Publications

Matthias Raba, Sébastien Triqueneaux, James Butterworth, David Schmoranzer, Emilio Barria, Jérôme Debray, Guillaume Donnier-Valentin, Thibaut Gandit, Anne Gerardin, Johannes Goupy, Olivier Tissot, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Aluminum nuclear demagnetization refrigerator for powerful continuous cooling", under review

A. Delattre, I. Golokolenov, R. Pedurand, X. Zhou, A. Fefferman and E. Collin, "Self-sustained optomechanical state destruction triggered by the Kerr nonlinearity", under review.

Richard Pedurand, Ilya Golokolenov, Mika Sillanpää, Laure Mercier de Lépinay, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Progress toward detection of individual TLS in nanomechanical resonators", accepted by Journal of Low Temperature Physics (2024), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-024-03072-7.

Ilya Golokolenov, Sumit Kumar, Baptiste Alperin, Bruno Fernandez, Andrew Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Nano-beam clamping revisited", Journal of Applied Physics 133, 124302 (2023).

Olivier Maillet, Dylan Cattiaux, Xin Zhou, Rasul R. Gazizulin, Olivier Bourgeois, Andrew D. Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Nanomechanical damping via electron-assisted relaxation of two-level systems", Phys. Rev. B 107, 064104 (2023).

Ilya Golokolenov, Arpit Ranadive, Luca Planat, Martina Esposito, Nicolas Roch, Xin Zhou, Andrew Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Thermodynamics of a single mesoscopic phononic mode", Phys. Rev. Research 5, 013046 (2023).

Sumit Kumar, Dylan Cattiaux, Eddy Collin, Andrew Fefferman and Xin Zhou, "Microwave Optomechanically Induced Transparency and Absorption Between 250 and 450 mK", Journal of Low Temperature Physics,  210, 562  (2023).

Ilya Golokolenov, Baptiste Alperin, Bruno Fernandez, Andrew Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Fully suspended nano-beams for quantum fluids", Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 210, 550 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-022-02722-y

James Butterworth, Sébastien Triqueneaux, Šimon Midlik, Ilya  Golokolenov, Anne Gerardin, Thibaut Gandit, Guillaume Donnier-Valentin, Johannes Goupy, M. Keith Phuthi, David Schmoranzer, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Superconducting aluminum heat switch with 3 nOhm equivalent resistance", Editor's Pick in Review of Scientific Instruments 93, 034901 (2022).

D. Cattiaux, I. Golokolenov, S. Kumar, M. Sillanpaa, L. Mercier de Lepinay, R. R. Gazizulin, X. Zhou, A. D. Armour, O. Bourgeois, A. Fefferman and E. Collin, "A macroscopic object passively cooled into its quantum ground state of motion beyond single-mode cooling", Nature Communications 12, 6182(2021) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26457-8

Xin Zhou, Srisaran Venkatachalam, Ronghua Zhou, Hao Xu, Alok Pokharel, Andrew Fefferman, Mohammed Zaknoune and Eddy Collin, "High-Q silicon nitride drum resonators strongly coupled to gates", Nano Letters 21, 5738 (2021).

Ilya Golokolenov, Dylan Cattiaux, Sumit Kumar, Mika Sillanpää, Laure Mercier de Lépinay, Andrew Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Microwave single-tone optomechanics in the classical regime", New Journal of Physics 23, 053008 (2021).

Sébastien Triqueneaux, James Butterworth, Johannes Goupy, Clément Ribas, David Schmoranzer, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Very low resistance Al/Cu joints for use at cryogenic temperatures", Journal of Low Temperature Physics 203, 345 (2021).

Sumit Kumar, Yannick Klaß, Baptiste Alperin, Srisaran Venkatachalam, Xin Zhou, Eva Weig, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Microwave optomechanical measurement of non-metallized SiN strings at mK temperatures" (2021).

D. Cattiaux, X. Zhou, S. Kumar, I. Golokolenov, R. R. Gazizulin, A. Luck, L. Mercier de Lépinay, M. Sillanpää, A. Armour, A. Fefferman and E. Collin, "Beyond linear coupling in microwave optomechanics", Editor's Suggestion in Physical Review Research 2, 033480 (2020).

D. Cattiaux, S. Kumar, X. Zhou, A. Fefferman and E. Collin, "Geometrical Nonlinearity of Circular Plates and Membranes", Journal of Applied Physics 128, 104501 (2020).

