Kinemon: inductively shunted transmon artificial atom

We experimentally investigate inductively shunted transmon-type artificial atoms as an alternative to address the challenges of low anharmonicity and the need for strong charge dispersion in superconducting quantum systems. We characterize several devices with varying geometries and parameters (Josephson energies and capacitances), and find a good agreement with calculations. Our approach allows us to retain the benefits of transmon qubit engineering and fabrication technology and high coherence, while potentially increasing anharmonicity. The approach offers an alternative platform for the development of scalable multi-qubit systems in quantum computing.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure

Synthesis of a Filter of Phase-Domanipulated Signals with a Minimum Side-Lobe Level

В статье показана возможность обнаружения воздушных объектов с помощью макета кластера радиолокационной станции вертикального зондирования (РЛС ВЗ) с проведением натурных испытаний и оценкой достижимых характеристик обнаружения. В макете в качестве зондирующего сигнала применялся 13-элементный код Баркера. Принятый сигнал сжимается в согласованном фильтре приемного устройства, в результате чего вокруг основного отклика формируются боковые лепестки. Количество боковых лепестков N – 1, где N – число дискрет ФКМ‑сигнала. Боковые лепестки имеют одинаковую амплитуду и треугольную форму, а их уровень в N раз меньше уровня основного отклика [1, 2]. Наличие боковых лепестков нежелательно по причине возможного маскирования сигнала, отраженного от цели с малой эффективной площадью рассеяния (ЭПР), боковыми лепестками сигналов, отраженных от цели с большой ЭПР, что зачастую наблюдается в зоне отражений от местных предметов. Таким образом, существует риск, что цель с малой ЭПР не будет обнаружена приемником. Кроме того, боковые лепестки вносят вклад в увеличение уровня шумов при обнаружении цели в области отражений от местных предметов, гидрометеообразований и т.п. Учитывая это, в макете для значительного уменьшения уровня боковых лепестков было разработано и применено устройство подавления боковых лепестков (УПБЛ) с использованием инверсных фильтров [3]. В предлагаемом УПБЛ используется обратная фильтрация с помощью цифровых фильтров, благодаря чему боковые лепестки сжатого в приемнике радиолокационного импульса теоретически могут быть полностью устранены, а в практическом случае происходит значительное подавление боковых лепестковThe article shows the possibility of detecting airborne objects using a model of a vertical sounding radar cluster (VZ radar) with field tests and an assessment of the achievable detection characteristics. In the layout, a 13-element Barker code was used as a probing signal. The received signal is compressed in the receiver’s matched filter, resulting in sidelobes around the main response. The number of side lobes is N – 1, where N is the number of discretes of the PCM signal. The side lobes have the same amplitude and triangular shape, and their level is N times less than the level of the main response [1, 2]. The presence of side lobes is undesirable due to the possible masking of a signal reflected from a target with a small effective scattering area (ESR) by side lobes of signals reflected from a target with a large ESR, which is often observed in the area of reflections from local objects. Thus, there is a risk that a target with a low RCS will not be detected by the receiver. In addition, side lobes contribute to an increase in the noise level when a target is detected in the area of reflections from local objects, hydrometeorological formations, etc. With this in mind, in the layout, to significantly reduce the level of side lobes, a side-lobe suppression device (SBSL) was developed and used using inverse filters [3]. The proposed UPBL uses inverse filtering with digital filters, due to which the side lobes of the radar pulse compressed in the receiver can theoretically be completely eliminated, and in the practical case there is a significant suppression of the side lobe

Promising deposits of complex iron ore raw materials of Urals and its processing new technologies

There have been provided general geological and metallurgical characteristics of some complex iron ore raw materials of Urals, which contain not only iron but also titanium, vanadium, chrome, and nickel. There has been provided the description of such deposits. It is shown that the degree of extraction of certain products is determined by the choice of extraction, benefication, pyrometallurgical processing procedures

Separation of magnetite concentrate before the last grinding stage

For magnetite and titanium magnetite ores, it is possible to use technology with the separation of concentrate before the last grinding stage. The possibility of staged separation of iron concentrate is due to different physical-mechanical properties of magnetite and rock minerals. The results of industrial and laboratory tests on the use of special magnetic separators with special structure, Derrick screen and screw separators in iron ore dressing schemes are presented. A comparison of proven dressing methods is performed. The choice of a specific dressing method for the staged separation of magnetite concentrate before the last grinding stage is determined by the properties of the base ore and the economic justification

Promising deposits of complex iron ore raw materials of Urals and its processing new technologies

There have been provided general geological and metallurgical characteristics of some complex iron ore raw materials of Urals, which contain not only iron but also titanium, vanadium, chrome, and nickel. There has been provided the description of such deposits. It is shown that the degree of extraction of certain products is determined by the choice of extraction, benefication, pyrometallurgical processing procedures

Scientific program of DERICA — prospective accelerator and storage ring facility for radioactive ion beam research

Studies of radioactive ions (RIs) are the most thriving field of low-energy nuclear physics. In this paper, the concept and the scientific agenda of the prospective accelerator and storage ring facility for RI beam (RIB) research are proposed for a large-scale international project based at the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The motivation for the new facility is discussed and its characteristics are briefly presented and shown to be comparable to those of advanced world centers, the so-called "RIB factories". In the project, the emphasis is made on studies with short-lived RIBs in storage rings. Aunique feature of the project is the possibility of studying electron-RI interactions in a collider experiment to determine the fundamental properties of nuclear matter, in particular, electromagnetic form factors of exotic nuclei