Name: SQUAT/QPD Measurement Workshop
Start: 2025-10-28T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-29T17:00:00-07:00
Location: SLAC

SQUAT/QPD Measurement Workshop

from Tuesday, 28 October 2025 (08:00) to Wednesday, 29 October 2025 (17:00)

Monday, 27 October 2025
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
09:00 Overview Talks
09:00 - 10:45
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

09:00 Welcome Session - Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)

09:15 SQUAT Device Overview - Taylor Aralis (SLAC)

09:45 QPD Device Overview - Brandon Sandoval (Caltech)

10:15 Introduction to Qubit Measurements - Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
11:00 Device Spin-up Session
11:00 - 12:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

11:00 SQUAT Characterization - Alex Droster (Stanford University)

11:20 QPD Characterization - Lanqing Yuan (Washington University in St. Louis)

11:40 SMuRF Readout System - Jenny Smith (SLAC) Shawn Henderson (SLAC)
12:00 Device Environment and Packaging
12:00 - 12:15
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

12:00 Basic Fridge Wiring - Taj Dyson (Stanford University)
12:15 Group Photo
Group Photo
12:15 - 12:30
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: SLAC Cafe
13:30 Device Environment and Packaging
13:30 - 14:15
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

13:30 Packaging for Background Reduction - Yen-Yung Chang (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

13:45 Packaging Overview + Discussion - Aviv Simchony

14:00 Vibration Isolation - Sidney Stevens (SLAC)
14:15 Measurement Demo
14:15 - 15:45
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

14:15 Measurement Demos! - Alex Droster (Stanford University) Hannah Magoon (Stanford University) Jenny Smith (SLAC) Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
15:45 Snack Break/Walk to B33
Snack Break/Walk to B33
15:45 - 16:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
16:00 B33 Open House - Taylor Aralis (SLAC) Hannah Magoon (Stanford University) Shawn Henderson (SLAC) Noah Kurinsky (SLAC) Sidney Stevens (SLAC)
B33 Open House
- Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
- Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
- Shawn Henderson (SLAC)
- Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)
- Sidney Stevens (SLAC)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Building 33 Split into groups and tour B33, consider: OLAF BFG Bench-top MEMS Packaging options Vibration isolation Shielding cans (CMB) (NEMO) (HVeV) (BF5) (SMPDs) (spin qubits)
17:00 Social Hour
Social Hour
17:00 - 18:30
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
09:00 Design
09:00 - 10:45
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

09:00 SQUAT Design - Alain Fauquex (UC Berkeley) Drew Gibson (UC Berkeley)

09:15 QPD Design - William Ho (Karthik Ramanathan / WashU)

09:30 G4CMP Simulations - Selby Dang (Stanford/SLAC) Shilin Ray (Caltech)

09:50 Antenna Coupling Simulations - John Batarekh (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

10:05 Long-Feedline Designs - Eric Du (UC Berkeley)

10:20 Open Collaboration Time - Chiara Salemi (UC Berkeley and LBNL)
10:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
11:00 Fabrication
11:00 - 12:30
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

11:00 Berkeley Fab Update - Yashwanth Balaji (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

11:15 SLAC Fab Update - Riley Carpenter (SLAC)

11:30 JPL Fab Update - Pierre Echternach (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

11:45 Northwestern Fab Update - Alejandro Rodriguez (Northwestern University)

12:00 Open Collaboration Time - Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Offsite
13:30 Calibration
13:30 - 15:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

13:30 MEMS System - Sidney Stevens (SLAC) Zoe Smith

13:45 Terrahertz Calibration - Emily Perry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL))

14:00 Energy Calibration - Aditi Pradeep (SLAC) Brian Lenardo (SLAC)

14:15 Radioactive Sources - Grace Bratrud (Northwestern University)

14:30 Open Collaboration Time
15:00 Snack Break
Snack Break
15:00 - 15:15
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
15:15 Additional
15:15 - 17:00
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

15:15 KITWPAs - Farzad Faramarzi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

15:35 JTWPAs - Jennifer Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

15:55 Ongoing Collaboration Discussion (When2Meet)

16:45 Workshop Retrospective