Session L

Tuesday Evening Poster Sessions

Tuesday, June 12, 19:30-21:00
Poster Session: SQUIDS and Their Applications (PL)
Poster Session: HTS films and Junctions (PM)
Poster Session: Mixers and Detectors (PN)
Poster Session: Quantum Computing (PP)

Tuesday, June 12, 19:30-21:00
Poster Session: SQUIDS and Their Applications (PL)
Chair: Dietmar Drung
Co-Chair: John Matthews

P-L01: Non-magnetic robotic system for scanning SQUID-based Non-Destructive
Evaluation
Y. Khatami, F. Sarreshtedari, M. Alavi, A.R. Azarhoush, M. Vesaghi, and M.
Fardmanesh

P-L02: Properties of magnetic marker in solution for liquid phase immunoassay
K. Enpuku, T. Tanaka, T. Matsuda, J. Hojo, N. Enomoto, F. Dang, K. Yoshinaga, F.
Ludwig, F. Ghaffari, E. Heim and M. Schilling

P-L03: NQR of p-nitrotoluene using a high-Tc rf SQUID with normal metal transformer
D. F. He, M. Tachiki, and H. Itozaki

P-L04: Low noise in a series-type HTS gradiometer rotating in the Earth's field
D. L. Tilbrook, M. Bick, K. R. Blay, R. A. Binks, P. J. Cusack, C.P. Foley, R.
Gnanarajan, K. E. Leslie, P. R. Sullivan, and R. G. Thorn

P-L05: Long-time stable HTSC DC-SQUID gradiometers with silicon dioxide passivation
for measurements with superconducting flux transformers
Paul Seidel, Christoph Becker, Alexander Steppke, Tobias Grumpelt, Henrik
Schneidewind, Veit Grosse, Gabriel Zieger, Frank Schmidl

P-L06: High Frequency Flux Sampling SQUID Microscope
C. P. Vlahacos, John Matthews, S. P. Kwon, F. C. Wellstood, L. Knauss, and A. Orozco

P-L07: A Low-Noise, Long Baseline Planar SQUID Gradiometer
Robin Cantor, J. Ad Hall, Andrei N. Matlachov and Petr L. Volegov

P-L08: Investigation and Reduction of Thermal Cycling Effect on YBCO DC-SQUIDs
I. Avci, B. P. Algul, A. Bozbey, M. Tepe, and D. Abukay

Tuesday, June 12, 19:30-21:00
Poster Session: HTS Films and Junctions (PM)
Chair: Nate Newman
Co-Chair: Jia Du

P-M01: Performance Analysis of Nano Engineered YBCO Josephson Junctions
Berrin Pinar Algul, Ilbeyi Avci, Salih Okur, Mustafa Tepe, and Dogan Abukay

P-M02: Meandering Bicrystal Josephson Junction arrays in a hemispherical Fabry-Perot
Resonator
M. He, A. M. Klushin, M. I. Kurochka, and N. Klein

P-M03: Synthesis of superconducting (Cu, C)-Ba-O films by pulsed laser deposition
Tetsuro Yamamoto, Kazuya Kikunaga, Kozo Obara, Naoto Kikuchi, Yasumoto Tanaka,
Kazuyasu Tokiwa, Tsuneo Watanabe, A. Sundaresan, Shipra, Norio Terada

P-M04: Raman spectra and laser-induced phase transition in the depth of YBCO films-a
possible tool to configure quantum electronic devices
Maria Branescu, C. Naudin, A. Vailonis

P-M05: Effects of high-energy electron beam on the superconducting properties of MgB2
and YBa2Cu3O7 films
Jung Won Chang, Yun Won Kim, Sung Hak Hong, Min Wan Kim, Young Hwan Han,
Seong Hee Park, and Byung Chul Lee

P-M06: Dynamic DC magnetron sputtering preparation of superconducting YBCO
large-size thin films
Tao Li, Yuegang Lei, and Hongwei Gu

P-M07: Growth of stacked heterostructures of SIS type with S=YBCO or BSCCO and
I=(Ba, Ca)CuO2 or (Sr, Ca)CuO2
K. Endo and P. Badica

P-M08: Depth Raman spectra and laser induced phase transition in the deep of the
in-situ grown YBCO films
M. Branescu, M. Kelly, C. Naudin, I. Ward, A. Vailionis, Y. Matsushita, and G. Zeltzer

P-M09: A Novel Buffered High-Tc Superconducting Step edge Josephson Junction
W. F. van Staden, U. Büttner, V. V. Srinivasu, and W. J. Perold

P-M10: Characterization of electronic structure of superconducting (Cu, C)-Ba-O films by
in-situ photoemission spectroscopy
K. Kikunaga, K. Takeshita, T. Yamamoto, T. Okuda, N. Terada, Y. Tanaka, N.
Kikuchi,K. Tokiwa, T. Watanabe, and A. Sundaresan

P-M11: Evidence of mid gap states and -junction behaviour in angled YBCO step-edge
junctions
E.E. Mitchell, D.L. Tilbrook , J.C. MacFarlane, and C.P. Foley

Tuesday, June 12, 19:30-21:00
Poster Session: Mixers and Detectors (PN)
Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: H. B. Wang

