Education & Certifications


  • M.S., Stanford University, Physics (2019)
  • B.A., Clark University, Physics & Mathematics (2016)

All Publications


  • Vortex dynamics induced by scanning SQUID susceptometry PHYSICAL REVIEW B Bishop-Van Horn, L., Mueller, E., Moler, K. A. 2023; 107 (22)
  • pyTDGL: Time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau in Python COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS Bishop-Van Horn, L. 2023; 291
  • SuperScreen: An open-source package for simulating the magnetic response of two-dimensional superconducting devices COMPUTER PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS Bishop-Van Horn, L., Moler, K. A. 2022; 280
  • Cryogen-free variable temperature scanning SQUID microscope. The Review of scientific instruments Bishop-Van Horn, L. n., Cui, Z. n., Kirtley, J. R., Moler, K. A. 2019; 90 (6): 063705

    Abstract

    Scanning Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) microscopy is a powerful tool for imaging local magnetic properties of materials and devices, but it requires a low-vibration cryogenic environment, traditionally achieved by thermal contact with a bath of liquid helium or the mixing chamber of a "wet" dilution refrigerator. We mount a SQUID microscope on the 3 K plate of a Bluefors cryocooler and characterize its vibration spectrum by measuring SQUID noise in a region of sharp flux gradient. By implementing passive vibration isolation, we reduce relative sensor-sample vibrations to 20 nm in-plane and 15 nm out-of-plane. A variable-temperature sample stage that is thermally isolated from the SQUID sensor enables the measurement at sample temperatures from 2.8 K to 110 K. We demonstrate these advances by imaging inhomogeneous diamagnetic susceptibility and vortex pinning in optimally doped yttrium barium copper oxide above 90 K.

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.5085008

    View details for PubMedID 31255038

  • Characterization of Two Fast-Turnaround Dry Dilution Refrigerators for Scanning Probe Microscopy JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS Barber, M. E., Li, Y., Gibson, J., Yu, J., Jiang, Z., Hu, Y., Ji, Z., Nandi, N., Hoke, J. C., Bishop-Van Horn, L., Arias, G. R., Van Harlingen, D. J., Moler, K. A., Shen, Z., Kou, A., Feldman, B. E. 2024
  • Local imaging of diamagnetism in proximity-coupled niobium nanoisland arrays on gold thin films PHYSICAL REVIEW B Horn, L., Zhang, I. P., Waite, E. N., Mondragon-Shem, I., Jensen, S., Oh, J., Lippman, T., Durkin, M., Hughes, T. L., Mason, N., Moler, K. A., Sochnikov, I. 2022; 106 (5)
  • Imaging anisotropic vortex dynamics in FeSe PHYSICAL REVIEW B Zhang, I. P., Palmstrom, J. C., Noad, H., Bishop-Van Horn, L., Iguchi, Y., Cui, Z., Mueller, E., Kirtley, J. R., Fisher, I. R., Moler, K. A. 2019; 100 (2)