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Premaratne SP, Wellstood FC, Palmer BS. Microwave photon Fock state generation by stimulated Raman adiabatic passage. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14148. [PMID: 28128205 PMCID: PMC5290155 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The deterministic generation of non-classical states of light, including squeezed states, Fock states and Bell states, plays an important role in quantum information processing and exploration of the physics of quantum entanglement. Preparation of these non-classical states in resonators is non-trivial due to their inherent harmonicity. Here we use stimulated Raman adiabatic passage to generate microwave photon Fock states in a superconducting circuit quantum electrodynamics system comprised of a fixed-frequency transmon qubit in a three-dimensional microwave cavity at 20 mK. A two-photon process is employed to overcome a first order forbidden transition and the first, second and third Fock states are demonstrated. We also demonstrate how this all-microwave technique can be used to generate an arbitrary superposition of Fock states. Simulations of the system are in excellent agreement with the data and fidelities of 89%, 68% and 43% are inferred for the first three Fock states respectively. Precise quantum state preparation plays an important role in quantum information processing. Here, Premaratne et al. use stimulated Raman adiabatic passage to transfer population from a superconducting transmon qubit to a cavity Fock state.
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- Shavindra P Premaratne
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Joint Quantum Institute and Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.,Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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Sarabi B, Ramanayaka AN, Burin AL, Wellstood FC, Osborn KD. Projected Dipole Moments of Individual Two-Level Defects Extracted Using Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:167002. [PMID: 27152820 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.167002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Material-based two-level systems (TLSs), appearing as defects in low-temperature devices including superconducting qubits and photon detectors, are difficult to characterize. In this study we apply a uniform dc electric field across a film to tune the energies of TLSs within. The film is embedded in a superconducting resonator such that it forms a circuit quantum electrodynamical system. The energy of individual TLSs is observed as a function of the known tuning field. By studying TLSs for which we can determine the tunneling energy, the actual p_{z}, dipole moments projected along the uniform field direction, are individually obtained. A distribution is created with 60 p_{z}. We describe the distribution using a model with two dipole moment magnitudes, and a fit yields the corresponding values p=p_{1}=2.8±0.2 D and p=p_{2}=8.3±0.4 D. For a strong-coupled TLS the vacuum-Rabi splitting can be obtained with p_{z} and tunneling energy. This allows a measurement of the circuit's zero-point electric-field fluctuations, in a method that does not need the electric-field volume.
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- B Sarabi
- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
- Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
- Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Roychowdhury A, Gubrud MA, Dana R, Anderson JR, Lobb CJ, Wellstood FC, Dreyer M. A 30 mK, 13.5 T scanning tunneling microscope with two independent tips. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:043706. [PMID: 24784617 DOI: 10.1063/1.4871056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We describe the design, construction, and performance of an ultra-low temperature, high-field scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with two independent tips. The STM is mounted on a dilution refrigerator and operates at a base temperature of 30 mK with magnetic fields of up to 13.5 T. We focus on the design of the two-tip STM head, as well as the sample transfer mechanism, which allows in situ transfer from an ultra high vacuum preparation chamber while the STM is at 1.5 K. Other design details such as the vibration isolation and rf-filtered wiring are also described. Their effectiveness is demonstrated via spectral current noise characteristics and the root mean square roughness of atomic resolution images. The high-field capability is shown by the magnetic field dependence of the superconducting gap of CuxBi2Se3. Finally, we present images and spectroscopy taken with superconducting Nb tips with the refrigerator at 35 mK that indicate that the effective temperature of our tips/sample is approximately 184 mK, corresponding to an energy resolution of 16 μeV.
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- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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- Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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- Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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Anton SM, Birenbaum JS, O'Kelley SR, Bolkhovsky V, Braje DA, Fitch G, Neeley M, Hilton GC, Cho HM, Irwin KD, Wellstood FC, Oliver WD, Shnirman A, Clarke J. Magnetic flux noise in dc SQUIDs: temperature and geometry dependence. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:147002. [PMID: 25167026 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.147002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The spectral density S(Φ)(f) = A(2)/(f/1 Hz)(α) of magnetic flux noise in ten dc superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) with systematically varied geometries shows that α increases as the temperature is lowered; in so doing, each spectrum pivots about a nearly constant frequency. The mean-square flux noise, inferred by integrating the power spectra, grows rapidly with temperature and at a given temperature is approximately independent of the outer dimension of a given SQUID. These results are incompatible with a model based on the random reversal of independent, surface spins.
