Research Areas - (1) Cooper-Pair Box Quasiparticle Detector

Full path: Physics > Quantum Sensing > Dark Matter Detection > Axion / ALP Sensing > Cooper-Pair Box Quasiparticle Detector

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | Chou Group @ UChicago
Summary:

Develops quantum metrology for ultra-weakly-coupled dark sectors and fundamental physics. Directions: (1) axion dark matter detection using entangled probe state preparation and superconducting qubit QND readout (HAYSTAC, ADMX); (2) dark radiation/energy detection with Cooper-pair box quasiparticle sensors; (3) GW detectors based on high-B-field microwave cavities probing early-universe phase transitions; (4) emergent gauge symmetries in quantum spin liquids. Co-PI DARPA QuSeN (quantum sensing of neutrinos, 2025). Devices/Sensors lead, DOE Quantum Science Center.