Simone Frasca

Nationality: Italian

EPFL SB IPHYS HQC
PH D3 494 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Office: PH D3 494
EPFLSBIPHYSHQC

Website: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/hqc/

Expertise

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Cryogenic Systems
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics
High-Frequency Superconducting Electronics
High-Kinetic Inductance Superconductors
Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers

Expertise

Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors
Cryogenic Systems
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics
High-Frequency Superconducting Electronics
High-Kinetic Inductance Superconductors
Superconducting Parametric Amplifiers
Simone Frasca received his BEng in Aerospace Engineering from University of Naples "Federico II" in 2014 and his MEng in Space Engineering from University of Pisa in 2017. He undertook his Master's thesis research at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he studied MgB2 material systems Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors (SNSPDs). From 2017 to 2018 he was research affiliate at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he worked on ultrafast SNSPDs and their applications. From September 2018 till January 2023, he pursued a Ph.D. at EPFL in the Advanced Quantum Architectures Laboratory (AQUA) under the supervision of Prof. Edoardo Charbon, concentrating in fabrication of high-kinetic inductance superconducting sensors and electronics. Since February 2023, he joined the Hybrid Quantum Circuit Laboratory (HQC) lead by Prof. Pasquale Scarlino as postdoctoral researcher, continuing his research in superconducting devices with a deeper focus towards quantum computing applications.

Education

PhD in Engineering

| Microelectronics Engineering

2018 – 2023 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Master of Engineering

| Space Engineering

2014 – 2017 University of Pisa

Bachelor of Engineering

| Aerospace Engineering

2011 – 2014 Univeristy of Naples "Federico II"

Professionals experiences

Affiliate Researcher

Masters' Thesis Researcher

Awards

EPFL Microsystems & Microelectronics Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction

2023

EPFL Quantum Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship

2023

EPFL Special Prize for Outstanding Performance

2020

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Magnetic-field-resilient high-impedance high-kinetic-inductance superconducting resonators

C. RoyS. FrascaP. Scarlino

Physical Review Applied. 2026. DOI : 10.1103/76rr-lx9l.

Observation of first- and second-order dissipative phase transitions in a two-photon driven Kerr resonator

G. BeaulieuF. MingantiS. FrascaV. SavonaS. Felicetti  et al.

Nature Communications. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-56830-w.

High kinetic inductance cavity arrays for compact band engineering and topology-based disorder meters

V. JouannyS. FrascaV. J. Weibell. PeyruchatM. Scigliuzzo  et al.

Nature Communications. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-58595-8.

Criticality-Enhanced Quantum Sensing with a Parametric Superconducting Resonator

G. BeaulieuF. MingantiS. FrascaM. ScigliuzzoS. Felicetti  et al.

PRX Quantum. 2025. DOI : 10.1103/prxquantum.6.020301.

Three-wave-mixing quantum-limited kinetic inductance parametric amplifier operating at 6 T near 1 K

S. FrascaC. RoyG. BeaulieuP. Scarlino

Physical Review Applied. 2024. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.024011.

NbN films with high kinetic inductance for high-quality compact superconducting resonators

S. FrascaI. ArabadzhievS. Y. Bros de PuechredonF. OppligerV. Jouanny  et al.

Physical Review Applied. 2023. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.044021.

The effect of size, orientation and temperature on the deformation of microcast silver crystals

L. BorasiS. FrascaE. CharbonA. Mortensen

Acta Materialia. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118817.

Coupling silicon lithography with metal casting

L. BorasiS. FrascaK. Nicolet-Dit-FelixE. CharbonA. Mortensen

Applied Materials Today. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101647.

Light Extraction Enhancement Techniques for Inorganic Scintillators

F. GramugliaS. FrascaE. RipicciniE. Venialgo AraujoV. Gâté  et al.

Crystals. 2021. DOI : 10.3390/cryst11040362.

The Michelangelo step: removing scalloping and tapering effects in high aspect ratio through silicon vias

S. FrascaR. C. LeghzielI. N. ArabadzhievB. PasquierG. F. M. Tomassi  et al.

Scientific Reports. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-83546-w.

Recent advances in superconducting nanowire single-photon detector technology for exoplanet transit spectroscopy in the mid-infrared

E. E. WollmanV. B. VermaA. B. WalterJ. ChilesB. Korzh  et al.

Journal Of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments And Systems. 2021. DOI : 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011004.

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor electronics

S. FrascaE. Charbon

Nature Electronics. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41928-019-0319-x.