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Vibration-induced electrical noise in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator: Characterization, mitigation, and impact on qubit coherence

Overview of attention for article published in Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2016
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Title
Vibration-induced electrical noise in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator: Characterization, mitigation, and impact on qubit coherence
Published in
Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2016
DOI 10.1063/1.4959153
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Rachpon Kalra, Arne Laucht, Juan Pablo Dehollain, Daniel Bar, Solomon Freer, Stephanie Simmons, Juha T. Muhonen, Andrea Morello

Abstract

Cryogen-free low-temperature setups are becoming more prominent in experimental science due to their convenience and reliability, and concern about the increasing scarcity of helium as a natural resource. Despite not having any moving parts at the cold end, pulse tube cryocoolers introduce vibrations that can be detrimental to the experiments. We characterize the coupling of these vibrations to the electrical signal observed on cables installed in a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator. The dominant electrical noise is in the 5-10 kHz range and its magnitude is found to be strongly temperature dependent. We test the performance of different cables designed to diagnose and tackle the noise, and find triboelectrics to be the dominant mechanism coupling the vibrations to the electrical signal. Flattening a semi-rigid cable or jacketing a flexible cable in order to restrict movement within the cable, successfully reduces the noise level by over an order of magnitude. Furthermore, we characterize the effect of the pulse tube vibrations on an electron spin qubit device in this setup. Coherence measurements are used to map out the spectrum of the noise experienced by the qubit, revealing spectral components matching the spectral signature of the pulse tube.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Vietnam 1 <1%
Unknown 135 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 41 30%
Researcher 34 25%
Student > Master 15 11%
Professor 8 6%
Other 6 4%
Other 16 12%
Unknown 17 12%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 99 72%
Engineering 15 11%
Materials Science 2 1%
Mathematics 1 <1%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 18 13%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 January 2023.
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#7,236,490
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#1,909
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#115,822
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#23
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