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Dirk Englund

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Electrical Engineering
Systems Electronic Magnetic Optical Quantum Materials Devices Nanoscale Materials Optics + Photonics

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Dirk Englund is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EE and AI+D) department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on Electronic, Magnetic, Optical and Quantum Materials and Devices, Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems, Optics + Photonics, and Quantum Computing, Communication, and Sensing. Englund's work includes developing photonic devices for advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and quantum computing. His research also explores photonic processors for ultrafast AI computations and energy-efficient signal processing. He is affiliated with the MIT EECS department and can be contacted via email at englund@mit.edu or through his profile page at https://www.eecs.mit.edu/people/dirk-r-englund/.


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Dirk Englund is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, specializing in quantum information, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. His research explores the intersection of quantum technologies with advanced computational methods, focusing on nanophotonic circuits, quantum cryptography, and photonic quantum systems. Englund's work includes developing programmable photonic circuits, coherent nanophotonic systems for deep learning, and single-photon emitters for quantum communication. He has contributed to the advancement of integrated photonics for quantum technologies and explored the use of artificial intelligence in quantum information processing. His research emphasizes the development of scalable, efficient, and robust quantum photonic platforms.

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