Alessandro Buzzi

PhD Candidate  ·  MIT

I design, fabricate, and control integrated photonic systems for computing and quantum photonics.

Alessandro Buzzi
  • Quantum photonics and color centers

    MEMS-based spectral tuning and nanoscale localization of silicon color centers. Foundry-compatible integration of diamond quantum microchiplets for scalable quantum photonic systems.

  • Heterogeneous photonic integration

    Micro-transfer printing of lasers, gain media, nonlinear materials, and detectors onto photonic platforms for heterogeneous integration of active devices.

  • AI-driven characterization and control

    Machine learning and automation workflows for photonic crystal cavity analysis, process-parameter extraction, and large-scale optimization of optical interconnects and photonic computing devices.

  1. 2026

    Foundry-Enabled Patterning of Diamond Quantum Microchiplets for Scalable Quantum Photonics

    A. Buzzi, J. Almutlaq, A. Khaykin, L. Li, W. Yzaguirre, M. Sirotin, G. Gilbert, G. Clark, D. Englund

    arXiv preprint

  2. 2025

    Spectral tuning and nanoscale localization of single color centers in silicon via controllable strain

    A. Buzzi, C. Papon, M. Pirro, O. Hooybergs, H. Raniwala, V. Saggio, C. Errando-Herranz, D. Englund

    Nature Communications 16, 8829

  3. 2025

    A superconducting full-wave bridge rectifier

    M. Castellani, O. Medeiros, A. Buzzi, R. A. Foster, M. Colangelo, K. K. Berggren

    Nature Electronics 8, 417–425

  4. 2025

    End-to-end physics-based modeling of laser-activated color centers in silicon

    Q. Gu, V. Saggio, C. Papon, A. Buzzi, I. Christen, C. Panuski, C. Errando-Herranz, D. Englund

    arXiv preprint

  5. 2024

    Nanocryotron ripple counter integrated with a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector for megapixel arrays

    M. Castellani, O. Medeiros, R. A. Foster, A. Buzzi, M. Colangelo, J. C. Bienfang, A. Restelli, K. K. Berggren

    Physical Review Applied 22, 024020

  6. 2023

    A nanocryotron memory and logic family

    A. Buzzi, M. Castellani, R. A. Foster, O. Medeiros, M. Colangelo, K. K. Berggren

    Applied Physics Letters 122, 142601

  7. 2023

    A superconducting nanowire binary shift register

    R. A. Foster, M. Castellani, A. Buzzi, O. Medeiros, M. Colangelo, K. K. Berggren

    Applied Physics Letters 122, 152601

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