David Schmoranzer, James Butterworth, Sébastien Triqueneaux, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Design Evaluation of Serial and Parallel sub-mK Continuous Nuclear Demagnetization Refrigerators," Cryogenics 110, 103119 (2020).

David Schmoranzer, Sumit Kumar, Sébastien Triqueneaux, Xiao Liu, Thomas Metcalf, Glenn Jernigan, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "A 10 mK hermetic cell for eliminating parasitic heating in cryogen-free dilution refrigerators," Cryogenics 110, 103162 (2020).

X. Zhou, D. Cattiaux, R. R. Gazizulin, A. Luck, O. Maillet, T. Crozes, J-F. Motte, O. Bourgeois, A. Fefferman and E. Collin, "On-chip thermometry for microwave optomechanics implemented in a nuclear demagnetization cryostat," Physical Review Applied 12, 044066 (2019).

David Schmoranzer, Annina Luck, Eddy Collin, Andrew Fefferman, "Cryogenic broadband vibration measurement on a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator," Cryogenics 98, 102 (2019).

David Schmoranzer, Rasul Gazizulin, Sebastien Triqueneaux, Eddy Collin and Andrew Fefferman, "Development of a sub-mK continuous nuclear demagnetization refrigerator," Journal of Low Temp Phys. 196, 261 (2019).

David Schmoranzer, Sumit Kumar, Annina Luck, Eddy Collin, Andrew Fefferman, Xiao Liu, Thomas Metcalf and Glenn Jernigan, "Observations on thermal coupling of silicon oscillators in cryogen-free dilution refrigerators," Journal of Low Temp Phys. 196, 268 (2019).

Olivier Maillet, Xin Zhou, Rasul Gazizulin, Bojan Ilic, Jeevak Parpia, Olivier Bourgeois, Andrew Fefferman and Eddy Collin, "Measuring Frequency Fluctuations in Nonlinear Nanomechanical Resonators", ACS Nano 12, 5753 (2018).

Adib Tavakoli, Christophe Blanc, Hossein Ftouni, Kunal Lulla, Andrew Fefferman, Eddy Collin, Olivier Bourgeois, "The Universality of Thermal Transport in Amorphous Nanowires at Low Temperatures", Phys. Rev. B. 95, 165411 (2017).

Andrew Fefferman, Ana Maldonado, Eddy Collin, Xiao Liu, Thomas Metcalf and Glenn Jernigan, "Elastic measurements of amorphous silicon films at mK temperatures", Journal of Low Temp. Phys. 187, 654 (2017).

Olivier Maillet, Frantisek Vavrek, Andrew D. Fefferman, Olivier Bourgeois and Eddy Collin, "Classical decoherence in a nanomechanical resonator" New J. Phys. 18, 073022 (2016).

S. Balibar, J. Beamish, A. Fefferman, A. Haziot, X. Rojas, F. Souris, “Dislocations in a quantum crystal.Solid Helium: A model and an exception,” C. R. Physique 17, 264 (2016).

H. Ftouni, C. Blanc, D. Tainoff, A. D. Fefferman, M. Defoort, K. J. Lulla, J. Richard, E. Collin and O. Bourgeois, “The thermal conductivity of silicon nitride membranes is not sensitive to stress,” Phys. Rev. B 92, 125439 (2015).

Z. G. Cheng, J. R. Beamish, A. D. Fefferman, F. Souris, S. Balibar and V. Dauvois, “Helium mass flow through a solid-superfluid-solid junction,” Phys. Rev. Lett 114, 165301 (2015).

F. Souris, A. D. Fefferman, A. Haziot, N. Garroum, J. R. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Search for dislocation free helium 4 crystals,” Journal of Low Temp. Phys. 178, 149 (2014).

A. D. Fefferman, F. Souris, A. Haziot, J. R. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Dependence of dislocation damping on helium-3 concentration in helium-4 crystals.”, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 568, 012003 (2014).

F. Souris, A. D. Fefferman, H. J. Maris, V. Dauvois, P. Jean-Baptiste, J. R. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Movement of dislocations dressed with 3He impurities in 4He crystals”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 180103(R) (2014).

A. D. Fefferman, J. R. Beamish, A. Haziot and S. Balibar, “Low frequency elastic measurements on solid 4He in Vycor using a torsional oscillator”, Journal of Low Temp. Phys. 176, 1 (2014).

A. D. Fefferman, F. Souris, A. Haziot, J. R. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Dislocation networks in helium-4 crystals”, Phys. Rev. B 89, 014105 (2014).

