Detector Array Readout with Traveling Wave AmplifieRS
Reducing the noise of detectors to the quantum limit over a large bandwidth will be critical to applications including neutrino mass measurement, cosmic microwave background measurement and dark matter detection. Travelling-wave parametric amplifiers harnessing superconductivity could meet the need for quantum-limited amplifiers with large bandwidths. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the DARTWARS project is investigating novel materials and engineering techniques to improve the performance and reliability of these amplifiers. The team plans to demonstrate techniques that could increase the sensitivity of future particle physics experiments and thus our likelihood of detecting signals that will shine new light on the workings of our universe.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101027746.
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101027746 ,
doi.org/10.3030/1010277466
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Octber 1, 2023
The outgoing phase of the project at the University of Colorado Boulder (USA) and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder (USA) ended and the incoming phase started at the University of Milano-Bicocca. .
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August 1, 2023
Publication of the paper "Characterization of NbTiN Films With Thicknesses Below 20 nm for Low Power Kinetic Inductance Amplifiers" on the IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity journal.
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March 8, 2023
Poster presentation at the 20th International Conference on Low Temperature Detectors about the results obtained in the second year of project.
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March 8, 2023
Oral presentation at the APS March Meeting 2023 about the results obtained in the first year of project.
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October 25, 2022
Oral presentation at the Applied Superconductivity Conference 2022 about the results obtained in the first months of project.
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Outreach
February 7, 2022
Interview for the italian scientific podcast Scientificast.it about the application of quantum-limited amplifiers in the quantum computing field.
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January 1, 2022
The outgoing phase of the project started at the University of Colorado Boulder (USA) and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder (USA).
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October 1, 2022
The project started with a 3-month secondment at the University of Milano-Bicocca .
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May 25, 2021
MSCA Grant Agreement accepted and signed between the European Union and the University of Milano-Bicocca . Partnership Agreement accepted and signed between the University of Milano-Bicocca , the University of Colorado Boulder (USA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology Boulder (USA) .
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February 8, 2021
Declaration of Honour from the European Union. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship program funded the DARTWARS proejct at the University of Milano-Bicocca