Probing Kinetic Inductance in Thin Niobium Diselenide (NbSe2) through Microwave Measurements

ORAL

Abstract

We developed hybrid superconducting microwave resonators incorporating van der Waals (vdW) superconductors to explore the microwave (MW) response of superconducting 2D materials in the GHz regime. We first established a reliable technique to contact thin NbSe2, entirely encapsulated with hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN), to a coplanar Al resonator. Then, we fabricated a hybrid Al-NbSe2 resonator and measured the kinetic inductance of thin NbSe2 at low temperature in the low-photon number limit. In this talk, we share our findings from the microwave characterizations of Al-NbSe2 resonators, where the thickness of NbSe2 will vary. Furthermore, we discuss the observed relation between the kinetic inductance and the thickness of the thin NbSe2. Our approach contributes to understanding the MW properties of superconducting 2D materials with potential implications for their utilization in emerging technologies.

* This research was funded in part by the US Army Research Office grant no. W911NF-2210023, by the National Science Foundation QII-TAQS grant no. OMA-1936263, and by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering under Air Force Contract No. FA8702-15-D-0001. S.Z. acknowledges support from the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies or endorsements, either expressed or implied, of the US Government.

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Presenters

  • Sameia Zaman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Authors

  • Sameia Zaman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  • Joel I Wang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Miuko Tanaka

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Thomas Werkmeister

    Harvard University

  • Max Hays

    MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachussets Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Daniel Rodan Legrain

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

  • Aranya Goswami

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  • Thao H Dinh

    Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Michael A Gingras

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Bethany M Niedzielski

    MIT Lincoln Lab, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Hannah M Stickler

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Mollie E Schwartz

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Jonilyn L Yoder

    MIT Lincoln Lab, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    Kyoto Univ, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Sciences, NIMS, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, Tsukuba, National Institue for Materials Science, Kyoto University, National Institute of Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics and National Institute for Materials Science

  • Terry P Orlando

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jeffrey A Grover

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Simon Gustavsson

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Kyle Serniak

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory & MIT RLE, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MIT RLE

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Philip Kim

    Harvard University

  • William D Oliver

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT