Evidence for interacting two-level systems from the 1/f noise of a superconducting resonator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Burnett, J ^a,b   Faoro, L ^c,d   Wisby, I ^a,b   Gurtovoi, V L ^e   Chernykh, A V ^e   Mikhailov, G M ^e   Tulin, V A ^e   Shaikhaidarov, R ^b   Antonov, V ^b   Meeson, P J ^b   Tzalenchuk, A Ya ^a,b   Lindstrom T ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LPTHE   (France)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY AND HIGH PURITY MATERIALS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; NOISE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84902769463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5119     Document Type: Article

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