A. Haziot, X. Rojas, A. D. Fefferman, J. Beamish and S. Balibar, Reply to comment on “Giant plasticity of a quantum crystal” Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 119602 (2013).

A. Haziot, A. D. Fefferman, J. R. Beamish, H. J. Maris and S. Balibar, “Critical dislocation speed in 4He crystals,” Phys. Rev. B. 88, 014106 (2013), Editors’ Suggestion.

A. Haziot, A. D. Fefferman, J. R. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Dislocation densities and lengths in solid 4He from elasticity measurements,” Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication) 87, 060509(R) (2013).

A. Haziot, X. Rojas, A. Fefferman, J. Beamish and S. Balibar, “Giant plasticity of a quantum crystal,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 035301 (2013), Editors’ Suggestion, highlighted in Physics.

S. M. Anton, C. Müller, J. S. Birenbaum, S. R. O’Kelley, A. D. Fefferman, D. S. Golubev, G. C. Hilton, H.-M. Cho, K. D. Irwin, F. C. Wellstood, G. Schön, A. Shnirman, and John Clarke, “Pure dephasing in flux qubits due to flux noise with spectral density scaling as 1/fa”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 224505 (2012).

J. R. Beamish, A. D. Fefferman, A. Haziot, X. Rojas, and S. Balibar, “Elastic effects in torsional oscillators containing solid helium,” Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication) 85, 180501 (2012), Editors’ Suggestion.

S. Balibar, A. D. Fefferman, A. Haziot, and X. Rojas, “Disorder, supersolidity, and quantum plasticity in solid helium 4,” J. Low Temp. Phys. 168, 221 (2012).

A. D. Fefferman, X. Rojas, A. Haziot, J. T. West, M. H. W. Chan, and S. Balibar, “4He crystal quality and rotational response in a transparent torsional oscillator,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 094103 (2012).

R.G. Bennett, N. Zhelev, A.D. Fefferman, K.Y. Fang, J. Pollanen, P. Sharma, W.P. Halperin, and J.M. Parpia, “Mass coupling and Q-1 of impurity-limited normal 3He in a torsion pendulum,” J. Low Temp. Phys. 162, 174 (2011).

J. Sulkko, M. Sillanpää, P. Häkkinen, L. Lechner, M. Helle, A. Fefferman, J. Parpia, and P. J. Hakonen, “Strong gate coupling of high-Q nanomechanical resonators,” Nano Letters 10, 4884 (2010).

A.D. Fefferman, R.O. Pohl and J.M. Parpia, “Elastic Properties of Polycrystalline Al and Ag Films Down to 6 mK,” Phys. Rev. B 82, 064302 (2010).

S.G. Dimov, R.G. Bennett, B. Ilic, S.S. Verbridge, L.V. Levitin, A.D. Fefferman, A. Casey, J. Saunders and J.M. Parpia, “Decoupling of confined normal 3He,” J. Low Temp. Phys. 158, 155 (2010).

D. Southworth, R. Barton, S.S. Verbridge, B. Ilic, A.D. Fefferman, H.G. Craighead and J.M. Parpia, “Stress and Silicon Nitride: A crack in the universality of glasses,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 225503 (2009).

A. D. Fefferman, R. O. Pohl, A. T. Zehnder, and J. M. Parpia, “Acoustic properties of amorphous silica between 1 and 500 mK,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 195501 (2008).

J. M. Parpia, A.D. Fefferman, J.V. Porto, V.V. Dimitriev, L.V. Levitin and D.E. Zmeev, “Scaling results for superfluid 3He in 98% open aerogel,” J. Low Temp. Phys. 150, 482 (2008).

A. Fefferman, R. O. Pohl, and J. M. Parpia, “Logarithmic Temperature Dependence of the Sound Speed in Amorphous Silica at Low Temperatures”, J. Low Temp. Phys. 148, 875 (2007).

A. Fefferman, S. Dimov, C. Enss, R. O. Pohl, and J. M. Parpia, “Anomalous Temperature Dependence of the Sound Velocity of Amorphous Silica below 3 mK” in Low Temperature Physics, edited by Y. Takano et al., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 850 (AIP, New York, 2005), pp. 1125–1126.

C. D. Cothran, A. Falk, A. Fefferman, M. Landreman, M. R. Brown, and M. J. Schaffer, “Spheromak merging and field reversed configuration formation at the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment”, Physics of Plasmas, 10, 1748 (2003).