Dirk R Englund

Professor

Department
Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Technology Areas
Communication Systems: Optical, Wireless / Computer Science: Cybersecurity, Quantum Computing, Networking & Signals, Bioinformatics / Electronics & Photonics: Photonics, Quantum Technology, Semiconductors, Lasers / Sensing & Imaging: Imaging, Optical Sensing, Chemical & Radiation Sensing / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Autonomous Systems, Manufacturing & Equipment, Logistics / Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Catalysis & Synthesis / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Biotechnology: Sensors & Monitoring, Biomedical Devices & Systems / Energy & Distribution: Nuclear & Fusion, Energy Storage, Electrochemical Devices

Trailblazing quantum innovator advancing photonic and semiconductor technologies to shape the future of computing, communication, and metrology.

Background and Experience

Professor Dirk Englund joined the MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department faculty in January 2013 as Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

On earning his BS in physics from Caltech in 2002, Dirk Englund spent a year as a Fulbright Fellow at TU Eindhoven, where he designed and built a system for ultrafast magneto-optic nanoscopy. He entered graduate school at Stanford, where he earned an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in applied physics in 2008.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University until 2010.  Prior to coming to MIT, Prof. Englund was Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Applied Physics at Columbia University.

Prof. Englund’s research focuses on quantum technologies based on semiconductor and optical systems, with the goal of controlling quantum states in photons and semiconductor spin systems to address problems in communication, computation, and metrology. His major research accomplishments include the control of light-matter interactions of single quantum states in quantum dots and diamond nitrogen vacancy centers, high-brightness single photon sources, group III/V photonic crystal lasers, and integrated photonic networks for quantum information processing. Prof. Englund leads the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at MIT.

Awards and Honors

  • DARPA Young Faculty Award | 2012
  • 2012 IBM Faculty Award
  • 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
  • 2011 Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics
  • 2012 IEEE-HKN Outstanding Young Professional Award
  • 2008 Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Fellowship

Technologies

Autonomous Control and Discovery in Experiment

Technology / Case number: #26521
Dirk R Englund / Ian Berkman / Marc Bacvanski / Yong Hu
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Industrial Engineering & Automation / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Photonic Ribbon Cables

Technology / Case number: #26146J
Dirk R Englund / Matthew Saha / Andrew Leenheer
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Methods And Design Of Optical Neural Network

Technology / Case number: #18794
Marin Soljacic / Jacques Johannes Carolan / Mihika Prabhu / Yichen Shen / Nicholas Harris / Dirk R Englund / Scott Skirlo
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Uncharted Frontiers
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Bosonic Computing with Integrated Nano Mechanical Resonators and Solid State Spins

Technology / Case number: #26527
Dirk R Englund / Ethan G Arnault / Hamza Raniwala / Matthew Trusheim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Optical Neural Network Accelerator for Deep Learning

Technology / Case number: #26433J
Dirk R Englund / Chao Luan / Ryan Hamerly
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Cavity-Enhanced Solid-State Nuclear Spin Gyroscope

Technology / Case number: #26298
Dirk R Englund / Hanfeng Wang / Matthew Trusheim
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Systems, Devices, and Methods Utilizing Hybrid Photonic Crystal Cavities

Technology / Case number: #26325J
Dirk R Englund / Andy Greenspon / Mark Dong
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Multi-Waveguide Beam Scanners and Scanning Pattern Methods

Technology / Case number: #26324J
Dirk R Englund / Matthew Zimmermann / Henry Wen
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
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Exceptional-Point Magnetometry with a Self-Oscillating Hybrid Quantum System

Technology / Case number: #26014J
Dirk R Englund / Hanfeng Wang / Donald Fahey / Kurt Jacobs / Matthew Trusheim
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Self-Patterned Superconducting Wires

Technology / Case number: #26124
Dirk R Englund / Jawaher Almutlaq
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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