A high-Q superconducting toroidal medium frequency detection system with a capacitively adjustable frequency range > 180 kHz

authored by: F. Völksen, J. A. Devlin, M. J. Borchert, S. R. Erlewein, M. Fleck, J. I. Jäger, B. M. Latacz, P. Micke, P. Nuschke, G. Umbrazunas, E. J. Wursten, F. Abbass, M. A. Bohman, D. Popper, M. Wiesinger, C. Will, K. Blaum, Y. Matsuda, A. Mooser, C. Ospelkaus, C. Smorra, A. Soter, W. Quint, J. Walz, Y. Yamazaki, S. Ulmer
Abstract: We describe a newly developed polytetrafluoroethylene/copper capacitor driven by a cryogenic piezoelectric slip-stick stage and demonstrate with the chosen layout cryogenic capacitance tuning of ≈60 pF at ≈10 pF background capacitance. Connected to a highly sensitive superconducting toroidal LC circuit, we demonstrate tuning of the resonant frequency between 345 and 685 kHz, at quality factors Q > 100 000. Connected to a cryogenic ultra low noise amplifier, a frequency tuning range between 520 and 710 kHz is reached, while quality factors Q > 86 000 are achieved. This new device can be used as a versatile image current detector in high-precision Penning-trap experiments or as an LC-circuit-based haloscope detector to search for the conversion of axion-like dark matter to radio-frequency photons. This new development increases the sensitive detection bandwidth of our axion haloscope by a factor of ≈1000.
Organisation(s): Institute of Quantum Optics
QuantumFrontiers
CRC 1227 Designed Quantum States of Matter (DQ-mat)
External Organisation(s): GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
University of Tokyo
ETH Zurich
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
CERN
Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory
Helmholtz-Institut Mainz
Type: Article
Journal: Review of scientific instruments
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0034-6748
Publication date: 09.2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Instrumentation
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0089182 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{ab38397966504d9cb3d8caff8aa64cc5,
title = "A high-Q superconducting toroidal medium frequency detection system with a capacitively adjustable frequency range > 180 kHz",
abstract = "We describe a newly developed polytetrafluoroethylene/copper capacitor driven by a cryogenic piezoelectric slip-stick stage and demonstrate with the chosen layout cryogenic capacitance tuning of ≈60 pF at ≈10 pF background capacitance. Connected to a highly sensitive superconducting toroidal LC circuit, we demonstrate tuning of the resonant frequency between 345 and 685 kHz, at quality factors Q > 100 000. Connected to a cryogenic ultra low noise amplifier, a frequency tuning range between 520 and 710 kHz is reached, while quality factors Q > 86 000 are achieved. This new device can be used as a versatile image current detector in high-precision Penning-trap experiments or as an LC-circuit-based haloscope detector to search for the conversion of axion-like dark matter to radio-frequency photons. This new development increases the sensitive detection bandwidth of our axion haloscope by a factor of ≈1000.",
author = "F. V{\"o}lksen and Devlin, {J. A.} and Borchert, {M. J.} and Erlewein, {S. R.} and M. Fleck and J{\"a}ger, {J. I.} and Latacz, {B. M.} and P. Micke and P. Nuschke and G. Umbrazunas and Wursten, {E. J.} and F. Abbass and Bohman, {M. A.} and D. Popper and M. Wiesinger and C. Will and K. Blaum and Y. Matsuda and A. Mooser and C. Ospelkaus and C. Smorra and A. Soter and W. Quint and J. Walz and Y. Yamazaki and S. Ulmer",
note = "Funding Information: We acknowledge technical support by CERN, especially the Antiproton Decelerator operation group, CERN{\textquoteright}s cryolab team and engineering department, and all other CERN groups which provide support to Antiproton Decelerator experiments. We acknowledge financial support by RIKEN, the RIKEN EEE pioneering project funding, the RIKEN SPDR and JRA program, the Max-Planck Society, the European Union (FunI-832848, STEP-852818), CRC 1227 “DQmat” (DFG 274200144), the Cluster of Excellence “Quantum Frontiers” (DFG 390837967), the CERN fellowship program and the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft. This work was supported by the Max-Planck, RIKEN, PTB-Center for Time, Constants, and Fundamental Symmetries (C-TCFS). Funding Information: We acknowledge technical support by CERN, especially the Antiproton Decelerator operation group, CERN's cryolab team and engineering department, and all other CERN groups which provide support to Antiproton Decelerator experiments. We acknowledge financial support by RIKEN, the RIKEN EEE pioneering project funding, the RIKEN SPDR and JRA program, the Max-Planck Society, the European Union (FunI-832848, STEP-852818), CRC 1227 {"}DQmat{"} (DFG 274200144), the Cluster of Excellence {"}Quantum Frontiers{"} (DFG 390837967), the CERN fellowship program and the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft. This work was supported by the Max-Planck, RIKEN, PTB-Center for Time, Constants, and Fundamental Symmetries (C-TCFS).",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1063/5.0089182",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
journal = "Review of scientific instruments",
issn = "0034-6748",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "9",
}