ProjectsLow Temperature Physics & Cryogenics

Professor Robert Duncan has extensive experience in Quantum Sensing and in Low-Temperature Physics. We offer design, fabrication, and consulting support for the development of quantum systems for both space and terrestrial applications. This includes:

1. Technology for temperature measurement and thermal management and wire and coaxial cable heat sinking,
2. Cryogenically-actuated devices for flow and heat control and routing,
3. Quantum sensing systems using SQUIDs, Josephson junction arrays, and other superconducting system designs,
4. Superfluid physics and control, and methods of cryogenic cooling of these systems in earth and space applications.

Please contact us for consultation, and to discuss how we can best assist your group's needs.

Representative Publications

Articles that are representative of Dr. Duncan's prior experience in low-temperature physics, both for terrestrial and space applications:

1. Critical phenomena in microgravity: Past, present, and future
2. Breakdown of Fourier's Law near the Superfluid Transition in ⁴He
3. Demonstration of an UltraStable Thermal Platform
4. Experiments in Fundamental Physics scheduled and in development for the ISS
5. Demonstration of an Ultra-Stable Temperature Platform
6. PdMn and PdFe: New Materials for Temperature Measurement Near 2 K
7. Measurement of the SOC state heat capacity in ⁴He
8. Observation of Self-Organized Criticality Near the Superfluid Transition in ⁴He
9. The Magnetic Properties of Sputtered Pd_1−xMn_x Films for Thermometry and Bolometry
10. Critical Dynamics in Microgravity
11. 2010 Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration

SQUID Systems

Closed Cycle Refrigerators