__A list of important papers with the relevant information.__ //Go back to [[START|Start]]// ---- **Phonon propagation:** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | Cryogenic Device Simulation with G4CMP | Michael H. Kelsey | Page 29-30, important information on phonon scattering models in low temperature silicon used for mean free path calculations | [[https://indico.fnal.gov/event/63132/contributions/292317/attachments/178375/243124/G4CMP-Overview_RISQ.pdf?|Link]] | Phonon, MFP, Mean free path, GEANT4 | | Thermal Conductivity of Silicon and Germanium from 3'K to the Melting Point | C. J. GLASSBRENNER AND GLEN A. SLACK | Contains a graph of thermal conductivity in silicon as a function of temperature corresponding to 200W/m*K | [[https://journals.aps.org/pr/pdf/10.1103/PhysRev.134.A1058|Link]] | Phonon, Thermal conductivity, Mean free path, MFP | |Ioffe-Regel crossover for plane-wave vibrational excitations in vitreous silica | S. N. Taraskin and S. R. Elliott | Shows the Ioffel Regel crossover for SiO2 is at 1THz with a second crossover at 6THz | [[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.12031|Link]] | Phonon, Ioffe-Regel | |Attenuation of longitudonal-acoustic phonons in amorphous SiO2 at frequencies up to 440GHz | T. C. Zhu | Shows how the phonons act in silicon oxide, the graph on the first page is particularly interesting | [[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.4281|Link]] | Phonon, SiO2, Acoustic, Amorphous | |A Comprehensive Review of Heat Transfer in Thermoelectric Materials and Devices| Zhiting Tian | Includes the graph for the DOS of phonons in silicon up to 15THz | [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259577904_A_Comprehensive_Review_of_Heat_Transfer_in_Thermoelectric_Materials_and_Devices|Link]] | Phonon, DOS, Silicon | | Analytical Models of Phonon–Point-Defect Scattering | Ramya Gurunathan | Describes the mass order scattering of phonons in silicon and also gives a derivation for the equation linked to it | [[https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.034011 | Link]] | Phonon, scattering | | Measurements and simulations of athermal phonon transmission from silicon absorbers to aluminium sensors| M. Martinez | Includes several important parameters for the silicon substrate, most importantly the mass order scattering param | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.02495|Link]] | Phonon, Mass order scattering, Silicon| |An incoherent superconducting nanowire phonon detector revealing the controversial gate-controlled superconductivity | Labao Zhang | Detection of thermal phonons through asymetric count rates under an electric field | [[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376653090_An_incoherent_superconducting_nanowire_phonon_detector_revealing_the_controversial_gate-controlled_superconductivity?utm_source=chatgpt.com|Link]] | Phonon, SNSPD, thermal phonon | | A superconducting thermal switch with ultrahigh impedance for interfacing superconductors to semiconductors | A. N. McCaughan | SNSPD avalanche detector with WSi and secondary athermal phonon detection with 12nm insulator layer | [[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-019-0300-8|Link]] | Athermal phonons, WSi, SNSPDs | **MgB2 fabrication:** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | FACILE deposition of superconductive MgB2 thin films on substrates: A comparative investigation of electrochemical deposition and magnetron sputtering technique | N. Misra et al. | Sputtering of compacted MgB2 powder (pre-defined stichiometry, single source) | [[https://proceedings.jacow.org/ipac2019/papers/weprb070.pdf|Link]] | Magnetron Sputtering, MgB2 | | Fabrication of MgB2 thin film by RF magnetron