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A shift of paradigm to obtain (sub-)Kelvin environment is currently on-going with the democratization of cryogen-free cryocoolers, boosted by their easy-to-use and continuous operation without the need of liquid helium whose cost and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-06 Mathieu Taupin , Kamel Dougdag , Djamel Ziane , Francois Couedo

We report our point-contact spectroscopy (PCS) study on the superconducting state of the type-II Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$ with a superconducting transition temperature $T\rm_c \sim$ 1.65 K. Both mechanical- and soft- PCS differential…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-06-04 Tian Le , Lichang Yin , Zili Feng , Qi Huang , Liqiang Che , Jie Li , Youguo Shi , Xin Lu

We consider resonant transport through a molecular quantum dot coupled to a local vibration mode. Applying the non-equilibrium Green function technique in the polaron representation, we develop a non-perturbative scheme to calculate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alex Zazunov , Thierry Martin

We present a novel methodology for the operation of macroscopic Kelvin Probe instruments. The methodology is based on the use of a harmonic backing potential signal to drive the tip-sample variable capacitance and on a Fourier…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-03 G. Chiritoi , E. M. Popescu , A. A. Radu , A. Caramete , L. Caramete , A. Pavalas , M. Margaritescu , A. E. Rolea , T. Necsoiu , A. Enuica

We use fiber-coupled photoconductive emitters and detectors to perform terahertz (THz) spectroscopy of lightly-doped n-InSb directly in the cryogenic (1.5 K) bore of a high-field superconducting magnet. We measure transmission spectra from…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 X. P. A. Gao , J. Y. Sohn , S. A. Crooker

The Internal Conversion Electron SPectrometer In Coincidence Experiments (ICESPICE) demonstrator has been developed at Florida State University to enable particle/gamma-electron coincidence measurements in low-energy nuclear structure…

Nanowire heterostructures define high-quality few-electron quantum dots for nanoelectronics, spintronics and quantum information processing. We use a cooled scanning probe microscope (SPM) to image and control an InAs quantum dot in an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. C. Bleszynski-Jayich , L. E. Froberg , M. T. Bjork , H. J. Trodahl , L. Samuelson , R. M. Westervelt

Thermodynamic properties of the square-lattice Holstein model of the electron-phonon problem with phonon frequencies small compared to the bare Fermi energy are obtained using Monte Carlo methods, a strong-coupling (bipolaronic) expansion,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-29 Ilya Esterlis , Steven Kivelson , Douglas Scalapino

At this centenary of the discovery of superconductivity, the design of new and more useful superconductors remains as enigmatic as ever. These materials play crucial roles both for fundamental science and applications, and they hold great…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-10-20 Laura H. Greene , Hamood Z. Arham , Cassandra R. Hunt , Wan Kyu Park

Two dimensional materials and their heterostructures constitute a promising platform to study correlated electronic states as well as many body physics of excitons. Here, we present experiments that unite these hitherto separate efforts and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 Yuya Shimazaki , Ido Schwartz , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Martin Kroner , Ataç Imamoğlu

Two-dimensional phononic crystals (PnCs) formed by a periodic array of holes in a suspended membrane have previously been used to coherently control thermal conductance at low temperatures by modifying the phonon dispersion, thereby…

The spin polarization of hadrons is a key observable for probing the details of particle and nuclear interactions, offering information not available from other measurements. Currently, general-purpose spectrometers lack the capability to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-03 Chuang-Xin Lin , Xiao-Rong Lv , Boxing Gou , Ai-Qiang Guo , Yu-Tie Liang

Semiconducting MoTe2 is one of the few two-dimensional (2D) materials with a moderate band gap, similar to silicon. However, this material remains under-explored for 2D electronics due to ambient instability and predominantly p-type Fermi…

An experimental protocol which allows to perform conductance spectroscopy on organic molecules at low temperatures (T~30 K) has been developed. This extends the method of mechanically controlled break junctions which has recently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Reichert , H. B. Weber , M. Mayor , H. v. Löhneysen

We demonstrate position and energy-resolved phonon-mediated detection of particle interactions in a silicon substrate instrumented with an array of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). The relative magnitude and delay of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-12 D. C. Moore , S. R. Golwala , B. Bumble , B. Cornell , P. K. Day , H. G. LeDuc , J. Zmuidzinas

We have developed a contact-less technique for the real time measurement of a-thermal (Cooper-pair breaking) phonons in an absorber held at sub-Kelvin temperatures. In particular, a thin-film aluminum superconducting resonator was realized…

We report experimental results on a quantum point contact (QPC) device formed in a wide AlAs quantum well where the two-dimensional electrons occupy two in-plane valleys with elliptical Fermi contours. To probe the closely-spaced,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 O. Gunawan , B. Habib , E. P. De Poortere , M. Shayegan

Despite the intense theoretical and experimental effort, an understanding of the superconducting pairing mechanism of the high-temperature superconductors, leading to an unprecedented high transition temperature $T_c$, is still lacking.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-03-06 S. Sykora , K. W. Becker

Transverse electron focusing in two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) with strong spin-orbit coupling is revisited. The transverse focusing is related to the transmission between two contacts at the edge of a 2DEG when a perpendicular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Andres A. Reynoso , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

Precision polarimetry is essential for future e+ e- colliders and requires Compton polarimeters designed for negligible statistical uncertainties. In this paper, we discuss the design and construction of a quartz Cherenkov detector for such…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-03 Jenny List , Annika Vauth , Benedikt Vormwald