Low-loss Nb on Si superconducting resonators from a dual-use spintronics deposition chamber and with acid-free post-processing
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| author | Olszewski, Maciej W. Paustian, Jadrien T. Banerjee, Tathagata Lu, Haoran Ramirez, Jorge L. Nguyen, Nhi Okubo, Kiichi Pant, Rohit Biedron, Aleksandra B. Ralph, Daniel C. Richardson, Christopher J. K. Fuchs, Gregory D. McRae, Corey Rae H. Pechenezhskiy, Ivan V. Plourde, B. L. T. Fatemi, Valla |
| author_facet | Olszewski, Maciej W. Paustian, Jadrien T. Banerjee, Tathagata Lu, Haoran Ramirez, Jorge L. Nguyen, Nhi Okubo, Kiichi Pant, Rohit Biedron, Aleksandra B. Ralph, Daniel C. Richardson, Christopher J. K. Fuchs, Gregory D. McRae, Corey Rae H. Pechenezhskiy, Ivan V. Plourde, B. L. T. Fatemi, Valla |
| contents | Magnetic impurities are known to degrade superconductivity. For this reason, physical vapor deposition chambers that have previously been used for magnetic materials have generally been avoided for making high-quality superconducting resonator devices. In this article, we show by example that such chambers can be used for this purpose; with Nb films sputtered in a chamber that continues to be used for magnetic materials, we demonstrate compact (\SI{3}{\micro\meter} gap) coplanar waveguide resonators with low-power internal quality factors near one million. We achieve this using a resist strip bath with no post-fabrication acid treatment, which results in performance comparable to previous strip baths with acid treatments. We also find evidence that this improved resist strip bath provides a better surface chemical template for post-fabrication hydrogen fluoride processing. These results are consistent across three Si substrate preparation methods, including a \SI{700}{\celsius} anneal. These results will inform nanofabrication for other superconducting materials and the integration of magnetic materials for hybrid systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Low-loss Nb on Si superconducting resonators from a dual-use spintronics deposition chamber and with acid-free post-processing Olszewski, Maciej W. Paustian, Jadrien T. Banerjee, Tathagata Lu, Haoran Ramirez, Jorge L. Nguyen, Nhi Okubo, Kiichi Pant, Rohit Biedron, Aleksandra B. Ralph, Daniel C. Richardson, Christopher J. K. Fuchs, Gregory D. McRae, Corey Rae H. Pechenezhskiy, Ivan V. Plourde, B. L. T. Fatemi, Valla Quantum Physics Materials Science Magnetic impurities are known to degrade superconductivity. For this reason, physical vapor deposition chambers that have previously been used for magnetic materials have generally been avoided for making high-quality superconducting resonator devices. In this article, we show by example that such chambers can be used for this purpose; with Nb films sputtered in a chamber that continues to be used for magnetic materials, we demonstrate compact (\SI{3}{\micro\meter} gap) coplanar waveguide resonators with low-power internal quality factors near one million. We achieve this using a resist strip bath with no post-fabrication acid treatment, which results in performance comparable to previous strip baths with acid treatments. We also find evidence that this improved resist strip bath provides a better surface chemical template for post-fabrication hydrogen fluoride processing. These results are consistent across three Si substrate preparation methods, including a \SI{700}{\celsius} anneal. These results will inform nanofabrication for other superconducting materials and the integration of magnetic materials for hybrid systems. |
| title | Low-loss Nb on Si superconducting resonators from a dual-use spintronics deposition chamber and with acid-free post-processing |
| topic | Quantum Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13285 |