Mar 8, 2017 | News Articles, Uncategorized
We demonstrate the use of a single three-terminal superconducting-nanowire device, called the nanocryotron (nTron), as a digital comparator to combine SFQ circuits with mature semiconductor circuits such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits....
Dec 21, 2016 | News Articles, Uncategorized
We demonstrate strong-field, carrier-envelope-phase-sensitive photoemission from arrays of tailored metallic nanoparticles, and we show the influence of the nanoparticle geometry and the plasmon resonance on the phase-sensitive response. Additionally, from a...
Nov 15, 2016 | News Articles
Congratulations to Adam McCaughan for being awarded the 2016 Jin-Au Kong Award for outstanding PhD thesis in electrical engineering. Adam’s thesis, titled, “Superconducting Thin Film Nanoelectronics,” describes his work on developing novel...
Nov 4, 2016 | News Articles
Congratulations to Professor Berggren on being awarded the Frank Quick Research Innovation Fellowship (FRIF). The FRIF was created through the generosity of EECS alumnus Frank Quick ’69, SM ’70 to recognize midcareer faculty for outstanding research...
Sep 16, 2016 | News Articles, Uncategorized
Developing superconducting-nanowire based electronics We are looking for a graduate research assistant (must be an admitted MIT graduate student) to develop novel quantum sensors, logic devices and digital circuits based on superconducting nanowires. Present projects...
Jun 20, 2016 | News Articles, Our Research, Uncategorized
We report on a method of nanoSQUID modulation which uses kinetic inductance rather than magnetic inductance to manip-ulate the internal fluxoid state. We produced modulation using injected current rather than an applied magnetic field. Using this injected current, we...
Jan 13, 2016 | News Articles
Hydrothermally synthesized ZnO nanowire arrays are critical components in a range of nanostructured semiconductor devices. The device performance is governed by relevant nanowire morphological parameters that cannot be fully controlled during bulk hydrothermal...
Dec 17, 2015 | News Articles, Uncategorized
Congratulations to Professor Berggren on becoming an IEEE fellow, the highest grade of membership in IEEE. He has been recognized by IEEE for his contributions to nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing in the sub-10 nm regime. Read more about this award and the other...
Nov 23, 2015 | News Articles
Professor Berggren has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his contributions to methods of nanofabrication, superconductive quantum circuits, photodetectors, high-speed superconductive electronics, and energy...
Nov 19, 2015 | News Articles
This paper describes the construction of a cryostat and an optical system with a free-space coupling efficiency of 56.5% +/- 3.4% to a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) for infrared quantum communication and spectrum analysis. A 1K pot decreases...