Karl K. Berggren

  • Authors: Associate Professor
  • Department: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Collaborators

  • A. Alexander-Katz, MIT
  • M. Bawendi, MIT
  • I. Chuang, MIT
  • J. Clem, U. of Iowa, Ames Lab
  • H. Duan, IMRE
  • D. Englund, Columbia
  • T. Klapwijk, TU Delft
  • F. Kaertner, MIT
  • P. Kruit, TU Delft
  • C. Ross, MIT
  • M. Sheehan, DuPont
  • L. Velazquez-Garcia, MIT
  • F. Wong, MIT
  • J. Yang, IMRE
  • M. Yanik, MIT
  • Post-doctorates
  • R. Hobbs, EECS
  • Y. Ivry, EECS
  • Y-H. Kim, EECS
  • Graduate Students
  • F. Bellei, Res. Asst., EECS
  • J-B. Chang, Res. Asst., Mat. Sci
  • A. Dane, Res. Asst., EECS
  • V. Manfrinato, Res. Asst., EECS
  • A. McCaughan, Res. Asst., EECS
  • D. Meyer, Res. Asst., EECS
  • F. Najafi, Res. Asst., EECS
  • S. Nicaise, EECS
  • K. Sunter, Res. Asst., Harvard
  • Y. Yang, EECS
  • UnderGraduate Students
  • B. Baker, UROP
  • C. Lang, UROP
  • D. Moon, UROP
  • K. Oser, UROP
  • A. Rice, UROP

Visiting Students

  • D. De Fazio, Politecnico di Torino
  • E. De Leo, Politecnico di Torino
  • L. Schonenberg, TU Delft
  • A. Tavakkoli, Ntl. U. Of Singapore
  • J. Arrieta, U. of Costa Rica
  • Q. Zhao, Nanjing University

Support Staff

  • M. Bortolussi, Adm. Assistant
  • J. Daley, Research Specialist, NSL
  • A. Dane, Res. Associate, QNN
  • K. Fischer, Fiscal Asst., NSL
  • M. Mondol, Asst. Director, NSL

Publications

Hu, X. and K.K Berggren, “Optical nano-antennae boost speed and efficiency of single-photon detectors,” Laser Focus World, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 109, 2012

Marsili, F., F. Najafi, E. Dauler, R. J.Molnar, K.K. Berggren, “Afterpulsing and Instability in Superconducting Nanowire Avalanche Photodetectors, “ Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, pp. 112601, 2012

Chang, J.B., J.G. Son, A.F Hannon, A. Alexander-Katz, C.A Ross, and K.K. Berggren, “Aligned Sub-10-nm Block Copolymer Patterns Templated by Post Array,” ACS Nano, Vol. 6(3), pp. 2071, 2012

Najafi, F., F. Marsili, E. Dauler, R. J. Molnar, K. K. Berggren, “Timing performance of 30-nm-wide superconducting nanowire avalanche photodetectors,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, pp. 152602, 2012

Hortensius, H.L., E. F. C. Driessen, T. M. Klapwijk, K. K. Berggren, and J. R. Clem, “Critical-current reduction in thin superconducting wires due to current crowding,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, pp. 182602, 2012

Correa, R.E, E.A. Dauler, G. Nair, S.H. Pan, D. Rosenberg, A.J. Kerman, R.J. Molnar, X. Hu, F. Marsili, V.Anant, K.K. Berggren, and Moungi G. Bawendi, “Single Photon Counting from Individual Nanocrystals in the Infrared,” Nano Letters, Vol. 12(6), pp. 2953, 2012

Tavakkoli K.G., A., K.W. Gotrik, A.F. Hannon, A. Alexander-Katz, C.A. Ross, K.K. Berggren, “Templating Three-Dimensional Self-Assembled Structures in Bilayer Block Copolymer Films,” Science, Vol. 336, pp. 1294-1298 2012

Tavakkoli K.G., A., A.F. Hannon, K.W.Gotrik, A. Alexander-Katz, C.A. Ross, K.K. Berggren, “Rectangular Symmetry Morphologies in a Topographically Templated Block Copolymer,” Advanced Materials, Vol. 24(31), pp. 4249-4254, 2012

Bellei, F. F. Najafi, A.E. Dane, E.A. Dauler, R.J. Molnar, and K.K. Berggren, “Efficient Single Photon Detection from 500 nm to 5 µm Wavelength,” Nano Letters, Vol. 12(9), pp. 4799-4804, 2012

Witharana, S., B. Phillips, S. Strobel, H. D. Kim, T. McKrell, J.B. Chang, J. Buongiorno, K. K. Berggren, L. Chen, and Y. Ding, “Bubble nucleation on nano- to micro-size cavities and posts: An experimental validation of classical theory,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 112, pp. 064904, 2012

Manfrinato, V.R., D.D Wanger, D.B Strasfeld, H.S Han, F. Marsili, J.P Arrieta, T.S Mentzel, M. G Bawendi, and K.K Berggren, “Controlled placement of colloidal quantum dots in sub-15-nm clusters” Nanotechnology, Vol. 24, pp. 125302, 2013

Manfrinato, V.R., L. Zhang, D. Su, H. Duan, R. Hobbs, E.A Stach, and K.K Berggren, “Resolution limits of electron-beam lithography towards the atomic scale,” Nano Letters Vol. 13(4), pp. 1555–1558, 2013

Englund, D., J. Mower, F. Najafi, X. Hu, K. K. Berggren, “Compactly-integrated optical detectors and associated systems and methods,” U.S. Patent Application No. 13/633,647, 2012

Tavakkoli K.G., A., S. Nicaise, K.K. Berggren, K. Gotrick, C.A. Ross, “Removable templates for directed self assembly,” U.S. Patent Application Docket No. MAR.MIT.104XC1, 2013

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