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We demonstrate a superconducting inductive technique to measure the displacement of a micromechanical resonator. In our scheme, a type I superconducting microsphere is attached to the free end of a microcantilever and approached to the loop…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-08 Andrea Vinante

Circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) employs superconducting microwave resonators as quantum buses. In circuit QED with semiconductor quantum-dot-based qubits, increasing the resonator impedance is desirable as it enhances the coupling to…

We present a fabrication method of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on direct write lithography with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). This technique involves maskless local anodization of Nb or NbN ultrathin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Faucher , T. Fournier , B. Pannetier , C. Thirion , W. Wernsdorfer , J. C. Villegier , V. Bouchiat

Employing amorphous superconductors, such as Type-II molybdenum silicide (MoSi), instead of crystalline materials significantly simplifies the material deposition and scalable nanoscale prototyping, beneficial for quantum electronic and…

The development of advanced packaging is essential in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. However, non-destructive testing (NDT) of advanced packaging becomes increasingly challenging due to the depth and complexity of the layers…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-17 J. Senthilnath , Jayasanker Jayabalan , Zhuoyi Lin , Aye Phyu Phyu Aung , Chen Hao , Kaixin Xu , Yeow Kheng Lim , F. C. Wellstood

We report the design and implementation of a point-contact spectroscopy (PCS) system integrated with a dilution refrigerator, enabling measurements down to 30 mK. The setup employs a needle-anvil geometry with a cryogenic piezo-driven…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-07 Ghulam Mohmad , Atanu Mishra , Goutam Sheet

We have realized a microstrip based THz near field cantilever which enables quantitative measurements of the impedance of the probe tip at THz frequencies (0.3 THz). A key feature is the on-chip balanced hybrid coupler which serves as an…

With the demand for scalable cryogenic microwave circuitry continuously rising, recently developed flexible microwave striplines offer the tantalyzing perspective of increasing the cabling density by an order of magnitude without thermally…

Superconducting resonators with high quality factors are extremely sensitive detectors of the complex impedance of materials and devices coupled to them. This capability has been used to measure losses in multiple different materials and,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Jared Gibson , Zhanzhi Jiang , Angela Kou

We have fabricated disordered superconducting nanowires of molybdenium silicide. A molybdenium nanowire is first deposited on top of silicon, and the alloy is formed by rapid thermal annealing. The method allows tuning of the crystal growth…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-12-06 J. S. Lehtinen , A. Kemppinen , E. Mykkänen , M. Prunnila , A. J. Manninen

The new generation of strained silicon nitride resonators harbors great promise for scanning force microscopy, especially when combined with the extensive toolbox of cavity optomechanics. However, accessing a mechanical resonator inside an…

We measured the vibration of a prototype superconducting magnetic bearing (SMB) operating at liquid nitrogen temperature. This prototype system was designed as a breadboard model for LiteBIRD low-frequency telescope (LFT) polarization…

Optically addressable spin-based quantum sensors enable nanoscale measurements of temperature, magnetic field, pH, and other physical properties of a system. Advancing the sensors beyond proof-of-principle demonstrations in living cells and…

The SQCRAMscope is a recently realized Scanning Quantum CRyogenic Atom Microscope that utilizes an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate to measure magnetic fields emanating from solid-state samples. The quantum sensor does so with unprecedented…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-04-01 Fan Yang , Stephen F. Taylor , Stephen D. Edkins , Johanna Palmstrom , Ian R. Fisher , Benjamin L. Lev

An improved micro-SQUID technique is presented allowing us to measure the temperature dependence of the magnetisation switching fields of single nanoparticles well above the critical superconducting temperature of the SQUID. Our first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Thirion , W. Wernsdorfer , M. Jamet , V. Dupuis , P. Melinon , A. Perez , D. Mailly

We present an analytically tractable theory of reservoir-engineered refrigeration of a superconducting microwave cavity and map it onto a realistic solid-state implementation based on gate-defined double-quantum-dot (DQD) spin qubits.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Daryoosh Vashaee , Jahanfar Abouie

The intrinsic flux noise observed in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) is thought to be due to the fluctuation of electron spin impurities, but the frequency and temperature dependence observed in experiments do not…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-01-10 T. Lanting , M. H. Amin , A. J. Berkley , C. Rich , S. -F. Chen , S. LaForest , Rogerio de Sousa

All quantum optomechanics experiments to date operate at cryogenic temperatures, imposing severe technical challenges and fundamental constraints. Here we present a novel design of on-chip mechanical resonators which exhibit fundamental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-07 Richard A. Norte , Joao P. Moura , Simon Gröblacher

Scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy (SSM) is a scanning probe technique that images local magnetic flux, which allows for mapping of magnetic fields with high field and spatial accuracy. Many studies involving…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 P. Reith , X. Renshaw Wang , H. Hilgenkamp

Nanofabrication of topological insulator (TI) devices is essential for accessing edge and interface states, but conventional lithography and etching compromise the atomically clean surfaces required for scanning tunneling microscopy and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-24 Adrian Greichgauer , Roozbeh Yazdanpanah , Alexey Taskin , Oliver Breunig , Yoichi Ando , Jens Brede