Detecting the Internal Energy of Photons through a Graphene Josephson-Inductive Readout, Part 2

ORAL

Abstract

Detectors that can resolve ultra-low photon fluxes in the infrared and at microwave frequencies are an imperative tool for applications ranging from quantum computing to radio-astronomy. In traditional detectors such as superconducting nanowire and kinetic inductance detectors, the mechanisms for photon detection involve Cooper pair breaking, which imposes a limit on both the energy resolution and bandwidth of the detector. In these talks, we discuss a new paradigm for photodetection exploiting Graphene Josephson Junctions (GJJ). Our GJJ relies on the low heat capacity and broadband absorption of graphene, allowing for infrared single photon detection1 and microwave bolometry at the single-photon level2,3. Part 2 will focus on the experimental progress of integrating our GJJ in a superconducting RF resonator to detect the internal heat generated by infrared photons and microwave photons.

[1] E. Walsh et al. Science 372, 409-412 (2021)

[2] G.-H. Lee et al. Nature 586, 42-46 (2020)

[3] R. Kokkoniemi et al. Nature 586, 47-51 (2020)

*These authors acknowledge support from following:IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program at MIT, administered by ORISE through an interagency agreement between the U.S. DOE and the ODNI.ARO MURI Grant Number W911NF-18-1-0432Air Force Korea Grant Number FA2386-20-1-4070JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers 19H05790, 20H00354 and 21H05233)

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Presenters

  • Bevin Huang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Authors

  • Bevin Huang

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ethan G Arnault

    • MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics
    • Duke University
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Woochan Jung

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Caleb Fried

    • Harvard University

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Kyoto Univ
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Kyoto University
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-044, Japan
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute For Materials Science
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-044, Japan
    • NIMS
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan

  • Leonardo M Ranzani

    • BBN Technology - Massachusetts

  • Gil-Ho Lee

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Dirk R Englund

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

  • Kin Chung Fong

    • Raytheon BBN Technologies
    • BBN Raytheon Technologies
    • BBN Technology - Massachusetts
    • Raytheon BBN