Noah Kurinsky
Senior Scientist, Fundamental Physics Directorate
Current Role at Stanford
Lead PI for SLAC DMQIS Group
All Publications
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Simulation Driven Design of a Cryogenic Anti-Coincidence Detector for X-Ray Microcalorimeter Space Missions
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
2026; 36 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1109/TASC.2026.3687066
View details for Web of Science ID 001772853900001
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Noise Modeling and Calibration of a Two-Stage Cryogenic Charge Amplifier for the SPLENDOR Experiment
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
2026; 36 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1109/TASC.2026.3682660
View details for Web of Science ID 001801330200001
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Development Status of the KIPM Detector Consortium
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
2026; 36 (6)
View details for DOI 10.1109/TASC.2026.3680780
View details for Web of Science ID 001756766200002
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Correcting impedance measurements for background parasitics to characterize circuit components in cryogenic environments
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
2025; 96 (12)
Abstract
Predictable circuit response is a critical prerequisite for accurate electronic measurements. We describe a powerful yet straightforward experimental method and analysis model that utilizes an affordable LCR meter in conjunction with an in situ parasitic-impedance background-correction procedure to measure the temperature-dependent impedance (magnitude and phase) of up to ten individual passive circuit elements in a single cryostat run. We show how the model unambiguously identified a ∼20× drop in capacitance for 22 μF 5XR multilayer ceramic capacitors cooled from 300 K to 360 mK in an environment with a parasitic capacitance of ∼300 pF. The same experimental procedure, based on a simple two-wire measurement, was also used to measure 10 and 22 pF thin-film capacitors and 100 MΩ thick-film resistors. The results showed that the resistor values increased by up to an order of magnitude when the devices were cooled from 300 K to 360 mK. Most importantly, we showed that the simple data-acquisition method, coupled with our analysis model, enabled the measurement of component parasitics, and effectively extended the accuracy of a commercial LCR meter beyond its manufacturer-guaranteed values for a wide range of measurement frequencies. We also showed that, in the current configuration, our simple approach is limited to a capacitance accuracy of ∼10 pF.
View details for DOI 10.1063/5.0291501
View details for Web of Science ID 001641641600002
View details for PubMedID 41405401
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Low-energy calibration of SuperCDMS HVeV cryogenic silicon calorimeters using Compton steps
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2025; 112 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1103/jj7w-gkgg
View details for Web of Science ID 001641121300001
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Broadband optical modulation and control at millikelvin temperatures.
The Review of scientific instruments
2025; 96 (10)
Abstract
A universal experimental challenge in studying radiation effects on cryogenic devices is precisely and accurately characterizing the position-dependent device response near the energy detection threshold. We have developed a compact cryogenic optical beam steering system that can be used to generate O (μs) pulses of small numbers of photons over the energy range of 1.3-3.4 eV at room temperature, and deliver those photons via fiber optic to any specified location on the surface of a detector operating at cryogenic temperatures. This new system will allow for robust calibration of any photon-sensitive detector, including superconducting devices. The system can be used efficiently to explore the physics of target materials, quantify the position sensitivity of different sensor designs, measure phonon transport, and study the effects of quasiparticle poisoning on detector operation. We describe the design of this pulsed calibration method and present first results obtained with a second-generation system operated at room temperature and sub-Kelvin temperatures.
View details for DOI 10.1063/5.0287214
View details for PubMedID 41148130
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Quasiparticle Poisoning of Superconducting Qubits with Active Gamma Irradiation
PRX QUANTUM
2025; 6 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/2lyd-8swv
View details for Web of Science ID 001567981400001
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Characterization of a transition-edge sensor-based anti-coincidence detector for future large field-of-view X-ray calorimetry missions
JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS
2025; 11 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JATIS.11.3.036004
View details for Web of Science ID 001588258400005
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Maximizing quantum enhancement in axion dark matter experiments
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2025; 111 (12)
View details for DOI 10.1103/pgtg-3lhd
View details for Web of Science ID 001513530000005
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Athermal phonon collection efficiency in diamond crystals for low mass dark matter detection
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2025; 111 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.111.072009
View details for Web of Science ID 001493035700001
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Cryogenic optical beam steering for superconducting device calibration
JOURNAL OF OPTICAL MICROSYSTEMS
2025; 5 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1117/1.JOM.5.2.024503
View details for Web of Science ID 001521606700003
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Modeling phonon-mediated quasiparticle poisoning in superconducting qubit arrays
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
2024; 110 (2)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.024519
View details for Web of Science ID 001284794700004
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Transmon Qubit constraints on dark matter-nucleon scattering
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
2024
View details for DOI 10.1007/JHEP07(2024)233
View details for Web of Science ID 001278994200009
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Diamond and SiC Detectors for Rare Event Searches
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
2024
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10909-024-03148-4
View details for Web of Science ID 001251512800001
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Improved modeling of detector response effects in phonon-based crystal detectors used for dark matter searches
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2024; 109 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.112018
View details for Web of Science ID 001278859800010
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First Results from a Broadband Search for Dark Photon Dark Matter in the 44 to 52 μeV Range with a Coaxial Dish Antenna.
