The TolTEC camera: an overview of the instrument and in-lab testing results

GW Wilson, S Abi-Saad, P Ade… - … , and Far-Infrared …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
TolTEC is a three-band imaging polarimeter for the Large Millimeter Telescope.
Simultaneously observing with passbands at 1.1 mm, 1.4 mm and 2.0 mm, TolTEC has …

A 25-micrometer single-photon-sensitive kinetic inductance detector

PK Day, NF Cothard, C Albert, L Foote, E Kane… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
We report measurements characterizing the performance of a kinetic inductance detector
array designed for a wavelength of 25 microns and very low optical background level …

On the nature of decoherence in quantum circuits: Revealing the structural motif of the surface radicals in α-Al2O3

S Un, S de Graaf, P Bertet, S Kubatkin, A Danilov - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Quantum information technology puts stringent demands on the quality of materials and
interfaces in the pursuit of increased device coherence. Yet, little is known about the …

Development of mkids for measurement of the cosmic microwave background with the south pole telescope

K Dibert, P Barry, Z Pan, A Anderson, B Benson… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
We present details of the design, simulation, and initial test results of prototype detectors for
the fourth-generation receiver of the South Pole Telescope (SPT). Optimized for the …

Suppression of magnetic vortex losses in submicron NbN coplanar waveguide resonators

A Roitman, L Burlachkov, A Sharoni, A Shaulov… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We present a method for improving the performance of microwave coplanar resonators in
magnetic fields, by using narrow superconducting strips of width close to the London …

Low-loss superconducting aluminum microwave coplanar waveguide resonators on sapphires for the qubit readouts

Q He, P OuYang, H Gao, S He, Y Li… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The coplanar waveguide (CPW) microwave resonators have been widely applied for solid-
state quantum computation and single-photon detection. Based on the physical analysis for …

Characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-δ coplanar resonator for microwave kinetic inductance detectors

A Roitman, A Shaulov… - Superconductor Science …, 2023 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
We demonstrate an improved YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ-based microwave kinetic inductance
detector with a quality factor ${Q_i}\sim 2.5\times {10^ 4} $ and noise equivalent power …

[HTML][HTML] Lumped element granular aluminum resonators with high kinetic inductances

Q He, P OuYang, M Dai, H Guan, J Hu, S He, Y Wang… - AIP Advances, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, a new kind of distributed element superconducting resonators with granular
aluminum (grAl) has been developed for circuit quantum electrodynamics. Given that …

SuperSpec: on-chip spectrometer design, characterization, and performance

J Redford, PS Barry, CM Bradford, S Chapman… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
SuperSpec is an integrated, on-chip spectrometer for millimeter and sub-millimeter
astronomy intended to pave the way for large-scale, multi-beam spectrometer instruments …

Large-Area TKIDs for Charged Particle Detection

EM Scott, J Caylor, MS Dewey, J Gao, C Heikes… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
Nuclear physics has long played a central role in our efforts to better understand the natural
world. Several experiments are currently well positioned to improve limits in searches for …