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Quantum devices are a promising solution to many research applications, including medical imaging, precision magnetic field measurements, condensed matter physics, and overcoming the limits of classical computing. Among the available…

Replacing the bulky cryoliquid-based cooling stages of cryoenabled instruments by chip-scale refrigeration is envisioned to disruptively reduce the system size similar to microprocessors did for computers. Electronic refrigerators based on…

We demonstrate topological insulator (Bi$_2$Te$_3$) dc SQUIDs, based on superconducting Nb leads coupled to nano-fabricated Nb-Bi$_2$Te$_3$-Nb Josephson junctions. The high reproducibility and controllability of the fabrication process…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-08-23 M. Veldhorst , C. G. Molenaar , X. L. Wang , H. Hilgenkamp , A. Brinkman

Superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics experiments with propagating microwaves require devices acting as beam splitters. Using niobium thin films on silicon and sapphire substrates, we fabricated superconducting 180{\deg}…

Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) metamaterials are superconducting artificial media whose function relies both on their geometry and the extraordinary properties of superconductivity and the Josephson effect. Recent…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-03 J. Hizanidis , N. Lazarides , G. Neofotistos , G. P. Tsironis

Tunable couplers enable high-fidelity two-qubit gates leveraging high on/off coupling ratios and reduced crosstalk within a single design. We investigate a galvanically connected direct-current superconducting quantum interference device…

Thermal Nyquist noise fluctuations of high-$Q$ Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) cavities have been observed at cryogenic temperatures with a DC Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) amplifier. High $Q$ modes with bandwidths of few…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-10-21 Maxim Goryachev , Eugene N. Ivanov , Frank van Kann , Serge Galliou , Michael E. Tobar

Josephson weak links made of two-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) exhibit magnetic oscillations of the supercurrent that are reminiscent of those in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). We propose a microscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-13 G. Tkachov , P. Burset , B. Trauzettel , E. M. Hankiewicz

The two-dimensional superconductor formed at the interface between the complex oxides, lanthanum aluminate (LAO) and strontium titanate (STO) has several intriguing properties that set it apart from conventional superconductors. Most…

We present a measurement protocol for a flux qubit coupled to a dc-Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID), representative of any two-state system with a controllable coupling to an harmonic oscillator quadrature, which consists…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-18 I. Serban , B. L. T. Plourde , F. K. Wilhelm

Aluminum-based Josephson junctions are currently the main sources of nonlinearity for control and manipulation of superconducting qubits. A phase-slip junction, the dual of a Josephson junction, provides an alternative source of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-09 Cheeranjeev Purmessur , Kaicheung Chow , Bernard van Heck , Angela Kou

We report the transport measurements on the InAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) which have a unique structural zero-dimensionality, coupled to a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). Owing to the SQUID geometry, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-02-10 S. Kim , R. Ishiguro , M. Kamio , Y. Doda , E. Watanebe , K. Shibata , K. Hirakawa , H. Takayanagi

We implement a broadly tunable phase shifter for microwaves based on superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) and study it both experimentally and theoretically. At different frequencies, a unit transmission coefficient,…

Frequency tunable qubit plays a significant role for scalable superconducting quantum processors. The state-of-the-art room-temperature electronics for tuning qubit frequency suffers from unscalable limit, such as heating problem, linear…

We propose networking superconducting quantum circuits by transducing their excitations (typically 4-8 GHz) to 100-500 MHz photons for transmission via cryogenic coaxial cables. Counter-intuitively, this frequency downconversion reduces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-31 Takuma Makihara , Wentao Jiang , Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

We suggest SQUID amplifier configuration intended for millikelvin refrigerators where cooling power is limited and hence high power efficiency is desirable. The configuration operates the SQUIDs in class-AB rather than the traditional…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-12 Mikko Kiviranta

Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are among the most sensitive detectors for out-of-plane magnetic field components. However, due to their periodic response with short modulation period $M = 1 \Phi_0$, determined by the…

We report the discovery of bulk superconductivity (SC) at 6.1 K in a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) chromium pnictide K$_2$Cr$_3$As$_3$ which contains [(Cr$_3$As$_3$)$^{2-}$]$_{\infty}$ double-walled subnano-tubes with face-sharing Cr$_{6/2}$…

We investigate the transient dynamics of a lumped-element oscillator based on a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The SQUID is shunted with a capacitor forming a nonlinear oscillator with resonance frequency in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-16 P. Bhupathi , Peter Groszkowski , M. P. DeFeo , Matthew Ware , Frank K. Wilhelm , B. L. T. Plourde

We characterize niobium-based lateral Superconductor (S) - Normal metal (N) - Superconductor weak links through low-temperature switching current measurements and tunnel spectroscopy. We fabricate the SNS devices in two separate lithography…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 R. N. Jabdaraghi , J. T. Peltonen , O. -P. Saira , J. P. Pekola