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PHYS 762

Laboratory on Low Temperature Quantum Technology and Nanofabrication

Graduate

Spring 2025

Topics

  • LabVIEW instrumentation
  • Superconducting transition temperature
  • Current–voltage measurements and Josephson junctions
  • Nanofabrication
  • Vector network analysis
  • Superconducting resonators and RF mixing
  • Superconducting-qubit spectroscopy, calibration and coherence

Readings

  • Principles of Superconductive Devices and Circuits
    T. Van Duzer · unspecified
    Prentice Hall, 1999; reference copy available in the laboratory.
  • Introduction to Superconductivity
    M. Tinkham · unspecified
    McGraw-Hill, 1996; reference copy available in the laboratory.
  • Building Quantum Computers
    Majidy, Wilson and Laflamme · unspecified
    Cambridge, 2024; reference copy available in the laboratory.
  • Assigned readings include Van Duzer chapters 1–2, Tinkham sections 3.7–3.8, Pozar excerpts, and chapters from Majidy/Wilson/Laflamme.
    unspecified
  • Laboratory materials are posted on LEARN.
    unspecified
Sources