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, October 28, 2025 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, October 29, 2025 (5:00 PM)

Monday, October 27, 2025
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome Session - Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)

9:15 AM SQUAT Device Overview - Taylor Aralis (SLAC)

9:45 AM QPD Device Overview - Brandon Sandoval (Caltech)

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

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

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

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

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

12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: SLAC Cafe
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

1:30 PM Packaging for Background Reduction - Yen-Yung Chang (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

1:45 PM Packaging Overview + Discussion - Aviv Simchony

2:00 PM Vibration Isolation - Sidney Stevens (SLAC)
2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

2:15 PM Measurement Demos! - Alex Droster (Stanford University) Hannah Magoon (Stanford University) Jenny Smith (SLAC) Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
3:45 PM Snack Break/Walk to B33
Snack Break/Walk to B33
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
4:00 PM 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)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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)
5:00 PM Social Hour
Social Hour
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

9:00 AM SQUAT Design - Alain Fauquex (UC Berkeley) Drew Gibson (UC Berkeley)

9:15 AM QPD Design - William Ho (Karthik Ramanathan / WashU)

9:30 AM G4CMP Simulations - Selby Dang (Stanford/SLAC) Shilin Ray (Caltech)

9:50 AM Antenna Coupling Simulations - John Batarekh (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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

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

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

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

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

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

12:00 PM Open Collaboration Time - Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Offsite
1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

1:30 PM MEMS System - Sidney Stevens (SLAC) Zoe Smith

1:45 PM Terrahertz Calibration - Emily Perry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL))

2:00 PM Energy Calibration - Aditi Pradeep (SLAC) Brian Lenardo (SLAC)

2:15 PM Radioactive Sources - Grace Bratrud (Northwestern University)

2:30 PM Open Collaboration Time
3:00 PM Snack Break
Snack Break
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 53/1-1350-A - Trinity-A
Contributions

3:15 PM KITWPAs - Farzad Faramarzi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

3:35 PM JTWPAs - Jennifer Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

3:55 PM Ongoing Collaboration Discussion (When2Meet)

4:45 PM Workshop Retrospective

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