sputtering | Jong-Rok Ahn, Soon-Gul Lee, Yunseok Hwang, Gun Yong Sung, Do Kyung Kim | Magnetron Sputtering with single MgB2 and dual Mg, B co-sputtering | [[https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02368-7|Link]] | Magnetron Sputtering, MgB2 | | Preparation of MgB2 superconducting thin films by magnetron sputteringPreparation of MgB2 superconducting thin films by magnetron sputtering | R. Mičunek et al. | Magnetron co-deposition of B and Mg to create uniform MgB precursor, annealed to MgB2 | [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2006.01.022|Link]] | Magnetron Sputtering, MgB2, co-deposition | | MgB2 superconducting thin films grown by magnetron sputtering | S. Ulucan, L. Ozyuzer, S. Okur | Magnetron sputtering of pre-mixed MgB2 on Mg pellets with predefined stichiometry | [[https://physics.iyte.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2019/05/lozyuzer15.pdf|Link]] | Magnetron Sputtering, MgB2 | | High quality MgB2 thin films in-situ grown by DC magnetron sputtering | R.Vaglio, M.G. Maglione & R. Di Capua | Magnetron sputtering of MgB2 target to create precursor film, subsequently annealed | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0203322|Link]] | DC Magnetron sputtering, MgB2 | | MgB2 superconducting thin films on Si and Al2O3 substrates | A Plecenik, L Satrapinsky, P Kúš, Š Gaži, Š Beňačka, I Vávra, I Kostič | Co-Evaporation and annealing of Mg and B vapors in AlO2 and Si substrates | [[https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(01)01091-7|Link]] | Evaporation, MgB2 | | Low kinetic inductance superconducting MgB2 nanowires with a 130 ps relaxation time for single-photon detection application | S. Cherednichenko, N. Acharya, E. Novoselov & V. Drakinskiy | CVD ON 6H-SiC substrates | [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6668/abdeda/pdf|Link]] | CVD, Epitaxial Growth, SiC, MgB2 | **Conventional NbN/NbTiN fabrication:** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | Development of superconducting single particle detector transition edge sensor | Carlo Pepe | Pg. 74 Interesting diagram on laser experiment, Pg. 96 new fabrication ideas for insulating layers | [[https://iris.inrim.it/retrieve/handle/11696/82079/3f2fde4f-2860-4967-abac-7ede058ca199/Phd_thesis_C_pepe_2024.pdf|Link]] | Characterization, fabrication | | Properties of NbxTi(1-x)N thin films deposited\\ on 300 mm silicon wafers for upscaling\\ superconducting digital circuits. | Daniel Pérez Lozano | Explains the stiochiometry differences between two samples and different positions within the substrate, which ok we can simulate but shouldn't be an issue | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.09772|Link]] | | | Superconducting properties and chemical composition of\\ NbTiN thin films with different thickness | L. Zhang | Page 3 has the value for the NbTiN lattice constant which appears to be 0.435nm, so the so the sim should use triple that which turns out to be 1.3nm | [[https://watermark02.silverchair.com/122603_1_online.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAABZkwggWVBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggWGMIIFggIBADCCBXsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMpdvVgpzms3W0W3L3AgEQgIIFTCoPu4ZWcVh5x7GSxt37R76PqUfksQEVqeT8vfInZNFh2rWtWINd57EP35Nz3mYnNqSsHeVrmRSAVRnbvrIAV3tAp7rUybn4Pp7Hrmb649rBx_sqIJLZb4zJStmB8KUZp51rIIR31onRHDDKdSZEB-7lU39Q6F7j0v0aXvUcEEaO7eqsYtcmIkp1q8qhLRoqyalkMnZZS58aI4Arczcnq6337J-cRwBovZMBetJl8ry4wyXQYmSzojfWgZOh1pQk6BaXi9q-YwrQNu0NCzivfEsAqwGsgBUtmMVLdqVHH_4lvEBo4DPa35iB2EgGX4g6zpgIuL3hpQMIfF7cO8AIoqmNHjZTGG-F9-mVbssl70QqLzUT8o22bqxMVDW0oLjsAytOFtkPl3ZKM-Nsl6IZk7uoul1D3e6PRYMfBjTuy-58OZ1mingcUU64p6jOdjuO63ogwMIy-C2NDMph-vpd2_Jbhj--hG4Sj5tn4-bKeSseT6phBabO2t7_RfI3M4IkO44Ww_ES5a5SsbKvOaP6XxwErG4wnt19l4WzM5WJLKJ-LWF8koOg-b-ZbJV3yxTqxJzpBrepsb3RtxrFvJluPoDVAKrG9gjzm9cUqihQhXdQkTVyzntg_icsIIQQOdNPYbYLIXF4fxc3dFkSErOMetLlTUpXXcUHOJUBNGc5P2euI93hA83jqGkOL_-LS2dFNM9YgOLtFXJYnR5sO_8wpdW0ie8d1UwnywW-6qvBplOUvY3LR-G1G3ojIJScGE41PWqPWjxx2wdeQ0u50A5UtoR41cAtkLbsRgc1-ups1zaICHeq11BZaXkKEiHUsFLrMHqeoucIjvpPzo2BObpRquNO62PlOYhHJqtXt16V1m8mFAe8XuRPZ1zizuH6XqYVbSd8oNRe3-P13GDrm7pMLbgd8c_Itqhl5MjPC4ChwXSFMjK8jI7nE7z8nEfPULF6XlsA3JiOof7NFx5e8ZgSFafc69kcHeah6oHizRLPXy6Iuzs3GX6q-3YLnpi2xefShFOgSYRtdCAAjY1oYdU9RzYRqkhzIocIV8ezMSTah8llViemG0lNRrRgU2f3pdlwu-UILGSAnOV0OvhmfmGx1X1b70vfydsaC1RDnMpf5maT9KvtmZFvsHGVL0rpCNA8XDz8ddBUmjjQzLMYnwuE0ko7elBkpv2vNOxC3Y3jqZjuvIjcYSCipuxeZA5c9wc957AApbFwCyshYikbvh30IBqfS8Idk-Ail441rSMFwocJD8FZU-kURRgI-xB776J3srCZkXmV7Wl2WRAwf8yImF77rzI-o6kq1m8NlrDyt87J3-v_dqvOa985NJl2NqJJzGT7VSXlM0r9fc3d8GKvDwgXiCqdJJiPmBt5aUXmbVbZRJwOVTaZSw6L4AFY4LNmoNM4I2hZnh7rv4H2yZxP5mEd_1bLA-0-XAeD1hfzzwAuMiEsr_HKh9H_8NYCrYc--UtdF1XMIfsB_54KoO-1555g4C0itqJInfLV2RMQ-9QVn9sNiFL2G03tUjBqT6Tix4P8TIKAfJIiyymqHy0e7a-SDQGeJP0r-wtQRR1GsUI4_R592NZKokWcouxBCYxfnxBn7PNrfmvmaB3vNSRz059E-mwgWQsllGI6c0EwE41POuxo95B225iRgy61IlRdNdoImhJ7K72Ka8B9L1DiaW2pJiiExAqvyKE_QyY2EctlEPkzBJCFwZilsfsTaxNczWWzcWkundFUF8BnfxFuh_xm7i9nop_o4OFhGwBmV3zZMb7i5ZXbbYKeZ_L-qjFh32ZaHcs1n8WPJVgueAZ|Link]] | Lattice constant for NbTiN | **Electronics Design and Modeling** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | Cryogenic DC-coupled readout electronics for high-speed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors based on a commercial operational amplifier | Chen Zhi-Gang et al. | Commercial SiGe Texas Instrument Amplifier | [[https://wulixb.iphy.ac.cn/en/article/doi/10.7498/aps.73.20240398?translate=true|Link]] | SiGe, Operational Amplifier, Texas Instruments | | OPA855 Datasheet | Texas Instruments | Good design practices and PCB layout considetrations | [[https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/opa855.pdf?ts=1771940715848&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ti.com%252Fproduct%252Fde-de%252FOPA855|Link]] | Op Amp, SiGe, Texas Instruments | | A superconducting nano-wire can be modeled by using SPICE | Karl K Berggren et al. | Spice simulation using multiple current/voltage sources to approximate the SNSPD | [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6668/aab149/|Link]] | Spice, Modeling, Simulation | | Efficient simulation of Large-Scale Superconducting Nanowire Circuits | Tareq El Dandachi | B.S. Thesis at MIT. less strict approach with questionable hypothesis | [[https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/150197/|Link]] | Thesis, Simulation, Modeling | | Impedance-matched differential superconducting nanowire detectors | Marco Colangelo et al. | Impedance matched geometry with circular-like sensors | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.07962|Link]] | Superconductive, Impedance, Differential Read-out | | Design of a Specialized Low Noise Amplifier for Enhancing Non-Classicality in Quantum Applications | Ahmad Salmanogli | Non-technology specific general modeling of HEMPT in CMOS | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.08032/|Link]] | LNA, nonclassicality, HEMT, noise figure, nonlinearity | | Cryogenic GaAs high-electron-mobility-transistor amplifier for current noise measurements | Sanghyun Lee, Masayuki Hashisaka, Takafumi Akiho, Kensuke Kobayashi, & Koji Muraki | GaAs HEMPT application on quantum sensors | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.11999/|Link]] | LNA, Gallium Arsenite, cryogenic amplifier | | A review of GaN HEMT broadband power amplifiers | K. Husna Hamza, D. Nirmal | GaN HEMPT application on quantum sensors | [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434841119321892/|Link]] | Gallium Nitrate, Broadband amplifier, Cryogenic electronics | | Indium Phosphide (InP) HEMTs | ESA Collaboration | InP HEMPT application on quantum computing and sensing | [[https://mwe.ee.ethz.ch/research/HEMT/InPHEMT.html|Link]] | Indium Phosphate high bandwidth transitor | **Simulation - GEANT4 - Drude-Lorentz approximation** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | An implementation of ionisation energy loss in very thin absorbers for the GEANT4 simulation package | J. Apostolakis, S Giani, L. Urban, M. Maire, A. V. Bagulya, V. M. Grichine | The paper corresponding to the Geant4 PAI model, including its main formula structures. | [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168900200004575|Link]] | PAI model theory, Geant 4 PAI | | Approximation methods to calculate straggling functions | Hans Bichsel | Covers analytical methods for calculating the straggling function, including the approach used in the PAI model. While higher-precision methods exist, they offer only marginal (5%) improvements. | [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168900206007972|Link]] | Straggling functions, Ionization models | | Spectral Distribution of Atomic Oscillator Strengths | U. Fano, J. W. Cooper | Theoretical foundation for the normalization method used in the PAI model. | [[https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.40.441|Link]] | Ionization cross-Section, normalization, sum rule, PAI model | | A simple method for realistic estimation of the most probable energy loss in thin gas layers | V. M. Grishin, G. I. Merson | Initial conceptual idea of what was later developped and implemented as the PAI model. | [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0168900289901903|Link]] | Energy deposition in thin layers | | Validation of cross sections for Monte Carlo simulation of the photoelectric effect | M. Cheol Han et al. | Compares different data sets used in Geant4, Sandia Table is one of them. | [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06514|Link]] | Sandia Table, PAI model | | Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Compatible Deposition of Nanoscale Transition-Metal Nitride Thin Films for Plasmonic Applications | R. Bower et al. | Experimental measurement of Drude-Lorentz oscillator parameters of TiN, NbN and NbTiN on different substrates. Values available in supporting info. | [[https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.0c10570|Link]] | NbTiN, Drude-Lorentz, dielectric | | Introduction to the PAI model | I. B. Smirnov | Short introduction and description of the PAI model and it's application. | [[https://indico.cern.ch/event/911950/contributions/3898109/attachments/2062395/3460176/Intro_PAI_wc.pdf|lINK]] | PAI model, Ionization Cross-Section | | Recent progress of GEANT4 electromagnetic physics for LHC and other applications | A Bagulya et al. | A general description on ionization simulation, in which mentioned how to register PAI model via macro file. | [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/898/4/042032|Link]] | Geant4, PAI model, attach models | | Analytical Approximations for X-Ray Cross Sections Ill | Frank Biggs, Ruth Lighthill | Original Sandia Table, in which gives the Biggs-Lighhill parameterisation. It was often mis-cited as “SAND 87-0070, 1990, 35p,” but the official report record identifies it as SAND-87-0070, Aug. 1988. | [[https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7124946/|Link]] | PAI model, Biggs-Lighthill parameters, Sandia Table | **Theory - Time Dependent Ginsburg-Landau** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | Interacting vortex theory of two band-gap superconducting single