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Overview

Henry G. LeDuc is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of physics and engineering. Their research primarily spans physics and astronomy, with additional significant work in electrical and electronic engineering.

Their publication record covers a variety of subfields, including astronomy and astrophysics, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, condensed matter physics, and nuclear and high energy physics.

LeDuc's research topics focus mainly on superconducting and terahertz (THz) device technology. Other notable areas of study include photonic and optical devices, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, mechanical and optical resonators, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, and particle detector development and performance.

The scientist has published in multiple reputable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Low Temperature Physics
  • IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Physical Review Applied

They have collaborated with numerous researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Peter K. Day
  • Byeong Ho Eom
  • Andrew D. Beyer
  • Steven Hailey-Dunsheath
  • R. M. J. Janssen

Recent significant publications by Henry G. LeDuc include:

  • "Wideband Direct Detection Constraints on Hidden Photon Dark Matter with the QUALIPHIDE Experiment," 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • "Full-Array Noise Performance of Deployment-Grade SuperSpec mm-Wave On-Chip Spectrometers," 2020, Journal of Low Temperature Physics
  • "Strong Kinetic-Inductance Kerr Nonlinearity with Titanium Nitride Nanowires," 2022, Physical Review Applied
  • "A quantum electromechanical interface for long-lived phonons," 2023, Nature Physics
  • "Extending KIDs to the Mid-IR for Future Space and Suborbital Observatories," 2020, Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Best Publications

  • A broadband superconducting detector suitable for use in large arrays

    Peter K. Day;Henry G. LeDuc;Benjamin A. Mazin;Anastasios Vayonakis

  • The Herschel-Heterodyne Instrument for the Far-Infrared (HIFI)

    Th. de Graauw;Th. de Graauw;F. P. Helmich;T. G. Phillips;J. Stutzki

  • Experimental evidence for a surface distribution of two-level systems in superconducting lithographed microwave resonators

    Jiansong Gao;Miguel Daal;Anastasios Vayonakis;Shwetank Kumar

  • Experimental evidence for a surface distribution of two-level systems in superconducting lithographed microwave resonators

    Jiansong Gao;Miguel Daal;Peter Day;Benjamin Mazin

  • Titanium Nitride Films for Ultrasensitive Microresonator Detectors

    Henry G. Leduc;Bruce Bumble;Peter K. Day;Anthony D. Turner

  • Noise properties of superconducting coplanar waveguide microwave resonators

    Jiansong Gao;Jonas Zmuidzinas;Benjamin A. Mazin;Henry G. LeDuc

  • Quasi-optical slot antenna SIS mixers

    J. Zmuidzinas;H.G. LeDuc

  • Titanium Nitride Films for Ultrasensitive Microresonator Detectors

    Henry G. Leduc;Bruce Bumble;Peter K. Day;Byeong Ho Eom

  • Noise Properties of Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide Microwave Resonators

    Jiansong Gao;Benjamin A. Mazin;Peter K. Day;Jonas Zmuidzinas

  • A semi-empirical model for two-level system noise in superconducting microresonators

    Jiansong Gao;Miguel Daal;John M. Martinis;Benjamin A. Mazin

  • Two-junction tuning circuits for submillimeter SIS mixers

    J. Zmuidzinas;H.G. LeDuc;J.A. Stern;S.R. Cypher

  • Operation of a titanium nitride superconducting microresonator detector in the nonlinear regime

    L. J. Swenson;P. K. Day;B. H. Eom;H. G. Leduc

  • Low noise in a diffusion-cooled hot-electron mixer at 2.5 THz

    B. S. Karasik;M. C. Gaidis;W. R. McGrath;B. Bumble

  • Low-noise 1 THz niobium superconducting tunnel junction mixer with a normal metal tuning circuit

    M. Bin;M. C. Gaidis;J. Zmuidzinas;T. G. Phillips

  • Equivalence of the Effects on the Complex Conductivity of Superconductor due to Temperature Change and External Pair Breaking

    J. Gao;J. Zmuidzinas;A. Vayonakis;P. Day

  • Large Bandwidth and Low Noise in a Diffusion-Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer Mixer

    A. Skalare;W. R. McGrath;B. Bumble;H. G. LeDuc

  • Length scaling of bandwidth and noise in hot‐electron superconducting mixers

    P. J. Burke;R. J. Schoelkopf;D. E. Prober;A. Skalare

  • A titanium-nitride near-infrared kinetic inductance photon-counting detector and its anomalous electrodynamics

    J. Gao;M. R. Visser;M. O. Sandberg;F. C. S. da Silva

  • Low-noise submillimeter-wave NbTiN superconducting tunnel junction mixers

    Jonathan Kawamura;Jian Chen;David Miller;Jacob Kooi

  • A wideband fixed-tuned SIS receiver for 200-GHz operation

    R. Blundell;C.-Yu.E. Tong;D.C. Papa;R.L. Leombruno

  • Design and Characterization of Two-Junction Tuning Circuits for Submillimeter SIS Mixers

    M. C. Gaidis;M. Bin;D. Miller;J. Zmuidzinas

Frequent Co-Authors

Goutam Chattopadhyay
Goutam Chattopadhyay Jet Propulsion Lab
Imran Mehdi
Imran Mehdi Jet Propulsion Lab

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