SOLUTIONS / L-TYPE RAPID CRYOSTAT
Super-fast characterization cryostat for sub-kelvin and kelvin temperatures
SOLUTIONS / L-TYPE RAPID CRYOSTAT
Super-fast characterization cryostat for sub-kelvin and kelvin temperatures
Overcoming the cryogenic characterization bottleneck
Why we have built the L-Type Rapid
We designed the L-Type Rapid to tackle a key challenge in low-temperature research – slow and complex characterization. Rapid by name, rapid in performance, it removes bottlenecks that delay insights and slow progress.
Why should millikelvin cooling be limited to experienced researchers? And why should these experts spend their time managing cryostats instead of focusing on their work? Characterization should be fast.
If a measurement only takes 30 minutes, why wait days for results? And why wait for hours of cooling time only to discover that a device or contact failed?
The L-Type Rapid changes the equation. Whether you’re testing new materials or developing quantum devices, it delivers fast, cost-effective, and user-friendly cryogenic characterization. Because getting results quickly should be the standard, not the exception.
Unmatched usability and efficiency
Key benefits
Fastest feedback, shortest cycles
Dramatically shorten your innovation cycles, cut costs, and advance your research with the fastest cryostat on the market. The L-Type Rapid enables characterization at temperatures down to 50 mK and delivers a seamless workflow. Prepare your sample outside of the cryostat using our durable and ESD-safe room temperature breakout box while another measurement is running. The sample is loaded automatically, and you will know within minutes if your sample is alive and fit for the upcoming cryogenic measurements. Sample cooldown to millikelvin temperatures takes only a few hours and can be used to record valuable cooling curves. Sample extraction and warmup, again, are automatic and completed within minutes, freeing the system for the next run. With this fully automated process, the L-Type Rapid achieves exceptional turnaround times of just 2–5 hours, with minimal manual interaction – a level of speed and efficiency other solutions can’t match.
Simplified operations, designed with the highest attention to detail
The L-Type Rapid is designed with a deep understanding of the challenges in cryogenic applications, making it a versatile choice for everyone from early-day students to seasoned cryogenic experts. Automatic sample loading and unloading, combined with intuitive temperature control, ensures a superior user experience. New users quickly become familiar with its operation, even without prior knowledge of cryogenics. All operation routines are fully automated and can easily be integrated with characterization tasks. Additionally, our well-documented API enables the system to connect with existing infrastructure and measurement equipment, facilitating the implementation of complex characterization routines.
Flexible and future-proof
With a wide range of add-ons and extensions, the platform can be easily configured and upgraded to meet today’s and future requirements of many applications. The modular design lets you configure the system for your specific use case. Options include the integration of high-quality RF wiring, cryo-electronics components in various configurations, magnetic shielding, a sample magnet, and Quantum Machines’ cryogenic chip carriers.
50 mK to 300 K temperature range
Easily access 5 orders of magnitude in temperature, including very low millikelvin temperatures.
Superior turnaround times
Record-fast warmup, sample exchange and cooldown procedures allow multiple runs per day and eliminate costly downtimes.
Safe and automatic operation
Smart engineering and cryogen-free cooling simplify everyday use, empower inexperienced users and enable instrument sharing in educational institutions and large-scale facilities.
Simple sample preparation and automatic transfer
Core components and workflow overview
Puck 55
Puck Station 55
Puck Transfer Cage
Airlock chamber
The L-Type Rapid works with a puck-based system, enabling you to prepare experiments outside the cryostat while measurements are running. Using the Puck Station, you can check both DC and RF connections at room temperature and perform a reference measurement. When ready, the Puck is placed in the Automatic Sample Loader using the Puck Transfer Cage. The instrument software fully automates the sample loading and cooling processes, minimizing physical interaction with the cryostat to just a few minutes.
The loading and unloading process, including airlock evacuation and transferring the Puck to or from the millikelvin stage, takes less than 10 minutes.
Once loaded, the Puck is cooled down automatically. Samples can be unloaded at any time, regardless of the cryostat temperature.
After unloading, the Puck can be warmed in an inert gas environment to prevent condensation.
Watch a video demo of the loading process
L-Type Rapid cryostat platform
Tailor our product system to your specific use case
The L-Type Rapid is highly modular, and can be equipped with none, one, two, or three cooling units, depending on the cooling requirements. There is a choice between two Pucks, plus upgrades and accessories are available.
Puck 36 (DC)
Compact dimensions for improved turnaround time. A cost-effective solution when RF lines are not required.
Lines: 36 DC
Sample space: 36 mm in diameter and 100 mm in height
Puck 55
More space, DC and RF lines, and great flexibility for your investigations of quantum devices and material samples.
Lines: 48 DC and 12 RF
Sample space: 55 mm in diameter and 100 mm in height
| Configurations | 0P55 | 1P36 | 2P36 | 2P55 | 3P55 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround time | < 2 h | < 3 h | < 3.5 h | < 4.5 h | < 5.5 h | ||
| Base temperature | < 3.0 K | < 150 mK | < 100 mK | < 50 mK | |||
| Continuous operation | < 3.0 K | < 200 mK | < 150 mK | ||||
| Sample platform | Puck 55 | Puck 36 | Puck 36 | Puck 55 | Puck 55 | ||
| DC wiring | 48 | 36 | 36 | 48 | 48 | ||
| RF wiring | up to 12 | 0 | 0 | up to 12 | up to 12 | ||
Specifications are guaranteed with wiring, standard options and integrations.
