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Magnetic wideband VHF localized field probe using magnon polaritons
Gabriel Soares, Nicolò Crescini, Giovanni Carugno +1
We present here an optimisation and demonstration of a wide band instrument capable of measuring localised and directionally alternated magnetic fields below pT in the very high fr…
The Fermionic Axion Interferometer
Nicolò Crescini
The axion is an hypothetical beyond the Standard Model particle. Its experimental search is an ongoing effort, and an expanding number of techniques keep on narrowing its parameter…
Search for galactic axions with a traveling wave parametric amplifier
R. Di Vora, A. Lombardi, A. Ortolan +24
A traveling wave parametric amplifier has been integrated in the haloscope of the QUAX experiment. A search for dark matter axions has been performed with a high Q dielectric cavit…
Readout of quantum devices with a sideband microwave interferometer immune to systematic noise
N. Crescini, E. G. Kelly, G. Salis +1
The accuracy of microwave measurements is not only critical for applications in telecommunication and radar, but also for future quantum computers. Qubit technologies such as super…
Search for galactic axions with a high-Q dielectric cavity
D. Alesini, D. Babusci, C. Braggio +19
A haloscope of the QUAX-- experiment, composed of an high-Q resonant cavity immersed in a 8 T magnet and cooled to ~K is operated to search for galactic axion with ma…
Evidence of dual Shapiro steps in a Josephson junctions array
Nicolò Crescini, Samuel Cailleaux, Wiebke Guichard +4
The modern primary voltage standard is based on the AC Josephson effect and the ensuing Shapiro steps, where a microwave tone applied to a Josephson junction yields a constant volt…
An Haloscope Amplification Chain based on a Travelling Wave Parametric Amplifier
Caterina Braggio, Giulio Cappelli, Giovanni Carugno +8
In this paper we will describe the characterisation of a rf detection chain based on a travelling wave parametric amplifier (TWPA). The detection chain is meant to be used for dark…
A high-Q microwave dielectric resonator for axion dark matter haloscopes
R. Di Vora, D. Alesini, C. Braggio +17
The frequency band 1-15 GHz provides exciting prospects for resonant axion haloscopes as indicated by cosmological and astrophysical arguments. Among the challenges currently addre…
Building instructions for a ferromagnetic axion haloscope
Nicolò Crescini
A ferromagnetic haloscope is a rf spin-magnetometer used for searching Dark Matter in the form of axions. A magnetic material is monitored searching for anomalous magnetization osc…
On the Role of Out-of-Equilibrium Phonons in Gated Superconducting Switches
M. F. Ritter, N. Crescini, D. Z. Haxell +5
Recent experiments suggest the possibility to tune superconductivity in metallic nanowires by application of modest gate voltages. It is largely debated whether the effect is due t…
Search for invisible axion dark matter of mass meV with the QUAX-- experiment
D. Alesini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +17
A haloscope of the QUAX-- experiment composed of an oxygen-free high thermal conductivity-Cu cavity inside an 8.1 T magnet and cooled to mK is put in operation for th…
Search of spin-dependent fifth forces with precision magnetometry
N. Crescini, G. Carugno, P. Falferi +3
Spin-dependent fifth-forces are associated with particles beyond the standard model. In particular, light pseudo-scalar bosons mediate long-range forces, allowing mass to interact…
Phase-modulated cavity magnon polaritons as a precise magnetic field probe
Nicolò Crescini, Giovanni Carugno, Giuseppe Ruoso
We describe and operate a novel spin-magnetometer based on the phase modulation of cavity magnon polaritons. In this scheme a rf magnetic field is detected through the sidebands it…
Cavity magnon polariton based precision magnetometry
N. Crescini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +2
A photon-magnon hybrid system can be realised by coupling the electron spin resonance of a magnetic material to a microwave cavity mode. The quasiparticles associated with the syst…
Magnon-driven dynamics of a hybrid system excited with ultrafast optical pulses
N. Crescini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +3
The potential of photon-magnon hybrid systems as building blocks for quantum information science has been widely demonstrated, and it is still the focus of much research. We levera…
Coherent coupling between multiple ferrimagnetic spheres and a microwave cavity in the quantum-limit
Nicolò Crescini, Caterina Braggio, Giovanni Carugno +2
The spin resonance of electrons can be coupled to a microwave cavity mode to obtain a photon-magnon hybrid system. These quantum systems are widely studied for both fundamental phy…
Realization of a high quality factor resonator with hollow dielectric cylinders for axion searches
D. Alesini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +18
The realization and characterization of a high quality factor resonator composed of two hollow-dielectric cylinders with its pseudo-TM mode resonating at 10.9 GHz frequency…
High quality factor photonic cavity for dark matter axion searches
D. Alesini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +18
Searches for dark matter axion involve the use of microwave resonant cavities operating in a strong magnetic field. Detector sensitivity is directly related to the cavity quality f…
Axion search with a quantum-limited ferromagnetic haloscope
N. Crescini, D. Alesini, C. Braggio +13
A ferromagnetic axion haloscope searches for Dark Matter in the form of axions by exploiting their interaction with electronic spins. It is composed of an axion-to-electromagnetic…
Galactic axions search with a superconducting resonant cavity
D. Alesini, C. Braggio, G. Carugno +22
To account for the dark matter content in our Universe, post-inflationary scenarios predict for the QCD axion a mass in the range $(10-10^3)\,μ\mbox{eV}$. Searches with haloscope e…
The Klash Proposal: Status and Perspectives
C. Gatti, D. Alesini, D. Babusci +12
Recently some of the authors proposed a search for galactic axions with mass about 0.2~eV using a large volume resonant cavity, tens of cubic meters, cooled down to 4~K and imme…
Operation of a ferromagnetic axion haloscope at eV
N. Crescini, D. Alesini, C. Braggio +15
Axions, originally proposed to solve the strong CP problem of quantum chromodynamics, emerge now as leading candidates of WISP dark matter. The rich phenomenology associated to the…
Microwave cavity tuned with liquid metal and its application to Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
C. S. Gallo, E. Berto, C. Braggio +6
This note presents a method to tune the resonant frequency of a rectangular microwave cavity. This is achieved using a liquid metal, GaInSn, to decrease the volume of the c…
Searching for galactic axions through magnetized media: QUAX status report
G. Ruoso, D. Alesini, C. Braggio +15
The current status of the QUAX R\&D program is presented. QUAX is a feasibility study for a detection of axion as dark matter based on the coupling to the electrons. The relevant s…