Noise in NbTiN, Al, and ta superconducting resonators on silicon and sapphire substrates

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 936-939

  Barends, R ^a   Hortensius, H L ^a   Zijlstra, T ^a   Baselmans, J J A ^b   Yates, S J C ^b   Gao, J R ^a,b   Klapwijk, T M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Interface; Kinetic inductance; Noise; Superconducting resonators

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRICS; INTERFACE; KINETIC INDUCTANCE; NOISE; SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATORS;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; CORUNDUM; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; INDUCTANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PASSIVATION; RESONATORS; SAPPHIRE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 68649085619     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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