A superconducting levitated detector of gravitational waves

D Carney, G Higgins, G Marocco, M Wentzel - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
A magnetically levitated mass couples to gravity and can act as an effective gravitational
wave detector. We show that a superconducting sphere levitated in a quadrupolar magnetic …

Maglev for dark matter: Dark-photon and axion dark matter sensing with levitated superconductors

G Higgins, S Kalia, Z Liu - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Ultraprecise mechanical sensors offer an exciting avenue for testing new physics. While
many of these sensors are tailored to detect inertial forces, magnetically levitated (Maglev) …

[HTML][HTML] Superconducting flip-chip devices using indium microspheres on Au-passivated Nb or NbN as under-bump metallization layer

A Paradkar, P Nicaise, K Dakroury, F Resare… - Applied Physics …, 2025 - pubs.aip.org
Superconducting flip-chip interconnects are crucial for the three-dimensional integration of
superconducting circuits in sensing and quantum technology applications. We demonstrate …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a levitated sub-milligram ferromagnetic cube in a planar alternating-current magnetic Paul trap

M Janse, E van der Bent, M Laurman, R Smit… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Microscopic levitated objects are a promising platform for inertial sensing, testing gravity at
small scales, optomechanics in the quantum regime, and large-mass superpositions …

Backaction-evading receivers with magnetomechanical and electromechanical sensors

B Richman, S Ghosh, D Carney, G Higgins… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Today's mechanical sensors are capable of detecting extremely weak perturbations while
operating near the standard quantum limit. However, further improvements can be made in …

First Search for Ultralight Dark Matter Using a Magnetically Levitated Particle

DWP Amaral, DG Uitenbroek, TH Oosterkamp… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We perform the first search for ultralight dark matter using a magnetically levitated particle. A
sub-millimeter permanent magnet is levitated in a superconducting trap with a measured …

Superconducting flux transformers for the modulation of flux-tunable resonators

K Dakroury - 2024 - odr.chalmers.se
Pushing the limits of quantum mechanics to larger objects is a goal of current research
efforts. One approach to test the limits of quantum mechanics is to achieve quantum …