Superconductive nanodevice physics and applications; nanofabrication methods, processes, and tool-development for application to quantum computing and single-photon detection.
Self-organized macromolecular materials provide an alternative to conventional lithography for fabricating devices on the nanometer scale. Self-assembly of the microdomains…
We report on the detection of single-photons in the middle-infrared (mid‑IR) range using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs). In 2011…
Topographic templates can be used for guiding the self-assembly of block copolymers to produce complex nanoscale patterns. In our previous…
Templated assembly of biomolecules can create complex nanostructured devices with precisely tailored chemical or biological responses, with applications in, for…
Electron-beam lithography (EBL) readily enables the fabrication of sub-10-nm features [1] . However, the resolution limits of this technique at…
In recent years, several ion-trapping groups have shown that microwave electrodes integrated into surface electrode ion traps can be used…
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) [1] , based on 100-nm-wide, ~ 4-nm‑thick niobium nitride (NbN) nanowires, are unmatched in sensitivity [2]…
Self-assembled block copolymer structures are useful in nanolithography applications, producing patterns with high resolution and throughput. We previously showed control…
The system detection efficiency of systems integrated with superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) has been limited to 24% due…
We are interested in the application of arrays of electron field emitters, which can be achieved from a variety of…
Single pixels of superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) have high detection efficiency, low dark-count rate, and low timing jitter….
A collaboration of RLE and MTL investigators is creating the scientific and engineering knowledge for a compact coherent X-ray source…