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Towards Structural Testing of Superconductor Electronics
Many of the semiconductor technologies are already\ud
facing limitations while new-generation data and\ud
telecommunication systems are implemented. Although in\ud
its infancy, superconductor electronics (SCE) is capable of\ud
handling some of these high-end tasks. We have started a\ud
defect-oriented test methodology for SCE, so that reliable\ud
systems can be implemented in this technology. In this\ud
paper, the details of the study on the Rapid Single-Flux\ud
Quantum (RSFQ) process are presented. We present\ud
common defects in the SCE processes and corresponding\ud
test methodologies to detect them. The (measurement)\ud
results prove that we are able to detect possible random\ud
defects for statistical purposes in yield analysis. This\ud
paper also presents possible test methodologies for RSFQ\ud
circuits based on defect oriented testing (DOT)
JETC (Japanese Technology Evaluation Center) Panel Report on High Temperature Superconductivity in Japan
The Japanese regard success in R and D in high temperature superconductivity as an important national objective. The results of a detailed evaluation of the current state of Japanese high temperature superconductivity development are provided. The analysis was performed by a panel of technical experts drawn from U.S. industry and academia, and is based on reviews of the relevant literature and visits to Japanese government, academic and industrial laboratories. Detailed appraisals are presented on the following: Basic research; superconducting materials; large scale applications; processing of superconducting materials; superconducting electronics and thin films. In all cases, comparisons are made with the corresponding state-of-the-art in the United States
CALDER - Neutrinoless double-beta decay identification in TeO bolometers with kinetic inductance detectors
Next-generation experiments searching for neutrinoless double-beta decay must
be sensitive to a Majorana neutrino mass as low as 10 meV. CUORE, an array of
988 TeO bolometers being commissioned at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran
Sasso in Italy, features an expected sensitivity of 50-130 meV at 90% C.L, that
can be improved by removing the background from radioactivity. This is
possible if, in coincidence with the heat release in a bolometer, the Cherenkov
light emitted by the signal is detected. The amount of light detected
is so far limited to only 100 eV, requiring low-noise cryogenic light
detectors. The CALDER project (Cryogenic wide-Area Light Detectors with
Excellent Resolution) aims at developing a small prototype experiment
consisting of TeO bolometers coupled to new light detectors based on
kinetic inductance detectors. The R&D is focused on the light detectors that
could be implemented in a next-generation neutrinoless double-beta decay
experiment.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, added reference to first result
Low Power Superconducting Microwave Applications and Microwave Microscopy
We briefly review some non-accelerator high-frequency applications of
superconductors. These include the use of high-Tc superconductors in front-end
band-pass filters in cellular telephone base stations, the High Temperature
Superconductor Space Experiment, and high-speed digital electronics. We also
present an overview of our work on a novel form of near-field scanning
microscopy at microwave frequencies. This form of microscopy can be used to
investigate the microwave properties of metals and dielectrics on length scales
as small as 1 mm. With this microscope we have demonstrated quantitative
imaging of sheet resistance and topography at microwave frequencies. An
examination of the local microwave response of the surface of a heat-treated
bulk Nb sample is also presented.Comment: 11 pages, including 6 figures. Presented at the Eight Workshop on RF
Superconductivity. To appear in Particle Accelerator
Conceptual design of a scalable multi-kton superconducting magnetized liquid Argon TPC
We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle
physics experiments exploiting a superconducting magnetized liquid Argon Time
Projection Chamber (LAr TPC). The possibility to complement the features of the
LAr TPC with those provided by a magnetic field has been considered in the past
and has been shown to open new physics opportunities, in particular in the
context of a neutrino factory. The experimental operation of a magnetized 10 lt
LAr TPC prototype has been recently demonstrated. From basic proof of
principle, the main challenge to be addressed is the possibility to magnetize a
very large volume of Argon, corresponding to 10 kton or more, for future
neutrino physics applications. In this paper we present one such conceptual
design.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, invited talk at 7th International Workshop on
Neutrino Factories and Superbeams (NUFACT05), LNF, Frascati (Rome
The ballistic acceleration of a supercurrent in a superconductor
One of the most primitive but elusive current-voltage (I-V) responses of a
superconductor is when its supercurrent grows steadily after a voltage is first
applied. The present work employed a measurement system that could
simultaneously track and correlate I(t) and V(t) with sub-nanosecond timing
accuracy, resulting in the first clear time-domain measurement of this
transient phase where the quantum system displays a Newtonian like response.
The technique opens doors for the controlled investigation of other time
dependent transport phenomena in condensed-matter systems.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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