Nano superconducting quantum interference device: A powerful tool for nanoscale investigations

C Granata, A Vettoliere - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The magnetic sensing at nanoscale level is a promising and interesting research topic of
nanoscience. Indeed, magnetic imaging is a powerful tool for probing biological, chemical …

On the measurement of a weak classical force coupled to a harmonic oscillator: experimental progress

MF Bocko, R Onofrio - Reviews of Modern Physics, 1996 - APS
Several high-precision physics experiments are approaching a level of sensitivity at which
the intrinsic quantum nature of the experimental apparatus is the dominant source of …

Ultrahigh sensitivity magnetic field and magnetization measurements with an atomic magnetometer

HB Dang, AC Maloof, MV Romalis - Applied Physics Letters, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We describe an ultrasensitive atomic magnetometer based on optically pumped potassium
atoms operating in a spin-exchange relaxation free regime. We demonstrate magnetic field …

A scanning superconducting quantum interference device with single electron spin sensitivity

D Vasyukov, Y Anahory, L Embon, D Halbertal… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) can be used to detect weak
magnetic fields and have traditionally been the most sensitive magnetometers available …

High- Magnetic Levitation and Control of Superconducting Microspheres at Millikelvin Temperatures

J Hofer, R Gross, G Higgins, H Huebl, OF Kieler… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We report the levitation of a superconducting lead-tin sphere with 100 μ m diameter
(corresponding to a mass of 5.6 μ g) in a static magnetic trap formed by two coils in an anti …

Measurement-induced qubit state mixing in circuit QED from up-converted dephasing noise

DH Slichter, R Vijay, SJ Weber, S Boutin… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We observe measurement-induced qubit state mixing in a transmon qubit dispersively
coupled to a planar readout cavity. Our results indicate that dephasing noise at the qubit …

[BOOK][B] SQUIDs, the Josephson effects and superconducting electronics

JC Gallop - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The science of superconducting electronics was first developed over forty years ago, fifty
years after the discovery of superconductivity. Since then, a wide range of applications has …

Colloquium: Quantum limits to the energy resolution of magnetic field sensors

MW Mitchell, S Palacios Alvarez - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
The energy resolution per bandwidth ER is a figure of merit that combines the field
resolution, bandwidth or duration of the measurement, and size of the sensed region …

Development of a niobium nanosuperconducting quantum interference device for the detection of small spin populations

SKH Lam, DL Tilbrook - Applied physics letters, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Electron-beam lithography and reactive ion etching have been used to fabricate thin-film
Au/Nb bridges with widths 50nm. The Au layer was used as both a mask for etching the Nb …

Single spin magnetic resonance

J Wrachtrup, A Finkler - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2016 - Elsevier
Different approaches have improved the sensitivity of either electron or nuclear magnetic
resonance to the single spin level. For optical detection it has essentially become routine to …