Adriana Lita

Adriana Lita
Lita in 2021
Other names	Adriana Eleni Lita
Alma mater	University of Bucharest University of Michigan
Awards	Department of Commerce Silver Medal (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Materials science
Institutions	National Institute of Standards and Technology
Thesis	Correlation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films  (2000)
Doctoral advisor	John E. Sanchez, Jr.

Adriana Eleni Lita is a Romanian materials scientist who is a member of the faint photonics group at National Institute of Standards and Technology. She works on fabrication and development of single-photon detectors such as transition-edge sensors and superconducting nanowire single-photon detector devices.

Life

Lita earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Bucharest. ^[1] She completed a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering at University of Michigan in 2000. Her dissertation was titled Correlation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films. Lita's doctoral advisor was John E. Sanchez, Jr. ^[2]

In 2003, Lita joined the faint photonics group at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder. ^[1] She works on fabrication and development of single-photon detectors such as transition-edge sensors (TES) and superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) devices. ^[1] Her work includes development of record high quantum efficiency TES devices optimized at various wavelengths from UV to near IR, integration of TES with optical waveguides platforms for photonic circuits, as well as materials development for SNSPDs. ^[1] Her research has included Bell test experiments and the practical implementation of quantum key distribution. ^{[3] [4] [5]} In 2021, Lita was awarded the Department of Commerce Silver Medal. ^[1]

Selected publications

• Marsili, F.; Verma, V. B.; Stern, J. A.; Harrington, S.; Lita, A. E.; Gerrits, T.; Vayshenker, I.; Baek, B.; Shaw, M. D.; Mirin, R. P.; Nam, S. W. (March 2013). "Detecting single infrared photons with 93% system efficiency". Nature Photonics . 7 (3): 210–214. arXiv: 1209.5774 . Bibcode:2013NaPho...7..210M. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.13. ISSN   1749-4893. S2CID   54905458.
• Lita, Adriana E.; Miller, Aaron J.; Nam, Sae Woo (2008). "Counting near-infrared single-photons with 95% efficiency". Optics Express . 16 (5): 3032–40. Bibcode:2008OExpr..16.3032L. doi: 10.1364/OE.16.003032 . ISSN   1094-4087. PMID   18542389.
• Rosenberg, Danna; Lita, Adriana; Miller, Aaron; Nam, Sae (17 June 2005). "Noise-free high-efficiency photon-number-resolving detectors". Physical Review A . 71 (6): 061803. arXiv: quant-ph/0506175 . Bibcode:2005PhRvA..71f1803R. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.71.061803. ISSN   1050-2947. S2CID   58907453.

See also

• Timeline of women in science in the United States

References

1. "Adriana Lita". NIST. 30 July 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. Lita, Adriana Eleni (2000). Correlation between microstructure and surface structure evolution in polycrystalline films. University of Michigan. ISBN   9780599832626. OCLC   714662597.
3. "Photons run out of loopholes". Space Daily. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
4. Aspect, Alain (16 December 2015). "Viewpoint: Closing the Door on Einstein and Bohr's Quantum Debate". Physics . 8: 123. doi: 10.1103/Physics.8.123 . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
5. "New Technologies Enhance Quantum Cryptography". ScienceDaily. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the National Institute of Standards and Technology