24–27 Mar 2025
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425
US/Pacific timezone

Noise Optimization in DMRadio-50L Using a Tunable Transformer

Not scheduled
20m
UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

UCLA Physics and Astronomy Building 1-425

475 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 darkmatter@physics.ucla.edu
Poster

Speaker

Barkotel Zemenu (Stanford University)

Description

DMRadio-50L is a resonant low-mass axion search utilizing a low-noise amplifier. The experiment’s sensitivity depends on tuning the resonator-amplifier coupling to approach a quantum-limited amplifier noise. This frequency-dependent coupling must be optimized in real-time across the experiment’s frequency range. In this poster, I will introduce a tunable transformer developed for this purpose and discuss its cryogenic performance and integration into DMRadio-50L.

Author

Barkotel Zemenu (Stanford University)

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