCarlo , L. M. K. Vandersypen

We present low-temperature measurements of low-loss superconducting nanowire-embedded resonators in the low-power limit relevant for quantum circuits. The superconducting resonators are embedded with superconducting nanowires with widths…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-09 Jonathan Burnett , James Sagar , Oscar W. Kennedy , Paul A. Warburton , Jonathan C. Fenton

We characterize inductors fabricated from ultra-thin, approximately 100 nm wide strips of niobium (Nb) and niobium nitride (NbN). These nanowires have a large kinetic inductance in the superconducting state. The kinetic inductance scales…

We study the microwave impedance of extremely high aspect ratio (length/width ~ 5,000) superconducting niobium nitride nanowires. The nanowires are fabricated in a compact meander geometry that is in series with the center conductor of a 50…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-14 Daniel F. Santavicca , Jesse K. Adams , Lierd E. Grant , Adam N. McCaughan , Karl K. Berggren

We characterize niobium nitride (NbN) $\lambda/2$ coplanar waveguide resonators, which were fabricated from a 10nm thick film on silicon dioxide grown by sputter deposition. For films grown at 120{\deg}C we report a superconducting critical…

Disordered superconducting nitrides with kinetic inductance have long been considered a leading material candidate for high-inductance quantum-circuit applications. Despite continuing efforts in reducing material dimensions to increase the…

Thin films of disordered superconductors such as titanium nitride (TiN) exhibit large kinetic inductance (KI), high critical temperature, and large quality factors at the single-photon level. KI nonlinearity can be exploited as an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-02 Chaitali Joshi , Wenyuan Chen , Henry G. LeDuc , Peter K. Day , Mohammad Mirhosseini

The high critical magnetic field and relatively high critical temperature of niobium nitride (NbN) make it a promising material candidate for applications in superconducting quantum technology. However, NbN-based devices and circuits are…

Advancing large-scale quantum computing requires superconducting circuits that combine long coherence times with compatibility with semiconductor technology. We investigate niobium nitride (NbN) coplanar waveguide resonators integrated with…

We report on the realization of a superinductor, a dissipationless element whose microwave impedance greatly exceeds the resistance quantum. The design of the superinductor, implemented as a ladder of nanoscale Josephson junctions, enables…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-05 M. T. Bell , I. A. Sadovskyy , L. B. Ioffe , A. Yu. Kitaev , M. E. Gershenson

Superinductors are circuit elements characterised by an intrinsic impedance in excess of the superconducting resistance quantum ($R_\text{Q}\approx6.45~$k$\Omega$), with applications from metrology and sensing to quantum computing. However,…

We report quantum interference effects in InAs semiconductor nanowires strongly coupled to superconducting electrodes. In the normal state, universal conductance fluctuations are investigated as a function of magnetic field, temperature,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Yong-Joo Doh , Aarnoud L. Roest , Erik P. A. M. Bakkers , Silvano De Franceschi , Leo P. Kouwenhoven

Magnetoresistance oscillations were observed on networks of superconducting ultrathin Nb nanowires presenting evidences of either thermal or quantum activated phase slips. The magnetic transport data, discussed in the framework of different…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-10-08 C. Cirillo , S. L. Prischepa , M. Trezza , V. P. Bondarenko , C. Attanasio

Millimeter-wave superconducting devices offer a platform for quantum experiments at temperatures above 1 K, and new avenues for studying light-matter interactions in the strong coupling regime. Using the intrinsic nonlinearity associated…

We present spiral resonators of thin film niobium (Nb) that exhibit large geometric inductance, high critical magnetic fields and high single photon quality factors. These low loss geometric inductors can be a compelling alternative to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-26 M. Medahinne , Y. P. Kandel , S. Thapa Magar , E. Champion , J. M. Nichol , M. S. Blok

We evaluate the performance of hybrid microwave resonators made by combining sputtered Nb thin films with Tungsten nanowires grown with a He-beam induced deposition technique. Depending on growth conditions the nanowires have a typical…

Superconducting thin films with high intrinsic kinetic inductance are of great importance for photon detectors, achieving strong coupling in hybrid systems, and protected qubits. We report on the performance of titanium nitride resonators,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 A. Shearrow , G. Koolstra , S. J. Whiteley , N. Earnest , P. S. Barry , F. J. Heremans , D. D. Awschalom , E. Shirokoff , D. I. Schuster

Spin-photon coupling presents an enticing opportunity for the long-range coupling of spin qubits. The spin-photon coupling rate $g_{s}$ is proportional to the charge-photon coupling rate $g_{c}$. To move deeper into the strong coupling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 X. Zhang , Z. Zhu , N. P. Ong , J. R. Petta

Superconducting resonators with high-kinetic inductance play a central role in hybrid quantum circuits, enabling strong coupling with quantum systems with small electric dipole moment and improved parametric amplification. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-30 Camille Roy , Simone Frasca , Pasquale Scarlino
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