Superconductors have an array of applications including high sensitivity detectors, such as single photon detectors, and fast digital electronics. Existing superconducting circuits are based on a device known as a Josephson Junction. This device consists of two superconductors coupled by a weak link. This project aims to explore other ways of developing superconducting circuits that could compete with existing Josephson technology. The recent development of a three terminal current driven device known as the nanocryotron, also known as the nTron, is one avenue this project will pursue with the hopes of developing a set of logic gates for digital computation.

Last year I did a UROP in the Center for Material Science and Engineering where I was exposed to magnetic logic device development. That UROP started my interest in device development. This past summer I have worked with the Quantum Nanostructure and Nanofabrication Group helping develop a simulation model for a superconducting nanowire and a test setup to block radio frequency electromagnetic interference.