Development of a quantum-enhanced biological electron microscope
Project/Area Number |
25390083
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties
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Research Institution | Akita Prefectural University |
Principal Investigator |
Okamoto Hiroshi 秋田県立大学, システム科学技術学部, 准教授 (70455799)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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Keywords | 電子顕微鏡 / 超伝導量子ビット / エンタングルメント / 電界放射 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Today's biological electron microscopy faces a significant problem: Radiation damage. Too few imaging electrons result in a noisy image, whereas too many electrons lead to destruction of the frozen biological specimen. This is the dilemma, which appears to be a fundamental barrier. We set out to solve this problem using quantum technologies. Initially we proposed to use the Cooper pair box that is a superconducting charge qubit, on an electron mirror inside a transmission electron microscope (TEM). In the project we theoretically found that a flux-based qubit would work better and we further analyzed properties of it. Because of this finding, we had to make a major change in our plan and move away from the idea of electron mirror. Nonetheless, we tested the vacuum system as well as a pulse tube refrigerator, which will be necessary setups no matter how we will proceed in the future.
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Report
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Research Products
(11 results)