3 papers
quant-ph2026
Accelerating Surface Radiation Content to Investigate the Impact of Radon Progeny on Superconducting Qubits
Sagar S. Poudel, Dylan J. Temples, Ryan Linehan +8
Ionizing radiation in the form of , , , and additional high-energy particles can induce decoherence via phonon and quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting qubits. Recen…
physics.ins-det2024
Modeling Athermal Phonons in Novel Materials using the G4CMP Simulation Toolkit
Israel Hernandez, Ryan Linehan, Rakshya Khatiwada +7
Understanding phonon and charge propagation in superconducting devices plays an important role in both performing low-threshold dark matter searches and limiting correlated errors…
quant-ph2024
Cryogenic optical beam steering for superconducting device calibration
K. Stifter, H. Magoon, A. J. Anderson +22
We have developed a calibration system based on a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror that is capable of delivering an optical beam over a wavelength range of 180 -- 2000…