Workshop on Innovative Devices and Systems

Friday 19 Sep 2014, 08:30 → 17:40 US/Central

Bldg. 241, Rm. D-172 (Argonne National Laboratory)

08:30 → 08:40 Opening

Speakers: Andreas Roelofs (ANL/NST), Prof. John Carlstrom (University of Chicago), Marcel Demarteau (Argonne National Laboratory)

Slides strategic-center.pdf

08:40 → 09:10 Ultrasensitive Detectors and Broadband Quantum-limited Amplifiers Based on Nitride Superconductors

Speaker: Jiansong Gao (NIST/Boulder)

Slides Argonne_20140917_Gao.pptx

09:10 → 09:40 Opportunities for developing next generation of instrumentation with scientific imaging sensors for astrophysics.

Speaker: Dr Juan Estrada (FNAL)

Slides ANL_estrada_2014.pdf

09:40 → 10:10 Design and Performance of MAKO: A far infrared (350 micron) Camera for the CalTech Submillimeter Observatory

Speaker: Chris Mckenney (Caltech)

Slides McKenneyANL2014Ver2.pptx

10:10 → 10:30 Break

10:30 → 11:00 Probing the dark ages at mm-wavelength with kinetic inductance detectors and on-chip spectrometers

Speaker: Erik Shirokoff (U. Chicago)

Slides shirokoff_anl_idx_20140819_final.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 Quantum Coherent Superconducting Circuits

Speaker: Prof. David Schuster (U.Chicago)

Slides 140919_-_ANL_Innovation_workshop.pptx

11:30 → 12:00 CMB Detectors: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Speaker: Dr Bradford Benson (Fermilab)

Slides 2014_09_19_Benson_CMB_Detectors.pdf

12:00 → 12:30 Detection and Characterization of Biological Targets

Speaker: Daniel Schabacker (ANL)

Slides Schabacker_--_workshop_on_Innovative_Devices.pptx

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

Cafeteria is a 2 minute walk from Bldg. 241

13:30 → 13:50 Searching for a 7.6 eV nuclear level in Th-229

Speaker: Dr Zheng-Tian Lu (Argonne National Lab)

Slides Thorium_2014_ANL_Device_Workshop_10_min_v3.pptx

13:50 → 14:20 Challenges in thin-film development

Speaker: Chang-Beom Eom

Slides Argonne_Innovative_Devices_and_Systems_Workshop_2014-9-19.pdf

14:20 → 14:50 Low-dimensional semiconductors for sensors, electronics and energy

Speaker: Dr Albert Davydov (NIST)

Slides Davydov_NIST_Talk_on_2D_materials.pdf

14:50 → 15:20 The promise of 2D Materials

Speaker: Dr Sudeep Das (ANL)

Slides Workshop.pdf

15:20 → 15:40 Break

15:40 → 16:10 Challenges in X-ray Science

Speaker: Dr Carini Gabriella (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Challenges_in_x_ray_science_GAC_final.pdf

16:10 → 17:00 Discussion: what next?