English
Related papers

Related papers: FPGA-Controlled Versatile Microwave Source for Col…

200 papers

Experiments in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics require precise and accurate control of digital, analog, and radio frequency (RF) signals. We present a control hardware based on a field programmable gate array (FPGA) core which…

We present a compact FPGA-based pulse sequencer and radio-frequency (RF) generator suitable for experiments with cold trapped ions and atoms. The unit is capable of outputting a pulse sequence with at least 32 TTL channels with a timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-16 Thaned Pruttivarasin , Hidetoshi Katori

We describe a cryogenic instrumentation platform incorporating commercially-available field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) configured to operate well beyond their specified temperature range. The instrument enables signal routing,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 I. D. Conway Lamb , J. I. Colless , J. M. Hornibrook , S. J. Pauka , S. J. Waddy , M. K. Frechtling , D. J. Reilly

The operation of CMOS Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) at extremely cold environments as low as 4 K is demonstrated. Various FPGA and periphery hardware design techniques spanning from HDL design to improvements of peripheral…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-21 Christopher Lewis , Drew Sellers , Michael Hamilton

Modern experiments with fundamental quantum systems - like ultracold atoms, trapped ions, single photons - are managed by a control system formed by a number of input/output electronic channels governed by a computer. In hybrid quantum…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-16 Elia Perego , Marco Pomponio , Amelia Detti , Lucia Duca , Carlo Sias , Claudio E. Calosso

In this paper we show how a deep-submicron FPGA can be modified to operate at extremely low temperatures through modifications in the supporting hardware and in the firmware programming it. Though FPGAs are not designed to operate at a few…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-14 Harald Homulle , Stefan Visser , Bishnu Patra , Edoardo Charbon

Recent advances in solid-state qubit technology are paving the way to fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. However, qubit technology is limited by qubit coherence time and by the complexity of coupling the quantum system with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-25 Harald Homulle , Stefan Visser , Bishnu Patra , Giorgio Ferrari , Enrico Prati , Fabio Sebastiano , Edoardo Charbon

Electronic systems for qubit control and measurement serve as a bridge between quantum programming language and quantum information processors. With the rapid development of superconducting quantum circuit (SQC) technology, synchronization…

The generation and manipulation of ultracold atomic ensembles in the quantum regime require the application of dynamically controllable microwave fields with ultra-low noise performance. Here, we present a low-phase-noise microwave source…

We describe a many-channel experiment control system based on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The system has 16 bit resolution on 10 analog 100 MS/s input channels, 14 analog 100 MS/s output channels, 16 slow analog input and output…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-08-03 Daniel T. Schussheim , Kurt Gibble

This work proposes dedicated hardware for an intelligent control system on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The intelligent system is represented as Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy-PI controller. The implementation uses a fully parallel strategy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-06 Sérgio N. Silva , Felipe F. Lopes , Carlos Valderrama , Marcelo A. C. Fernandes

Realization of qubit gate sequences require coherent microwave control pulses with programmable amplitude, duration, spacing and phase. We propose an SRAM based arbitrary waveform generator for cryogenic control of spin qubits. We…

Modern physics experiments rely on precise timing provided by programmable digital pulse generators. In many experimental control systems, this role is filled by custom devices built on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). While highly…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-19 Philip T Starkey , Carter Turnbaugh , Patrick Miller , Kermit-James LeBlanc , David H Meyer

In the realm of contemporary materials testing, the demand for scalability, adaptability, parallelism, and speed has surged due to the proliferation of diverse materials and testing standards. Traditional controller-based systems often fall…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Arev Hambardzumyan , Rafayel Ghasabyan , Vahagn Tamazyan

As quantum information processors grow in quantum bit (qubit) count and functionality, the control and measurement system becomes a limiting factor to large scale extensibility. To tackle this challenge and keep pace with rapidly evolving…

Solid-state qubits have recently advanced to the level that enables them, in-principle, to be scaled-up into fault-tolerant quantum computers. As these physical qubits continue to advance, meeting the challenge of realising a quantum…

This report describes a cantilever controller for magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) based on a field programmable gate array (FPGA), along with the hardware and software used to integrate the controller into an experiment. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-02-12 Jonathan P. Jacky , Joseph L. Garbini , Matthew Ettus , John A. Sidles

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) provide designers with the ability to quickly create hardware circuits. Increases in FPGA configurable logic capacity and decreasing FPGA costs have enabled designers to more readily incorporate FPGAs…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2011-11-09 Roman Lysecky , Frank Vahid

Large-scale quantum computers must be built upon quantum bits that are both highly coherent and locally controllable. We demonstrate the quantum control of the electron and the nuclear spin of a single 31P atom in silicon, using a…

Cold atom interferometers have matured to a powerful tool in fundamental physics research, and they are currently on their way from realizations in the laboratory to applications in the real world. The radio frequency (RF) generator is an…

‹ Prev 1 2 3 10 Next ›