Simone Frasca

Scientist
simone.frasca@epfl.ch +41 21 695 43 73 https://it.linkedin.com/in/simone-frasca-6032453b
Citizenship: Italian
Birth date: 07.12.1992
EPFL SB IPHYS HQC
PH D3 495 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 695 43 73
+41 21 693 60 96
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Fields of expertise
Cryogenic Systems
Ultrafast Nonlinear Optics
High-Frequency Superconducting Electronics
Biography
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.Professional course
Affiliate Researcher
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Jun 2017 - Aug 2018
Masters' Thesis Researcher
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Education
PhD in Engineering
Microelectronics Engineering
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
2018-2023
Master of Engineering
Space Engineering
University of Pisa
2014-2017
Bachelor of Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Univeristy of Naples "Federico II"
2011-2014
Publications
Selected publications
Boris Korzh, Qing-Yuan Zhao, Jason P. Allmaras, Simone Frasca, Travis M. Autry, Eric A. Bersin, Andrew D. Beyer, Ryan M. Briggs, Bruce Bumble, Marco Colangelo, Garrison M. Crouch, Andrew E. Dane, Thomas Gerrits, Adriana E. Lita, Francesco Marsili, Galan Moody, Cristián Peña, Edward Ramirez, Jake D. Rezac, Neil Sinclair, Martin J. Stevens, Angel E. Velasco, Varun B. Verma, Emma E. Wollman, Si Xie, Di Zhu, Paul D. Hale, Maria Spiropulu, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Alexander G. Kozorezov, Matthew D. Shaw & Karl K. Berggren Nat. Photon. 14, 250–255 (2020) |
Demonstration of sub-3 ps temporal resolution with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector |
Simone Frasca, Rebecca C. Leghziel, Ivo N. Arabadzhiev, Benoît Pasquier, Grégoire F. M. Tomassi, Sandro Carrara & Edoardo Charbon Scientific Reports 11, 3997 (2021) |
The Michelangelo step: removing scalloping and tapering effects in high aspect ratio through silicon vias |
S. Frasca and E. Charbon Nat. Electron. 2, 433–434 (2019) |
Hybrid superconductor–semiconductor electronics |
S. Frasca, B. A. Korzh, M. Colangelo, D. Zhu, A. E. Lita, J. P. Allmaras, E. E. Wollman, V.B. Verma, A. E. Dane, E. Ramirez, A. D. Beyer, S. W. Nam, A. G. Kozorezov, M. D. Shawand K. K. Berggren Phys. Rev. B 100, 054520 (2019) |
Determining the depairing current in superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors |
Di Zhu, Marco Colangelo, Boris A. Korzh, Qing-Yuan Zhao, Simone Frasca, Andrew E. Dane, Angel E. Velasco, Andrew D. Beyer, Jason P. Allmaras, Edward Ramirez, William J. Strickland, Daniel F. Santavicca, Matthew D. Shaw, Karl K. Berggren Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 229901 (2019) |
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detector with integrated impedance-matching taper |