BREAD Collaboration Workshop

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

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
14 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026
AM
08:30 --- Breakfast ---
09:00
Welcome and Theory (until 09:45) ()
09:00 Welcome and Logistics - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)   ()
09:15 A Theory Perspective on Axions - Prof. Matt Reece   ()
09:45
GigaBREAD and GHz Detection - Morgan Lynn (UChicago / Harvard) (until 11:55) ()
09:45 GigaBREAD Overview - Maja Benning (TUM / MPP / Harvard)   ()
10:05 Reflector Mechanical Design and Fridge Integration - Alex Buzzi (Harvard)   ()
10:30 --- Coffee ---
10:50 KI-TWPAs - Dr Corwin Shiu   ()
11:15 J-TWPAs - Jennifer Wang (MIT)   ()
11:40 Discussion Time   ()
08:30 --- Breakfast ---
09:00
Other Axion Searches (until 09:25) ()
09:00 MADMAX - Update and Single Photon Detection Plans - Juan Maldonado (Max Planck Institute for Physics)   ()
09:25
Other Physics Targets for BREAD - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University) (until 09:55) ()
09:25 Other Physics Targets for BREAD (Broadband, Timing, Directionality) - Gabe Hoshino (UChicago)   ()
09:45 Discussion   ()
09:55
TeraBREAD and THz Sensing - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University) (until 12:10) ()
09:55 Transition Edge Sensors - Dr Rita Sonka (NASA Goddard (Karwan's group))   ()
10:20 --- Coffee ---
10:40 Dark Photon Search with KIDs - Dr Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL)   ()
11:05 Cold-Electron Bolometers for broadband sub-cm wave single photon counting (~60GHz) - Prof. Karthik Ramanathan (Washington University in St. Louis)   ()
11:30 Josephson Photonics Devices for BREAD - Prof. Max Hofheinz (Université de Sherbrooke) Dr Nicolas Bourlet (Université de Sherbrooke)   ()
11:55 Discussion   ()
08:30 --- Breakfast ---
09:00
Other Physics Targets for BREAD (until 09:20) ()
09:00 Polarized Dark Photon Analysis of GigaBREAD Data - Jialin Yu   ()
09:20
InfraBREAD and Infrared -Dr Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab) (until 10:40) ()
09:20 InfraBREAD - Reflector & SNSPD Chcaracterization - Dr Christina Wang (Fermilab)   ()
09:50 Sub-IR SNSPDs - Dip Joti Paul (MIT)   ()
10:15 Powder Haloscope (remote) - Prof. Masha Baryakhtar (University of Washington)   ()
10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:00
TeraBREAD and THz Sensing - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University) (until 12:25) ()
11:00 Photomixer R&D - Dr Emily Perry (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) )   ()
11:40 Fourier Transform Spectrometer Options - Dr Ritoban Basu Thakur (JPL)   ()
12:05 Discussion - Options for Frequency Resolution in BREAD   ()
PM
12:00 --- Lunch ---
13:00
QualityBREAD, SlicedBREAD and mm-wave amplifiers -Dr Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab) (until 15:10) ()
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 - Keara Carter (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian) Dr Edward Tong (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian)   ()
14:55 Discussion   ()
15:10 --- Coffee ---
15:35
Other Axion Searches -Prof. David Miller (UChicago) (until 16:00) ()
15:35 Fermilab Axion Cavity Experiment with JPA / transmon qbit - Morgan Lynn (UChicago / Harvard)   ()
16:00
Towards a Large-Scale BREAD program -Prof. David Miller (UChicago) (until 16:50) ()
16:00 Requirements for an Ultimate Axion Search w/ BREAD - Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)   ()
16:20 Magnet & Facility Options - Dr Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab)   ()
16:40 Discussion   ()
17:00
Lab Tours (until 18:00) ()
17:00
PI Discussions (until 18:00) ()
18:00
Dinner & Posters (until 19:55) ()
12:10
Group Photo (until 12:20) ()
12:10 --- Lunch ---
12:25
Lab Tours (until 13:10) ()
13:10
Lab Tours (until 14:10) ()
13:10
PI Discussions (until 14:10) ()
14:10
TeraBREAD and THz Sensing - Morgan Lynn (UChicago / Harvard) (until 16:30) ()
14:10 SQuAT (Superconducting Quasiparticle-Amplifying Transmons) - Dr Alexander Droster (Stanford University/SLAC)   ()
14:35 WIXARD (WIdeband graphene-based aXion dARk matter quantum Detector) for BREAD and MADMAX - Prof. Kin Chung Fong (Northeastern University)   ()
14:55 Designing a Graphene Microwave single photon detector - Prof. Ethan Arnault (Syracuse University)   ()
15:15 --- Coffee ---
15:25 Single Electrons in a Penning Trap as a meV Single Photon Counter for BREAD - Prof. Xing Fan (Harvard)   ()
15:50 Axion Dark Matter Detection with Axion Quasiparticles - Prof. Suyang Xu (Harvard)   ()
16:15 Discussion   ()
16:25
Ice Skating (until 20:35) ()
12:25 Closeout - Dr Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermilab) Stefan Knirck (Harvard University)   ()
12:40
Lab Tours (until 13:40) ()
12:40 --- Lunch (individual) ---
14:00
Time for Individual Activites / Meetings (until 18:00) ()
14:20
Student Session (until 15:50) ()