photon detectors | Leif B., Daien H., Sathwik B., Shunshun L., Prasanna V. B., & Zubin J. | Vortex Theory on 3-Dimentional Geometries | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.01240|Link]] | Vortex, Simulation, Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau | | Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau framework for sample-specific simulation of superconductors for radio-frequency applications | Aiden V. Harbick & Mark K. Transtrum | Implementation of inhomogenizes and aggregates in a 3D approach | [[https://journals.aps.org/prb/pdf/10.1103/q9h5-83fy|Link]] | Simulation, Time Dependent Ginzburg-Landau | | Time-Dependent Ginzburg—Landau Simulations of the Critical Current in Superconducting Films and Junctions in Magnetic Fields | Alexander I. Blair & Damian P. Hampshire | Magnetic field effects inn thin films, 2-D appraoch | [[https://superconductivitydurham.webspace.durham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2021/04/Blair-TDGL-Films-and-Junctions-EuCAS17.pdf|Link]] | Magnetic Filed, Thin Films | | A new approach for numerical simulation of the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau equations | Buyang Li & Zhimin Zhang | Re-composition of the TDGL equation to sum the divergent free magnetic parts in 2D | [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.3746|Link]] | Simulation, TDGL solutions, Reformalization | | The time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation | Yair Mau Personal website | Simple code to perform TDGL calculations in 2D | [[https://yairmau.com/website/jupyter/2020/01/01/tdgle.html|Link]] | Programming, Code, TDGL calculations | | pyTDGL: Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau in Python | Logan Bishop-Van Horn | Framework for 2D finite element simulation of the TDGL eqquation | [[https://scispace.com/pdf/pytdgl-time-dependent-ginzburg-landau-in-python-14e36ing.pdf|Link]] | Simulation, 2-d, Finite element | | Uniform regularity for a 3D time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau model in superconductivity | Jishan Fan, Bessem Samet, Yong Zhou | 3-D approach on solving the TDGL equations | [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0898122118300609|Link]] | 3D TDGL, Simulation, Finite Element | | Analysis of the three-dimensional time-dependent Landau-Ginzburg equation and its solutions | M Skierski, A M Grundland & J A Tuszynski | 3D solution of the TDGL using Laplace polynomial approxiamtion | [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0305-4470/22/18/018|Link]] | 3D, TDGL, Laplace, Finite Element, Simulation | | Uniqueness of weak solutions of time-dependent 3-D Ginzburg-Landau model for superconductivity | Fan Jishan & Gao Hongjun | 3D scheme and theory for TDGL solutions | [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11464-007-0013-6|Link]] | 3D, TDGL, Computations, Unique Solutions | **Experimental Characterization** ^ Title ^ Author ^ Comment ^ Link ^ Keywords ^ | Dual-mode calorimetric superconducting nanowire single photon detectors | H.-Y. Wu, M. Besançon, J.-W. Chen, P. Chen, J.-F. Glicenstein, S.-X. Liu, Y.-J. Lu, X.-F. Navick, S. Paganis, B. Tuchming, D. Tsionou, & F.-Y. Tsai | Variable pulse height with respect to deposited energy (?) | [[https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0270791|Link]] | NbN, Characterization, Calorimentry | | Jitter in photon-number-resolved detection by superconducting nanowires | M. Sidorova,T. Schapeler, A. D. Semenov, F. Schlue, M. Stefszky, B. Brecht, C. Silberhorn & T. J. Bartley | | [[https://pubs.aip.org/aip/app/article/10/8/086113/3360851/Jitter-in-photon-number-resolved-detection-by|Link]] | Jitter, Photon Counting | //Go back to [[START|Start]]//