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SQUAT/QPD Measurement Workshop

Oct 28 – 29, 2025
SLAC
America/Los_Angeles timezone

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  1. 3. Welcome Session
    Noah Kurinsky (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 9:00 AM
  2. 4. SQUAT Device Overview
    Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 9:15 AM

    Broad overview of detection strategy and project goals

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  3. 5. QPD Device Overview
    Brandon Sandoval (Caltech)
    10/28/25, 9:45 AM

    Broad overview of detection strategy and project goals

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  4. 6. Introduction to Qubit Measurements
    Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
    10/28/25, 10:15 AM

    Introduce bloch sphere, transmon hamiltonian and charge sensitivity, parity signals

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  5. 7. SQUAT Characterization
    Alex Droster (Stanford University)
    10/28/25, 11:00 AM

    Coherence times, VNA scans, timestreams, power response, temperature response, next steps

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  6. 8. QPD Characterization
    Lanqing Yuan (Washington University in St. Louis)
    10/28/25, 11:20 AM

    Basic QPD checkouts, procedure for characterizing new devices

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  7. 2. SMuRF Readout System
    Jenny Smith (SLAC), Shawn Henderson (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 11:40 AM

    15+5
    Overview of SLAC microresonator RF system

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  8. 9. Basic Fridge Wiring
    Taj Dyson (Stanford University)
    10/28/25, 12:00 PM

    Go over the basic RF setup, so we have a starting point to argue over isolators and filters

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  9. 32. Group Photo
    10/28/25, 12:15 PM
  10. 11. Packaging for Background Reduction
    Yen-Yung Chang (UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
    10/28/25, 1:30 PM

    Discuss housing designs to minimize IR and other backgrounds

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  11. 31. Packaging Overview + Discussion
    Aviv Simchony
    10/28/25, 1:45 PM

    An overview of the housings we are currently using with time to discuss people's preferences

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  12. 12. Vibration Isolation
    Sidney Stevens (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 2:00 PM

    Discuss design considerations and effects of vibration isolation on superconducting detectors

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  13. 10. Measurement Demos!
    Alex Droster (Stanford University), Hannah Magoon (Stanford University), Jenny Smith (SLAC), Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 2:15 PM
    • Resonance frequency scan and fits
    • SMURF datataking procedure, timestreams & fits
    • Coherence times, etc.

    Likely will end early, but we are blocking out extra time if needed!

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  14. 1. B33 Open House
    Hannah Magoon (Stanford University), Noah Kurinsky (SLAC), Shawn Henderson (SLAC), Sidney Stevens (SLAC), Taylor Aralis (SLAC)
    10/28/25, 4:00 PM

    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)

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  15. 13. SQUAT Design
    Alain Fauquex (UC Berkeley), Drew Gibson (UC Berkeley)
    10/29/25, 9:00 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  16. 14. QPD Design
    William Ho (Karthik Ramanathan / WashU)
    10/29/25, 9:15 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  17. 15. G4CMP Simulations
    Selby Dang (Stanford/SLAC), Shilin Ray (Caltech)
    10/29/25, 9:30 AM

    15+5 for questions

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  18. 16. Antenna Coupling Simulations
    John Batarekh (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
    10/29/25, 9:50 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  19. 17. Long-Feedline Designs
    Eric Du (UC Berkeley)
    10/29/25, 10:05 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  20. 18. Open Collaboration Time
    Chiara Salemi (UC Berkeley and LBNL)
    10/29/25, 10:20 AM
  21. 19. Berkeley Fab Update
    Yashwanth Balaji (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
    10/29/25, 11:00 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  22. 20. SLAC Fab Update
    Riley Carpenter (SLAC)
    10/29/25, 11:15 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  23. 21. JPL Fab Update
    Pierre Echternach (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
    10/29/25, 11:30 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  24. 22. Northwestern Fab Update
    Alejandro Rodriguez (Northwestern University)
    10/29/25, 11:45 AM

    10+5 for questions

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  25. 23. Open Collaboration Time
    Hannah Magoon (Stanford University)
    10/29/25, 12:00 PM
  26. 24. MEMS System
    Sidney Stevens (SLAC), Zoe Smith
    10/29/25, 1:30 PM

    10+5 for questions

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  27. 25. Terrahertz Calibration
    Emily Perry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL))
    10/29/25, 1:45 PM

    10+5 for questions

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  28. 26. Energy Calibration
    Aditi Pradeep (SLAC), Brian Lenardo (SLAC)
    10/29/25, 2:00 PM

    10+5 for questions

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  29. 27. Radioactive Sources
    Grace Bratrud (Northwestern University)
    10/29/25, 2:15 PM

    10+5 for questions

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  30. 28. Open Collaboration Time
    10/29/25, 2:30 PM
  31. 29. KITWPAs
    Farzad Faramarzi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
    10/29/25, 3:15 PM

    15+5 for questions

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  32. 30. JTWPAs
    Jennifer Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    10/29/25, 3:35 PM

    15+5

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  33. 33. Ongoing Collaboration Discussion (When2Meet)
    10/29/25, 3:55 PM
  34. 34. Workshop Retrospective
    10/29/25, 4:45 PM

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