Adapt the L-Type Rapid to fit your specific needs, making it turn-key
Options and components
Magnetic shielding or sample magnet options
- Mount superconducting and mu-metal multi-layer magnetic shielding around the sample space to characterize sensitive superconducting devices such as resonators and qubits.
- Alternatively, you can integrate a sample magnet.
RF lines and cryogenic electronic components
- Extend standard DC lines with semi-rigid RF cables, rated to 18 GHz, and customer-specific attenuation for each line.
- Integrate a variety of RF electronic components, including low-noise amplifiers, isolators, and filters into the DC and RF wiring trees, ensuring compatibility with state-of-the-art characterization techniques for all kinds of quantum devices.
Compatibility and integration
- Fit the popular cryogenic chip carriers, ‘QBoard’ and ‘QCage’ by Quantum Machines, onto your Puck to speed up and optimize your measurements of sensitive quantum devices.
- You can also integrate other Quantum Machines products, such as the ‘QFilter’ low-pass filter for DC lines and the ‘QBox’ DC wiring breakout with your L-Type Rapid cryostat.
Smart control
kiutra.io
kiutra.io is our modern instrument control software designed to streamline your workflows and make accessing and using cryogenic temperatures more intuitive.
Intuitive graphical user interface
kiutra.io offers pre-configured control functions through a modern, graphical user interface. It ensures intuitive and fast access of all core features of the cryostat, such as temperature control, sample magnet, and the automatic sample loader.
Browser-based operation
The software runs from your browser on a PC, laptop, smartphone, or any other device with a network connection. This ensures maximum flexibility in everyday use, while ruling out compatibility issues with different operating systems in your setup.
System health monitor and live data
Real-time updates on important parameters minimize errors and downtime. Live plots help you monitor your cryostat and measurements in real time, keeping you in control throughout the experiment at any time.
Touch interface
An iPad mounted directly on the cryostat runs a touch-optimized version of the instrument control software. Monitor key parameters and initiate essential processes right at the system, freeing up lab space and eliminating the need for dedicated measurement PCs.
Guided user interface
Step-by-step instructions help both experienced and inexperienced users navigate the system and perform tasks with ease.
Seamless integration with Python
An integrated jupyter lab environment lets you automate processes, execute scripts and customize routines – all directly from the user interface.
Applications
What others have done with the L-Type Rapid
Superconducting qubit characterization
Resonator spectroscopy
Investigations of spin qubit chips
Superconducting thin-film resistivity measurements
Low-temperature I-V characteristics of CMOS devices
Thermal stress tests of chips, substrates, and materials
Investigations of device reliability undergoing thermal cycling
Low-temperature transport properties of PCB components
Specific heat measurements of material samples
Low-temperature calibration of CMOS devices and temperature sensors
Testing of RF components such as attenuators, filters, and amplifiers…
Application notes
High throughput superconducting microwave resonator characterization at mK temperatures
Fast fabrication feedback for manufacturing of superconducting thin-films
Resistivity of thin-film samples
Fast characterization of a superconducting resonator
I-V characteristics at cryogenic temperatures
Product documentation
Puck 36 data sheet
Puck 55 data sheet
Installation requirements
Tailored advice, expert setup and ongoing support
Personalized buying experience
Our team of physicists, with extensive experience in cryogenics, provides expert advice tailored to your specific needs, whether for technical information or a deeper exploration of your system requirements. We approach each project with a problem-solving mindset, enabling you to gain valuable insights and feedback. When helpful, we can connect you with reference customers who have experience with our systems.
System assembly and on-site setup
Once your order is confirmed, we’ll provide an estimated delivery date and keep you informed throughout the assembly process. We’ll send pre-installation guidance and checklists, and, if needed, we will bring a mobile crane to the installation. When the cryostat is ready, we’ll ship it and coordinate the installation schedule. Our commissioning process includes comprehensive training along with site acceptance testing to ensure everything meets your expectations.
Comprehensive system support
We offer technical support via phone, email, web, or remote desktop, along with necessary software updates to keep your system fully functional. We speedily respond to service requests. Our team will first attempt to resolve issues through remote support. If the issue cannot be fixed remotely, our qualified cryo-engineers and service technicians will promptly provide on-site maintenance and repair. In addition to our standard warranty, we also offer extended and premium options for enhanced support.
Find out how our solutions meet your needs with our free discovery program
Free discovery call
One of our application experts will analyze your target application and requirements. Together, we will then assess how your needs can be met and explore possible next steps. You will take away advice and strategies on how to reach your objectives.
Apply for a free test run
If your requirements are compatible with our existing setups, you can request one of the initial measurements we are offering free of charge.
Limited spaces available
To ensure personalized attention, we have restricted the number of discovery calls per month.
Our customers
We are trusted by leading companies and research institutions around the world
Jens Repp
System Engineer Trapped Ion Quantum Computing at Infineon Technologies AG
“It is a great experience to work with the L-Type Rapid, really plug and play and we could do measurements from day one. And the Cryogenics as a Service helped us to bridge the time before the delivery and accelerate our cryo-CMOS developments. Looking forward to characterize our cryogenic control electronics for our ion traps with the new cryostat.”
