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most citedDesign and Performance of Hafnium Optical and Near-IR Kinetic Inductance Detectors

25 citations · 79 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

quant-ph2026

A digitally controlled silicon quantum processing unit

Members of the HRL Quantum Team, Collaborators, : +255

Commercially-relevant quantum computers will require large numbers of high-performing qubits that can be manufactured, integrated, and controlled at scale. Silicon exchange-only (E…

astro-ph.IM2024

MagAO-X: Commissioning Results and Status of Ongoing Upgrades

Jared R. Males, Laird M. Close, Sebastiaan Y. Haffert +20

MagAO-X is the coronagraphic extreme adaptive optics system for the 6.5 m Magellan Clay Telescope. We report the results of commissioning the first phase of MagAO-X. Components now…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 6 cited

Characterizing the Dark Count Rate of a Large-Format MKID Array

Noah Swimmer, W. Hawkins Clay, Nicholas Zobrist +1

We present an empirical measurement of the dark count rate seen in a large-format MKID array identical to those currently in use at observatories such as Subaru on Maunakea. This w…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 6 cited

Probing Photon Statistics in Adaptive Optics Images with SCExAO/MEC

Sarah Steiger, Timothy D. Brandt, Olivier Guyon +11

We present an experimental study of photon statistics for high-contrast imaging with the Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) Exoplanet Camera (MEC) located behind the Suba…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

SCExAO and Keck Direct Imaging Discovery of a Low-Mass Companion Around the Accelerating F5 Star HIP 5319

Noah Swimmer, Thayne Currie, Sarah Steiger +26

We present the direct imaging discovery of a low-mass companion to the nearby accelerating F star, HIP 5319, using SCExAO coupled with the CHARIS, VAMPIRES, and MEC instruments in…

astro-ph.IM2022

Membrane-less phonon trapping and resolution enhancement in optical microwave kinetic inductance detectors

Nicholas Zobrist, W. Hawkins Clay, Grégoire Coiffard +4

Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) sensitive to light in the ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths are superconducting micro-resonators that are capable of measuring…