The frontier of information processing lies in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. At the nanoscale, materials, and structures can be engineered to exhibit interesting new properties, some based on quantum mechanical effects. Our research focuses on developing nanofabrication technology at the few-nanometer length scale. We use these technologies to push the envelope of what is possible with photonic and electrical devices, focusing in particular on superconductive and free-electron devices. Our research combines electrical engineering, physics, and materials science and helps extend the limits of nanoscale engineering.
The nanocryotron: A superconducting-nanowire three-terminal electrothermal device
Recent QNN News
John Simonaitis wins Best Poster Award
John Simonaitis won best poster for the work “Coherent interactions between electrons and photons in a 10 KeV scanning electron microscope” and it was upgraded to a talk because of it. The “Quantum Electron Optics” conference from June 27-30, 2022 and was sponsored by...
Alessandro Buzzi wins “Best Presentation” at WOLTE15
Alessandro Buzzi won the award for Best Presentation at WOLTE15 for his presentation entitled "Building blocks design for superconducting nanowire asynchronous logic" which took place on June 8, 2022. Presentation Abstract: Superconducting nanowires have...
EIPBN 2022 Best Electron Micrograph Award
Congratulations to Alessandro Buzzi and Matteo Castellani for winning the award for the "Best Electron Micrograph" for their image entitled "A Maze in Grace."
New Publication “Electron Emission Regimes of Planar Nano Vacuum Emitters”
Recent advancements in nanofabrication have enabled the creation of vacuum electronic devices with nanoscale free-space gaps. These nanoelectronic devices promise the benefits of cold-field emission and transport through free space, such as high nonlinearity and...
Honorable Mention in Poster Contest for Dip Joti Paul
Dip Joti Paul won an Honorable Mention in the DLS student poster contest held at CLEO in San Jose from May 7-12 for his poster "Infrared Refractive Index Measurement of Niobium Nitride Thin-Film via FTIR". See the full poster here.