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20172022
most citedTunable Nb superconducting resonators based upon a Ne-FIB-fabricated constriction nanoSQUID

39 citations · 211 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

quant-ph2022★ 20 cited

Coherent spin dynamics of rare-earth doped crystals in the high-cooperativity regime

Joseph Alexander, Gavin Dold, Oscar W. Kennedy +9

Rare-earth doped crystals have long coherence times and the potential to provide quantum interfaces between microwave and optical photons. Such applications benefit from a high coo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 30 cited

Probing spin dynamics of ultra-thin van der Waals magnets via photon-magnon coupling

Christoph W. Zollitsch, Safe Khan, Vu Thanh Trung Nam +9

Layered van der Waals (vdW) magnets can maintain a magnetic order even down to the single-layer regime and hold promise for integrated spintronic devices. While the magnetic ground…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021

Reducing strain in heterogeneous quantum devices using atomic layer deposition

Oscar W. Kennedy, James O'Sullivan, Christoph W. Zollitsch +3

We investigated the use of dielectric layers produced by atomic layer deposition (ALD) as an approach to strain mitigation in composite silicon/superconductor devices operating at…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021

Spin coherence of near-surface ionised Te donors in silicon

Mantas Šimėnas, James O'Sullivan, Oscar W. Kennedy +8

Impurity spins in crystal matrices are promising components in quantum technologies, particularly if they can maintain their spin properties when close to surfaces and material int…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 1 cited

Electric-field-driven conductance switching in encapsulated graphene nanogaps

E. Pyurbeeva, J. L. Swett, Q. Ye +2

Feedback-controlled electric breakdown of graphene in air or vacuum is a well-established way of fabricating tunnel junctions, nanogaps, and quantum dots. We show that the method i…

quant-ph2021★ 1 cited

Random-access quantum memory using chirped pulse phase encoding

James O'Sullivan, Oscar W. Kennedy, Kamanasish Debnath +9

As in conventional computing, key attributes of quantum memories are high storage density and, crucially, random access, or the ability to read from or write to an arbitrarily chos…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 4 cited

Nonlinear quantum processes in superconducting resonators terminated by neon-focused-ion-beam-fabricated superconducting nanowires

Jamie A. Potter, Oscar W. Kennedy, Jonathan C. Fenton +1

We have used a neon focused-ion-beam to fabricate both nanoscale Nb Dayem bridges and NbN phase-slip nanowires located at the short-circuited end of quarter-wavelength coplanar wav…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020

Rapid Thermal Annealing for Surface Optimisation of ZnO Substrates for MBE-Grown Oxide Two-Dimensional Electron Gases

Matthew Sparks, Oscar Kennedy, Paul Warburton

Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at the ZnO/ZnMgO interface are promising for applications in spintronics and quantum computing due to the combination of low spin-orbit coupl…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 19 cited

Spin resonance linewidths of bismuth donors in silicon coupled to planar microresonators

James O'Sullivan, Oscar W. Kennedy, Christoph W. Zollitsch +5

Ensembles of bismuth donor spins in silicon are promising storage elements for microwave quantum memories due to their long coherence times which exceed seconds. Operating an effic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 1 cited

Integration of topological insulator Josephson junctions in superconducting qubit circuits

Tobias W. Schmitt, Malcolm R. Connolly, Michael Schleenvoigt +16

The integration of semiconductor Josephson junctions (JJs) in superconducting quantum circuits provides a versatile platform for hybrid qubits and offers a powerful way to probe ex…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 32 cited

Tuning high-Q superconducting resonators by magnetic field reorientation

Christoph W. Zollitsch, James O'Sullivan, Oscar W. Kennedy +2

Superconducting resonators interfaced with paramagnetic spin ensembles are used to increase the sensitivity of electron spin resonance experiments and are key elements of microwave…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 39 cited

Tunable Nb superconducting resonators based upon a Ne-FIB-fabricated constriction nanoSQUID

Oscar W. Kennedy, Jonathan Burnett, Jonathan C. Fenton +4

Hybrid superconducting--spin systems offer the potential to combine highly coherent atomic quantum systems with the scalability of superconducting circuits. To fully exploit this p…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 32 cited

Emergence of Quantum Phase-Slip Behaviour in Superconducting NbN Nanowires: DC Electrical Transport and Fabrication Technologies

N. G. N. Constantino, M. S. Anwar, O. W. Kennedy +3

Superconducting nanowires undergoing quantum phase-slips have potential for impact in electronic devices, with a high-accuracy quantum current standard among a possible toolbox of…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 32 cited

Low-Loss Superconducting Nanowire Circuits Using a Neon Focused Ion Beam

Jonathan Burnett, James Sagar, Oscar W. Kennedy +2

We present low-temperature measurements of low-loss superconducting nanowire-embedded resonators in the low-power limit relevant for quantum circuits. The superconducting resonator…