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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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Copper mirrors direct and focus microwave photons in electrons on liquid helium system. The focusing mirror (on the left) is made by pressing a hard stainless steel ball (also shown in the picture) into a soft piece of copper. The flat mirror (on the right) shows two concentric circular electrodes (aka a Corbino pair) that are used to measure electron conductivity.

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