Name: BREAD Collaboration Workshop
Start: 2026-01-14T08:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-16T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Harvard University

BREAD Collaboration Workshop

from Wednesday, 14 January 2026 (08:30) to Friday, 16 January 2026 (19:00)

Monday, 12 January 2026
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
Wednesday, 14 January 2026

08:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Contributions

09:00 Welcome and Logistics - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)

09:15 A Theory Perspective on Axions - Matt Reece
09:45
09:45 - 11:55
Contributions

09:45 GigaBREAD Overview - Maja Benning (TUM / MPP / Harvard)

10:05 Reflector Mechanical Design and Fridge Integration - Alex Buzzi (Harvard)

10:50 KI-TWPAs - Corwin Shiu

11:15 J-TWPAs - Jennifer Wang (MIT)

11:40 Discussion Time
12:00 Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 15:10
Contributions

13:00 QualityBREAD - Simulations, and W-Band Receiver - Gabe Hoshino (UChicago)

13:25 SlicedBREAD - Idea and Sensitivity - I-see Jaidee (Harvard)

13:45 SlicedBREAD - First Measurements - Grant McIntyre (Harvard)

14:05 Dielectric Material Characterization with mm-wave Fabry Perot Cavities - Brodi Elwood (Harvard)

14:30 Dielectric Stack Diplexers and SIS Detectors - Edward Tong (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) Keara Carter (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)

14:55 Discussion
15:10 Coffee
Coffee
15:10 - 15:35
15:35
15:35 - 16:00
Contributions

15:35 Fermilab Axion Cavity Experiment with JPA / transmon qbit - Morgan Lynn (UChicago / Harvard)
16:00
16:00 - 16:50
Contributions

16:00 Requirements for an Ultimate Axion Search w/ BREAD - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)

16:20 Magnet & Facility Options - Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab)

16:40 Discussion
17:00 Group 1
Group 1
17:00 - 18:00

17:00 - 18:00

18:00

18:00 - 19:55
Thursday, 15 January 2026

08:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:25
Contributions

09:00 MADMAX - Update and Single Photon Detection Plans - Juan Maldonado (Max Planck Institute for Physics)
09:25
09:25 - 09:55
Contributions

09:25 Other Physics Targets for BREAD (Broadband, Timing, Directionality) - Gabe Hoshino (UChicago)

09:45 Discussion
09:55
09:55 - 12:10
Contributions

09:55 Transition Edge Sensors - Rita Sonka (NASA Goddard (Karwan's group))

10:40 Dark Photon Search with KIDs - Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL)

11:05 Cold-Electron Bolometers for broadband sub-cm wave single photon counting (~60GHz) - Karthik Ramanathan (Washington University in St. Louis)

11:30 Josephson Photonics Devices for BREAD - Max Hofheinz (Université de Sherbrooke) Nicolas Bourlet (Université de Sherbrooke)

11:55 Discussion
12:10

12:10 - 12:20

Lunch
Lunch
12:10 - 13:10

12:25 Group 2
Group 2
12:25 - 13:10

13:10 Group 3
Group 3
13:10 - 14:10

13:10 - 14:10
14:10
14:10 - 16:30
Contributions

14:10 SQuAT (Superconducting Quasiparticle-Amplifying Transmons) - Alexander Droster (Stanford University/SLAC)

14:35 WIXARD (WIdeband graphene-based aXion dARk matter quantum Detector) for BREAD and MADMAX - Kin Chung Fong (Northeastern University)

14:55 Designing a Graphene Microwave single photon detector - Ethan Arnault (Syracuse University)

15:25 Single Electrons in a Penning Trap as a meV Single Photon Counter for BREAD - Xing Fan (Harvard)

15:50 Axion Dark Matter Detection with Axion Quasiparticles - Suyang Xu (Harvard)

16:15 Discussion
16:25

16:25 - 20:35
Friday, 16 January 2026

08:30 Breakfast
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00
09:00 - 09:20
Contributions

09:00 Polarized Dark Photon Analysis of GigaBREAD Data - Jialin Yu
09:20
09:20 - 10:40
Contributions

09:20 InfraBREAD - Reflector & SNSPD Chcaracterization - Christina Wang (Fermilab)

09:50 Sub-IR SNSPDs - Dip Joti Paul (MIT)

10:15 Powder Haloscope (remote) - Masha Baryakhtar (University of Washington)
10:40 Coffee
Coffee
10:40 - 11:00
11:00 Beyond Sensing
Beyond Sensing
11:00 - 12:25
Contributions

11:00 Photomixer R&D - Emily Perry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) )

11:40 Fourier Transform Spectrometer Options - Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL)

12:05 Discussion - Options for Frequency Resolution in BREAD
12:25 Closeout - Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab) Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)
Closeout
- Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab)
- Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)
12:25 - 12:40
12:40 Group 4
Group 4
12:40 - 13:40

Lunch (individual)
Lunch (individual)
12:40 - 14:20

14:00

14:00 - 18:00

14:20 R&D Forum: Grounding, Vibration, ...
R&D Forum: Grounding, Vibration, ...
14:20 - 15:50