Microwave dielectric loss of hexagonal Boron Nitride in the low-temperature, single-photon regime

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Abstract

The use of 2D van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures in quantum computing devices, due in part to the potential of combining different materials with epitaxial precision, has begun to merge the superconducting and 2D material platforms. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a vdW material widely used as an ultra-clean substrate, gate dielectric, and protection layer in vdW heterostructures, may be used in building high-quality Josephson elements and qubit capacitors. VdW materials have been extensively studied in the DC and optical regimes, but understanding their response to microwave excitations is vital to introducing them into superconducting circuits. We study hBN in the microwave regime by integrating the material in a superconducting LC resonator to extract its loss tangent. Our scheme can be used for characterizing not only the electromagnetic properties of hBN, but also other 2D materials.

*This research was funded in part by the ARO grant No. W911NF-17-S-0001; and by the Department of Defense via MIT Lincoln Laboratory under Air Force Contract No. FA8721-05-C-0002. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.

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Presenters

  • Megan Yamoah

    • Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Megan Yamoah

    • Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Joel Wang

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Charlotte Boettcher

    • Physics, Harvard University
    • Department of Physics, Harvard University
    • Dept. of Physics, Harvard University, USA

  • Bharath Kannan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • David K Kim

    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
    • Lincoln Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Philip Krantz

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Daniel Rodan Legrain

    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Dept. of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Oriol Rubies-Bigorda

    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jonilyn L Yoder

    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
    • Lincoln Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, MA 02421
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science (Japan)
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science , Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • Advanced Material Lab, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS/Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • Columbia University
    • Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, , 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science , Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science
    • Advanced Material Lab, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science
    • NIMS/Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Labaratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 205-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

  • Terry Philip Orlando

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139

  • Simon Gustavsson

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    • Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Dept. of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • Physics, MIT

  • William D Oliver

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT Lincoln Lab
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Physics, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Dept. of Physics, Research Laboratory of Electronics, and Lincoln Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, MA
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, MIT; Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT; MIT Lincoln Laboratory