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- S M Anton
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-044, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-044, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309-044, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
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- Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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Kim Z, Suri B, Zaretskey V, Novikov S, Osborn KD, Mizel A, Wellstood FC, Palmer BS. Decoupling a Cooper-pair box to enhance the lifetime to 0.2 ms. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 106:120501. [PMID: 21517289 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.120501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We present results on a circuit QED experiment in which a separate transmission line is used to address a quasilumped element superconducting microwave resonator which is in turn coupled to an Al/AlO(x)/Al Cooper-pair box charge qubit. With our device, we find a strong correlation between the lifetime of the qubit and the inverse of the coupling between the qubit and the transmission line. At the smallest coupling we measured, the lifetime of the Cooper-pair box was T₁=200 μs, which represents more than a twentyfold improvement in the lifetime of the Cooper-pair box compared with previous results. These results imply that the loss tangent in the AlO(x) junction barrier must be less than about 4×10⁻⁸ at 4.5 GHz, about 4 orders of magnitude less than reported in larger area Al/AlO(x)/Al tunnel junctions.
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- Z Kim
- Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
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Johnson PR, Parsons WT, Strauch FW, Anderson JR, Dragt AJ, Lobb CJ, Wellstood FC. Macroscopic tunnel splittings in superconducting phase qubits. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:187004. [PMID: 15904404 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.187004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Prototype Josephson-junction based qubit coherence times are too short for quantum computing. Recent experiments probing superconducting phase qubits have revealed previously unseen fine splittings in the transition energy spectra. These splittings have been attributed to new microscopic degrees of freedom (microresonators), a previously unknown source of decoherence. We show that macroscopic resonant tunneling in the extremely asymmetric double-well potential of the phase qubit can have observational consequences that are strikingly similar to the observed data.
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- Philip R Johnson
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20850, USA.
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Xu H, Strauch FW, Dutta SK, Johnson PR, Ramos RC, Berkley AJ, Paik H, Anderson JR, Dragt AJ, Lobb CJ, Wellstood FC. Spectroscopy of three-particle entanglement in a macroscopic superconducting circuit. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:027003. [PMID: 15698218 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.027003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We study the quantum mechanical behavior of a macroscopic, three-body, superconducting circuit. Microwave spectroscopy on our system, a resonator coupling two large Josephson junctions, produced complex energy spectra well explained by quantum theory over a large frequency range. By tuning each junction separately into resonance with the resonator, we first observe strong coupling between each junction and the resonator. Bringing both junctions together into resonance with the resonator, we find spectroscopic evidence for entanglement between all 3 degrees of freedom and suggest a new method for controllable coupling of distant qubits, a key step toward quantum computation.
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- Huizhong Xu
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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Strauch FW, Johnson PR, Dragt AJ, Lobb CJ, Anderson JR, Wellstood FC. Quantum logic gates for coupled superconducting phase qubits. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 91:167005. [PMID: 14611432 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.167005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Based on a quantum analysis of two capacitively coupled current-biased Josephson junctions, we propose two fundamental two-qubit quantum logic gates. Each of these gates, when supplemented by single-qubit operations, is sufficient for universal quantum computation. Numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation demonstrate that these operations can be performed with good fidelity.
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- Frederick W Strauch
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA.
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Berkley AJ, Xu H, Ramos RC, Gubrud MA, Strauch FW, Johnson PR, Anderson JR, Dragt AJ, Lobb CJ, Wellstood FC. Entangled macroscopic quantum States in two superconducting qubits. Science 2003; 300:1548-50. [PMID: 12750479 DOI: 10.1126/science.1084528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We present spectroscopic evidence for the creation of entangled macroscopic quantum states in two current-biased Josephson-junction qubits coupled by a capacitor. The individual junction bias currents are used to control the interaction between the qubits by tuning the energy level spacings of the junctions in and out of resonance with each other. Microwave spectroscopy in the 4 to 6 gigahertzrange at 20 millikelvin reveals energy levels that agree well with theoretical results for entangled states. The single qubits are spatially separate, and the entangled states extend over the 0.7-millimeter distance between the two qubits.
