Quantum Nanostructures and
Nanofabrication Group

Prof. Karl K. Berggren and Dr. P. Donald Keathley

Matteo Castellani

Research Assistant

PhD Student, EECS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
66 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 36-215
Cambridge, MA 02139

Email: mcaste@mit.edu

Matteo is a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at MIT. He received his M.Sc. degree in Micro and Nanotechnologies for Integrated Systems from the Polytechnic University of Turin, Grenoble Institute of Technology, and École Polytechnique Fédérale in 2020, and his B.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2018.
His current work is focused on superconducting nanowires for neuromorphic computing and single-photon detectors.

QNN Publications, Conference Papers, & Thesis

Karam, V., Medeiros, O., Dandachi, T. E., Castellani, M., Foster, R., Colangelo, M., & Berggren, K. (2024). Parameter extraction for a superconducting thermal switch (hTron) SPICE model (arXiv:2401.12360). arXiv.
Castellani, M., Medeiros, O., Foster, R. A., Buzzi, A., Colangelo, M., Bienfang, J. C., Restelli, A., & Berggren, K. K. (2023). A Nanocryotron Ripple Counter Integrated with a Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector for Megapixel Arrays (arXiv:2304.11700). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.11700
Foster, R. A., Castellani, M., Buzzi, A., Medeiros, O., Colangelo, M., & Berggren, K. K. (2023). A superconducting nanowire binary shift register. Applied Physics Letters, 122(15), 152601. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144685
Buzzi, A., Castellani, M., Foster, R. A., Medeiros, O., Colangelo, M., & Berggren, K. K. (2023). A nanocryotron memory and logic family. Applied Physics Letters, 122(14), 142601.
Foster, R. A., Castellani, M., Buzzi, A., Medeiros, O., Colangelo, M., & Berggren, K. K. (2023). A Superconducting Nanowire Binary Shift Register (arXiv:2302.04942). arXiv.
Buzzi, A., Castellani, M., Foster, R. A., Medeiros, O., Colangelo, M., & Berggren, K. K. (2022). A Nanocryotron Memory and Logic Family (arXiv:2212.07953). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.07953
Castellani, M. (2022, October 24). A superconducting nanowire pulse counter integrated with an SNSPD [Oral Presentation]. ASC 2022, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Castellani, M. (2022, June 8). A Superconducting Nanowire Platform for Artificial Spiking Neural Networks [Oral Presentation]. WOLTE 15, Matera, Italy.
Buzzi, A. (2022, June 8). Building blocks design for superconducting nanowire asynchronous logic [Oral Presentation]. WOLTE 15, Matera, Italy.
Castellani, M. (2022, June 2). Design of a Superconducting Nanowire-Based Synapse for Energy-Efficient Spiking Neural Networks [Oral Presentation]. EIPBN 2022, New Orleans, LA.
Lombo, A. E., Lares, J. E., Castellani, M., Chou, C.-N., Lynch, N., & Berggren, K. K. (2021). A Superconducting Nanowire-based Architecture for Neuromorphic Computing (arXiv:2112.08928). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.08928
Toomey, E., Segall, K., Castellani, M., Colangelo, M., Lynch, N., & Berggren, K. K. (2020). Superconducting Nanowire Spiking Element for Neural Networks. Nano Letters, 20(11), 8059–8066.
QNN Talks

Castellani, M. (2022, October 24). A superconducting nanowire pulse counter integrated with an SNSPD [Oral Presentation]. ASC 2022, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Castellani, M. (2022, June 8). A Superconducting Nanowire Platform for Artificial Spiking Neural Networks [Oral Presentation]. WOLTE 15, Matera, Italy.
Buzzi, A. (2022, June 8). Building blocks design for superconducting nanowire asynchronous logic [Oral Presentation]. WOLTE 15, Matera, Italy.
Castellani, M. (2022, June 2). Design of a Superconducting Nanowire-Based Synapse for Energy-Efficient Spiking Neural Networks [Oral Presentation]. EIPBN 2022, New Orleans, LA.