Temperature dependence of microwave losses in lumped-element resonators made from superconducting nanowires with high kinetic inductance

E Scarano, EK Arvidsson, AK Roos… - Superconductor …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the response of several microwave resonators made from superconducting NbTiN
thin-film meandering nanowires with large kinetic inductance, having different circuit …

Sensing force gradients with cavity optomechanics while evading backaction

EK Arvidsson, E Scarano, AK Roos, S Qvarfort… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We study force-gradient sensing with a coherently driven mechanical resonator and phase-
sensitive detection of motion through the two-tone backaction evading measurement of …

[HTML][HTML] Design, fabrication, and characterization of kinetic-inductive force sensors for scanning probe applications

AK Roos, E Scarano, EK Arvidsson… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2024 - beilstein-journals.org
We describe a transducer for low-temperature atomic force microscopy based on
electromechanical coupling due to a strain-dependent kinetic inductance of a …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic Kerr amplification for microwave electromechanics

E Scarano, EK Arvidsson, AK Roos, E Holmgren… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Electromechanical transduction gain of 21 dB is realized in a micro-cantilever resonant force
sensor operated in the unresolved-sideband regime. Strain-dependent kinetic inductance …