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- A J Berkley
- Center for Superconductivity Research, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Takeuchi I, Famodu OO, Read JC, Aronova MA, Chang KS, Craciunescu C, Lofland SE, Wuttig M, Wellstood FC, Knauss L, Orozco A. Identification of novel compositions of ferromagnetic shape-memory alloys using composition spreads. Nat Mater 2003; 2:180-184. [PMID: 12612676 DOI: 10.1038/nmat829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2002] [Accepted: 12/27/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Exploration of new ferroic (ferroelectric, ferromagnetic or ferroelastic) materials continues to be a central theme in condensed matter physics and to drive advances in key areas of technology. Here, using thin-film composition spreads, we have mapped the functional phase diagram of the Ni-Mn-Ga system whose Heusler composition Ni(2)MnGa is a well known ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy. A characterization technique that allows detection of martensitic transitions by visual inspection was combined with quantitative magnetization mapping using scanning SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) microscopy. We find that a large, previously unexplored region outside the Heusler composition contains reversible martensites that are also ferromagnetic. A clear relationship between magnetization and the martensitic transition temperature is observed, revealing a strong thermodynamical coupling between magnetism and martensitic instability across a large fraction of the phase diagram.
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- I Takeuchi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
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Mathai A, Gim Y, Black RC, Amar A, Wellstood FC. Experimental proof of a time-reversal-invariant order parameter with a pi shift in YBa2Cu3O7- delta. Phys Rev Lett 1995; 74:4523-4526. [PMID: 10058528 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.4523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Amar A, Song D, Lobb CJ, Wellstood FC. 2e to e periodic pair currents in superconducting Coulomb-blockade electrometers. Phys Rev Lett 1994; 72:3234-3237. [PMID: 10056141 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.72.3234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wellstood FC, Ferrari MJ, Kingston JJ, Shaw TJ, Clarke J. SQUID milliattovoltometry of YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films: Dissipation in low magnetic fields. Phys Rev Lett 1993; 70:89-92. [PMID: 10053265 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.70.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ferrari MJ, Wellstood FC, Kingston JJ, Clarke J. Suppression of magnetic-flux noise in YBa2Cu3O7-x by a supercurrent. Phys Rev Lett 1991; 67:1346-1349. [PMID: 10044122 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.67.1346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Johnson M, Ferrari MJ, Wellstood FC, Clarke J. Magnetic flux noise in high-Tc superconductors. Phys Rev Lett 1991; 66:1799. [PMID: 10043311 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.66.1799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Johnson M, Ferrari MJ, Wellstood FC, Clarke J, Beasley MR, Inam A, Wu XD, Nazar L, Venkatesan T. Random telegraph signals in high-temperature superconductors. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1990; 42:10792-10795. [PMID: 9995351 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.42.10792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Ferrari MJ, Johnson M, Wellstood FC, Clarke J, Mitzi D, Rosenthal PA, Eom CB, Geballe TH, Kapitulnik A, Beasley MR. Ferrari et al. reply. Phys Rev Lett 1990; 65:279. [PMID: 10042606 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wang N, Wellstood FC, Sadoulet B, Haller EE, Beeman J. Electrical and thermal properties of neutron-transmutation-doped Ge at 20 mK. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1990; 41:3761-3768. [PMID: 9994179 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.41.3761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Ferrari MJ, Johnson M, Wellstood FC, Clarke J, Mitzi D, Rosenthal PA, Eom CB, Geballe TH, Kapitulnik A, Beasley MR. Distribution of flux-pinning energies in YBa2Cu3O7- delta and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ delta from flux noise. Phys Rev Lett 1990; 64:72-75. [PMID: 10041276 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.64.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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