Realizing superconducting quantum computing platforms requires advances in material science, fabrication techniques, and circuit design. In qubit devices, charge and flux variations typically cause rapid quantum states to decay and limit performance. Devices made of superconductors with high kinetic inductance can help suppress such fluctuations. In the past, circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) platforms that probe kinetic inductance required transparent electrical contacts that came with a high experimental overhead. We propose a circuit design to measure the kinetic inductance of coplanar waveguide resonators made of 2D superconductors without galvanic contact. This architecture will enable the exploration and the characterization of 2D superconductors for novel quantum devices.

I am participating in the superUROP program to pursue my interest in quantum technology and create findings that can benefit the broader physics community. Classes such as 6.2540 exposed me to the nanotechnology techniques in MIT.nano and 8.05 prepared the much needed mathematical foundations for this project. I am excited to dive deeper into this project and learn more about my peers’ research along the way.