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Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group | Prof. Karl K. Berggren

Student unloads a wafer from electron-beam-lithography tool

Student inspects a sample in an optical microscope

Student works on a custom circuit board for an evolvable hardware project

Students take atomic-force-micrograph of a photodetector in MIT's nanostructures laboratory

The next frontier of electronic and photonic devices lies in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. At the nanoscale, quantum effects start to appear. Our research is focused on fabrication of nanometer-length-scale devices that exploit quantum-mechanics and then on application of these devices to the real world to make, for example, superconducting nanowire NbN single-photon counters and detectors, and quantum computing devices. We focus on superconductors because they provide an ideal medium for studying and exploiting the capabilities of quantum mechanics in the solid state.

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Nanolithography
Development of sub-10-nm-length-scale nanofabrication technology using charged-particle beams and nanoimprint...

Single-Photon Detectors
This effort focuses on developing superconductive nanowires as narrow as a few nm wide for use in single-photon detection...

Templated Self-Assembly
Lithography is currently being squeezed between two engineering realities: an extraordinary requirement on resolution for nanoscale manufacturing, and...

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