3 papers
quant-ph2026
Understanding multiscale disorder in superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
Nirjhar Sarkar, Ronan Gourgues, Yueh-Chun Wu +7
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors are central to applications across quantum information science. Yet, their performance is limited by the effects of disorder and el…
cond-mat.supr-con2025
Nanosculpting lateral weak link junctions in superconducting Fe(Te,Se)/Bi2Te3 with focused Si++ ions and implications on vortex pinning
Debarghya Mallick, Sujoy Ghosh, An Hsi Chen +10
Superconductor-normal-superconductor (SC-N-SC) weak links enable Cooper-pair tunneling and serve as Josephson junctions (JJs) used in modern superconducting qubits. Conventional JJ…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Defect Engineering in Large-Scale CVD-Grown Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Formation, Spectroscopy, and Spin Relaxation Dynamics
Ivan V. Vlassiouk, Yueh-Chun Wu, Alexander Puretzky +19
Recently, numerous techniques have been reported for generating optically active defects in exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), which hold transformative potential for quantu…