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Selection of Sergio’s Articles pre-ICN2

Posted on May - 3 - 2016

Below, there is a selection of Sergio’s publications during his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and as a PhD student at the University of Buenos Aires.

  1. D. Oliver and S.O. Valenzuela. “Large amplitude driving of a superconducting artificial atom” Invited Review, Quantum Inf. Process. 8, 261 (2009). Link to Article
  2. S. Rudner, A.V. Shytov, L.S. Levitov, D. M. Berns, W.D. Oliver, S.O. Valenzuela, and T.P. Orlando, “Quantum Phase Tomography of a Strongly Driven Qubit”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 190502 (2008). Link to Article
  3. M. Berns, M.S. Rudner, S.O. Valenzuela, K.K. Berggren, W.D. Oliver, L.S. Levitov, and T.P. Orlando. “Amplitude spectroscopy of a solid-state artificial atom”, Nature 455, 51 (2008). See related News and Views article in Nature and press releases in Physics World (September 3, 2008), MIT Press, ITNews, etc. Link to Article
  4. S. O. Valenzuela and M. Tinkham. “Electrical detection of spin polarized currents: the spin-current induced Hall effect”. Invited paper, Journal of Applied Physics 101, 09B103 (2007). Link to Article
  5. S. O. Valenzuela, W.D. Oliver, D.M. Berns, K.K. Berggren, L.S. Levitov and T.P. Orlando. “Microwave-induced cooling of a superconducting qubit” Science 314, 1589 (2006). See related Perspective article in Science, editorial comment in This Week in Science, press release in Nature Network and personal interview in Superconductor Week 21 (2). Link to Article
  6. M. Berns, W.D. Oliver, S.O. Valenzuela, A.V. Shytov, L.S. Levitov and T.P. Orlando. “Coherent quasiclassical dynamics of a persistent current qubit”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 150502 (2006). Link to Article
  7. S. O. Valenzuela and M. Tinkham. “Direct electronic measurement of the spin Hall effect”, Nature 442, 176 (2006). See related News and Views article in Nature and press releases in c’t Magazine 16, 60 (2006), “United Press International”, “News Daily”, etc. Link to Article
  8. S. O. Valenzuela, D.J. Monsma, C.M. Marcus, V. Narayanamurti and M. Tinkham. “Spin polarized tunneling at finite bias”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 196601 (2005). Link to Article
  9. S. O. Valenzuela and M. Tinkham. “Spin polarized tunneling in room temperature spin valves”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5914 (2004). Link to Article
  10. S. O. Valenzuela. “Order and mobility of solid vortex matter in oscillatory driving currents”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 247003 (2002). Link to Article
  11. S. O. Valenzuela and V. Bekeris. “Oscillatory dynamics and organization of the vortex solid in YBa2Cu3O7 single crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 504 (2001). Link to Article
  12. S. O. Valenzuela and V. Bekeris. “Plasticity and memory effects in the solid vortex phase of twinned YBa2Cu3O7 single crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4200 (2000). Link to Article