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20172026
most citedSpectroscopic measurements and models of energy deposition in the substrate of quantum circuits by natural ionizing radiation

14 citations · 36 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

physics.ins-det2026

Radiopurity material assays and radiation exposure projections for superconducting qubit measurements at SNOLAB

Y. Ahmed, B. Binoy, R. Bunker +21

Interactions of cosmic rays and other forms of ionizing radiation pose a significant challenge to the reliable operation of state-of-the-art quantum devices and error correction in…

physics.ins-det2025

Scintillation of liquid nitrogen

L. Pagani, R. Saldanha, B. M. Loer +3

Liquid nitrogen is commonly used in cryogenic applications and is a promising medium for the direct immersion cooling of sensors used for nuclear and particle physics experiments.…

quant-ph2024★ 14 cited

Spectroscopic measurements and models of energy deposition in the substrate of quantum circuits by natural ionizing radiation

Joseph W. Fowler, Paul Szypryt, Raymond Bunker +16

Naturally occurring background radiation is a source of correlated decoherence events in superconducting qubits that will challenge error-correction schemes. To characterize the ra…

quant-ph2024★ 10 cited

Abatement of Ionizing Radiation for Superconducting Quantum Devices

B. Loer, P. M. Harrington, B. Archambault +15

Ionizing radiation has been shown to reduce the performance of superconducting quantum circuits. In this report, we evaluate the expected contributions of different sources of ambi…

physics.ins-det2017★ 12 cited

Naturally occurring Si and low-background silicon dark matter detectors

J. L. Orrell, I. J. Arnquist, M. Bliss +2

The naturally occurring radioisotope Si represents a potentially limiting background in future dark matter direct-detection experiments. We investigate sources of Si…