Vikas Anant, Ph.D.

Dr. Anant specializes in issues pertaining to electrical and electronic engineering, especially as they relate to optical design, micro/nanofabrication, and nanostructured devices. Dr. Anant has experience with integrated nanophotonic devices used for single-photon counting applications, including free-space optical communication and laser radar. His work has involved the design, fabrication, modeling, and measurement of photonic devices incorporating nanostructured elements. He has hands-on experience with high-vacuum and cryogenic systems, nanofabrication technologies, analysis tools, lasers, optical systems, and optical modeling software.

Dr. Anant received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. research focused on the optical properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors, and on methods to achieve super-resolution in microscopy and lithography using quantum-optical techniques. While at MIT, Dr. Anant assisted in teaching a course on applied quantum and statistical physics and took courses in solid-state applied physics, optics and optoelectronic devices, applied superconductivity, electromagnetic wave theory, and submicrometer and nanometer technology.

Anant V, Kerman AJ, Dauler EA, Yang JKW, Rosfjord KM, Berggren KK. Optical properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Opt Express 2008; 16(14):16750; also appeared in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology 2008; 18(8).

Dauler EA, Robinson BS, Kerman AJ, Yang JKW, Rosfjord KM, Anant V, Voronov B, Gol'tsman G, Berggren KK. Multi-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. IEEE Trans Appl Supercond 2007; 17(279).

Yang JKW, Kerman AJ, Dauler EA, Anant V, Rosfjord KM, Berggren KK. Modeling the electrical and thermal response of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. IEEE Trans Appl Supercond 2007; 17(581–585).

Kerman AJ, Dauler EA, Yang JKW, Rosfjord KM, Anant V, Gol’tsman GN, Voronov BM, Berggren KK. Constriction-limited detection efficiency of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Appl Phys Lett 2007; 90:1010110.

Dauler EA, Robinson BS, Kerman AJ, Anant V, Barron RJ, Berggren KK, Caplan DO, Carney JJ, Hamilton SA, Rosfjord KM, Stevens ML, Yang JK. 1.25 gbit/s photon-counting optical communications using a two-element superconducting nanowire single photon detector. Proceedings, SPIE, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques, Vol. 6372, W. Becker (ed), p. 637212, October 2006.

Rosfjord KM, Yang JKW, Dauler EA, Kerman AJ, Anant V, Voronov BM, Gol’tsman GN, Berggren KK. Nanowire single-photon detector with an integrated optical cavity and anti-reflection coating. Opt. Express 2006; 14(2):527.

Yang JKW, Anant V, Berggren KK. Enhancing etch resistance of hydrogen silsesquioxane via postdevelop electron curing. J Vac Sci Technol B 2006; 24(6):3157.

Kerman A, Dauler E, Robinson B, Barron R, Caplan D, Stevens M, Carney J, Hamilton S, Keicher W, Yang J, Rosfjord K, Anant V, Berggren K. Superconducting nanowire photon-counting detectors for optical communications. Lincoln Laboratory Journal 2006; 16:217.

Anant V, Rådmark M, Abouraddy AF, Killian TC, Berggren KK. Pumped atomic systems: immersion fluids of the future? J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 2005; 23:2662.

Presentations

Anant V, Kerman AJ, Yang JKW, Dauler EA, Rosfjord KM, Berggren KK. Optical properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Oral presentation, Applied Superconductivity Conference, Chicago, IL, 2008.

Anant V, Kerman AJ, Yang JKW, Dauler EA, Rosfjord KM, Berggren KK. Optical properties of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Poster presentation, Applied Superconductivity Conference, Denver, CO, 2006.

Anant V, Rådmark M, Abouraddy AF, Berggren KK. Pumped atomic systems: Immersion fluids of the future? Poster presentation, 49th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication, Orlando, FL, 2005.

• Postdoctoral Associate, Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group, MIT, Fall 2007
• Research Assistant, Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group, MIT, 2004–2007
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, Fall 2005
• Research Assistant, Molecular Machines, MIT Media Lab, Fall 2002-Spring 2004
• Instructor, The Russian Program, The Cooper Union, New York NY, Spring 2001
• Intern, Manhattan Routing Inc, New York NY, Summer 2000