P-N01: High count rate superconducting Nb nanowire single-photon detectors
Anthony J. Annunziata, D. F. Santavicca, J. Chudow, A. Frydman, M. J. Rooks, Daniel
E. Prober

P-N02: Compact superconducting SWIFTS spectrometer for innovative astronomical
applications
E. le Coarer, Ph. Feautrier, R. Espiau de Lamaestre, J-C Villegier, N. Bergeard, and
J-Ph Poizat

P-N03: Fabrications and properties of terahertz superconducting hot-electron bolometer
mixers
J. Chen, L. Kang, B. B. Jin, P. H. Wu, W. Zhang, L. Jiang, S.C. Shi and G.N. Gol'tsman

P-N04: Study of Parameters of High Temperature Superconducting Josephson Junction
Mixers
K. Lin, W. W. Xu, J. Chen, J. Yang, C. Shang, and P. H. Wu

P-N05: Development of an Antenna-coupled Superconducting YBCO Step-edge
Josephson Junction Detector for a THz Imaging System
J. Du, A. Hellicar, N. Nikolic, L. Li, J. Kot, S. Hanham and C. P. Foley

P-N06: Elaboration of ultra-thin PBCO/YBCO/PBCO constrictions for hot electron
bolometer terahertz mixing applications
M. Aurino, Ch. Peroz, J-C Villegier, A. Degardin, and A. Kreisler

P-N07: Read-out of YBCO transition edge bolometers by dc-SQUIDs: Investigation and
optimization
A. Bozbey, R. Akram, I. Avci, and M. Fardmanesh

P-N08: Fabrication and characterization of an MgB2 bolometer
Chiara Portesi, Emanuele Taralli, Riccardo Introzzi, Mauro Raiteri, Eugenio Monticone

P-N09: A Cryogenic Preamplifier for Superconducting Photodetector Readout
Riccardo Introzzi, Giorgio Brida, and Mauro Rajteri

P-N10: Proximised ferromagnet/superconductor nano-layered structures for fast
photodetector applications
G. P. Pepe, V. Pagliarulo, C. De Lisio, L. Parlato, N. Marrocco, A. Barone, G. Peluso D.
Pan, R. Sobolewski, J. Kitaygorski, and I. Komissarov

P-N11: A THz bolometer for terrestrial applications fabricated on a patterned SiN
membrane
S. Anders, T. May, V. Zakosarenko, M. Schmelz, M. Starkloff, H.-G. Meyer, N.
Jethava and
E. Kreysa

P-N12: Chopping frequency and bias current dependence of detectivity of YBCO
transition edge bolometer
A. Moftakharzadeh, A. Kokabi, Z. Ghods-elahi, S. Khorasani, M. Vesaghi, M. Banzet, J.
Schubert, and M. Fardmanesh

P-N13: SIS receiver approaching the quantum limit of the receiver noise in the Terahertz
band
A. Karpov, D. A. Miller, J. A. Stern, H. G. LeDuc, and J. Zmuidzinas

Tuesday, June 12, 19:30-21:00
Poster Session: Quantum Computing (PP)
Chair: TBD
Co-Chair: Johannes B. Majer

P-P01: Quasiparticle Poisoning and Quantum Coherence in a Differential Charge Qubit
M. D. Shaw, J. F. Schneiderman, B. Palmer, P. Delsing, and P. M. Echternach

P-P02: Energy relaxation in a microwave-driven Josephson junction
Sun GuoZhu, Cao JunYu, Wang YiWen, Yu Yang, Chen Jian, Kang Lin, Xu WeiWei and
Wu PeiHeng

P-P03: Silent Phase Qubit Tuning for Logic Operation
Nikolai V. Klenov, Victor K. Kornev, Dmitriy Sosedko, and Niels F. Pedersen

P-P04: Evidence of Microstates in dc SQUID Phase Qubits
Tauno A. Palomaki,S. K. Dutta, R. M. Lewis, A. J. Przybysz, Hanhee Paik, B. K. Cooper,
H. Kwon, E.Tiesinga, A. J. Dragt, J. R. Anderson, C. J. Lobb,, and F. C. Wellstood

P-P05: Measurement of the Excited State Lifetime of a Cooper-Pair Box
Zaeill Kim, Y. Yoon, V. Zaretskey, J. F. Schneiderman, P. M. Echternach, F. C.
Wellstood andB. S. Palmer

P-P06: Improving Superconducting Phase Qubits with Low-Loss Vacuum-Gap Capacitors
Katarina Cicak, Fabio Altomare, M. S. Allman, K. D. Osborn, A. J. Sirois, J. A. Strong,
J. D. Whittaker, and R. W. Simmonds

P-P07: Quantum Behavior of dc SQUID phase qubit
Kaushik Mitra, Fred Strauch, Eite Tiesinga, F. C. Wellstood and C. J. Lobb

P-P08: Discrete Two-Level Systems in Josephson Junction Resonators
Kevin Osborn, Josh Strong, Fabio Altomare, and Ray Simmonds

P-P10: An alternative complete solution of RSFQ based microwave controller for qubit
Raihan Rafique, Thomas A. Ohki, Henrik Engseth, and Anna Kidiyarova-Shevchenko