Physical review letters
2024; 132 (13): 131004
Abstract
We present first results from a dark photon dark matter search in the mass range from 44 to 52 μeV (10.7-12.5 GHz) using a room-temperature dish antenna setup called GigaBREAD. Dark photon dark matter converts to ordinary photons on a cylindrical metallic emission surface with area 0.5 m^{2} and is focused by a novel parabolic reflector onto a horn antenna. Signals are read out with a low-noise receiver system. A first data taking run with 24 days of data does not show evidence for dark photon dark matter in this mass range, excluding dark photon photon mixing parameters χ≳10^{-12} in this range at 90% confidence level. This surpasses existing constraints by about 2 orders of magnitude and is the most stringent bound on dark photons in this range below 49 μeV.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.131004
View details for PubMedID 38613261
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Dark Matter Induced Power in Quantum Devices.
Physical review letters
2024; 132 (12): 121801
Abstract
We point out that power measurements of single quasiparticle devices open a new avenue to detect dark matter (DM). The threshold of these devices is set by the Cooper pair binding energy, and is therefore so low that they can detect DM as light as about an MeV incoming from the Galactic halo, as well as the low-velocity thermalized DM component potentially present in the Earth. Using existing power measurements with these new devices, as well as power measurements with SuperCDMS-CPD, we set new constraints on the spin-independent DM scattering cross section for DM masses from about 10 MeV to 10 GeV. We outline future directions to improve sensitivity to both halo DM and a thermalized DM population in the Earth using power deposition in quantum devices.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.121801
View details for PubMedID 38579214
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Two-Stage Cryogenic HEMT-Based Amplifier for Low-Temperature Detectors
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
2024
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10909-023-03046-1
View details for Web of Science ID 001156124600001
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Detecting Dark Matter Induced Power in Quantum Devices
edited by Mokina
SISSA Medialab. 2024
View details for Web of Science ID 001327036000012
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G4CMP: Condensed matter physics simulation using the Geant4 toolkit
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
2023; 1055
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168473
View details for Web of Science ID 001058845700001
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Observation of Long-Lived UV-Induced Fluorescence from Environmental Materials Using the HVeV Detector as Developed for SuperCDMS
JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
2022; 209 (5-6): 1172-1179
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10909-022-02802-z
View details for Web of Science ID 000869199300002
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Determining Dark-Matter-Electron Scattering Rates from the Dielectric Function
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2021; 127 (15): 151802
Abstract
We show that the rate for dark-matter-electron scattering in an arbitrary material is determined by an experimentally measurable quantity, the complex dielectric function, for any dark matter interaction that couples to electron density. This formulation automatically includes many-body effects, eliminates all systematic theoretical uncertainties on the electronic wave functions, and allows a direct calibration of the spectrum by electromagnetic probes such as infrared spectroscopy, x-ray scattering, and electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Our formalism applies for several common benchmark models, including spin-independent interactions through scalar and vector mediators of arbitrary mass. We discuss the consequences for standard semiconductor and superconductor targets and find that the true reach of superconductor detectors for light mediators exceeds previous estimates by several orders of magnitude, with further enhancements possible due to the low-energy tail of the plasmon. Using a heavy-fermion superconductor as an example, we show how our formulation allows a rapid and systematic investigation of novel electron scattering targets.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.151802
View details for Web of Science ID 000705651600004
View details for PubMedID 34678036
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Correlated charge noise and relaxation errors in superconducting qubits.
Nature
2021; 594 (7863): 369-373
Abstract
The central challenge in building a quantum computer is error correction. Unlike classical bits, which are susceptible to only one type of error, quantum bits (qubits) are susceptible to two types of error, corresponding to flips of the qubit state about the X and Zdirections. Although the Heisenberg uncertainty principle precludes simultaneous monitoring of X- and Z-flips on a single qubit, it is possible to encode quantum information in large arrays of entangled qubits that enable accurate monitoring of all errors in the system, provided that the error rate is low1. Another crucial requirement is that errors cannot be correlated. Here we characterize a superconducting multiqubit circuit and find that charge noise in the chip is highly correlated on a length scale over 600micrometres; moreover, discrete charge jumps are accompanied by a strong transient reduction of qubit energy relaxation time across the millimetre-scale chip. The resulting correlated errors are explained in terms of the charging event and phonon-mediated quasiparticle generation associated with absorption of gamma-rays and cosmic-ray muons in the qubit substrate. Robust quantum error correction will require the development of mitigation strategies to protect multiqubit arrays from correlated errors due to particle impacts.
View details for DOI 10.1038/s41586-021-03557-5
View details for PubMedID 34135523
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Silicon carbide detectors for sub-GeV dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2021; 103 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.075002
View details for Web of Science ID 000648571800005
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Diamond detectors for direct detection of sub-GeV dark matter
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2019; 99 (12)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005
View details for Web of Science ID 000470872900002
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Exploring the Evolution of Star Formation and Dwarf Galaxy Properties with JWST/MIRI Serendipitous Spectroscopic Surveys
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
2017; 836 (2)
View details for DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/aa5c85
View details for Web of Science ID 000395919500004
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The evolution in the stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies over the past 10 billion years
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
2016; 460 (3): 2862-2874
View details for DOI 10.1093/mnras/stw1184
View details for Web of Science ID 000381204600044
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Planck intermediate results VII. Statistical properties of infrared and radio extragalactic sources from the Planck Early Release Compact Source Catalogue at frequencies between 100 and 857 GHz
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
2013; 550
View details for DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201220053
View details for Web of Science ID 000314879700133
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