April 14, 2023 The Manfra group's Microsoft quantum lab got to give back to the next generation of scientists and discuss the next generation of computing at the Birck Nanotechnology Centers's 2023 Nanoscience Expo!
February 24, 2023 The Quantum Semiconductor Systems Group at Purdue University under the direction of Prof. Michael J. Manfra is searching for a full-time Molecular Beam Epitaxy Engineer to drive innovation in our III-V semiconductor molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth facilities. Interest candidates can read more details and apply at Purdue – Careers.
v=2/3 fractional quantum Hall stateFebruary 20, 2023 The Manfra Group is in the news for their recent work, Half-Integer Conductance Plateau at the ν=2/3 Fractional Quantum Hall State in a Quantum Point Contact, published in Physical Review Letters Vol. 130, Iss. 7. Check out the Purdue News Article, Heterostructures developed at Purdue support predictions of counterpropagating charged edge modes […]
February 17, 2023 The Manfra Group publication, "Half-Integer Conductance Plateau at the ν=2/3 Fractional Quantum Hall State in a Quantum Point Contact" [PDF], chosen as an editor's pick in Physical Review Letters Vol. 130, Iss. 7 [journals.aps.org/prl/issues/130/7]. Congratulations, James Nakamura, Shuang Liang, Geoff Gardner, and Michael J. Manfra!
November 1, 2022 The Manfra group congratulates Brandon Dzuba on his recent publication! Elimination of remnant phases in low-temperature growth of wurtzite ScAlN by molecular-beam epitaxy Brandon Dzuba, Trang Nguyen, Amrita Sen, Rosa E. Diaz, Megha Dubey, