Superconductors

News and Updates

NIST’s Grid of Quantum Islands Could Reveal Secrets for Powerful Technologies

November 17, 2022

The grids provided playing fields in which electrons could behave in nearly ideal, textbook-like conditions.

Detecting mid-infrared light, one photon at a time

June 1, 2021

For some 30 years, scientists have used superconducting materials to record the tiniest specks of light imaginable — individual photons, or single particles of

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NIST Sensor Experts Invent Supercool Mini-Thermometer

November 17, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential applications, such as

Projects and Programs

Ab initio theoretical modeling for predicting structure and properties in advanced materials

Ongoing

We develop first-principles-based methods for prediction of atomic arrangements and properties in advanced materials and develop tools for the prediction and

Electronic Material Characterization

Ongoing

To provide the necessary information for electronic material manufacturers to predict how and when failures will occur and enable lifetime analysis appropriate

Qubits

Ongoing

The Qubits Project develops new geometries for superconducting quantum binary devices as fundamental building blocks for quantum computing.

Measurements of Point-Defect Chemistry in Complex Oxides

Ongoing

All inorganic materials contain point defects in the form of impurities, interstitials, or vacancies. Common imaging techniques fail to capture these defects

Publications

Broadband microwave electrical transport spectroscopy for two-dimensional material systems

May 24, 2022

Author(s)

Antonio Levy, Neil M. Zimmerman

In recent years, interesting materials have emerged which are only available as µm-scale flakes, and whose novel physics might be better understood through

Artificial intelligence for search and discovery of quantum materials

October 13, 2021

Author(s)

A. Gilad Kusne, Ichiro Takeuchi, Valentin Stanev, Johnpierre Paglione

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming indispensable tools in many areas of physics, including astrophysics, particle physics, and climate

Single-photon detection in the mid-infrared up to 10 micron wavelength using tungsten silicide superconducting nanowire detectors

September 14, 2021

Author(s)

Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Yao Zhai, Heli C. Vora, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Boris Korzh, Alex Walter, Ryan Briggs, Marco Colangelo, Emma Wollman, Andrew Beyer, Jason Allmaras, D. Zhu, Ekkehart Schmidt, A. G. Kozorezov, Matthew Shaw

We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide (WSi) that show saturated internal detection efficiency up to

Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from Convergence of Soft and Hard Condensed Matter Science

May 16, 2021

Author(s)

Peter A. Beaucage, R. Bruce van Dover, Francis J DiSalvo, Sol M. Gruner, Ulrich Wiesner

Superconducting quantum metamaterials are expected to exhibit a variety of novel properties, but have been a major challenge to prepare as a result of the lack

Awards

2020 Lee Osheroff Richardson Science Prize - Sheng Ran

Dr Sheng Ran is recognised for his research on unconventional superconductivity and electronic phases, particularly his seminal

R. Joseph Kline Honored with Flemming Award

For his outstanding federal service through interdisciplinary research in the evolution of methods to determine the complex, three