A flip-chip transducer cavity mount

Packaging gives a small patterned device somewhere to operate. In this photograph, screws, a substantial mount and metallic fittings occupy more of the frame than the blue square at the center. NIST identifies the assembly with its transducer research. The useful question is how a device’s optical, electrical, mechanical and thermal requirements can be satisfied together. The photograph does not answer that question, but it makes the interfaces concrete enough to discuss. When a story promises to connect quantum processors, show readers the experimental hardware while separately reporting conversion efficiency, noise, operating conditions and the remaining engineering work.

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NIST

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Photograph

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H. Le Corre/NIST

Reuse terms

Public domain in the United States; NIST worldwide reuse terms

H. Le Corre/NIST — A flip-chip transducer cavity mount — Public domain in the United States; NIST worldwide reuse terms — https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/quantum-transducer-design-and-fabrication — https://www.nist.gov/open/copyright-fair-use-and-licensing-statements-srd-data-software-and-technical-series-publications.

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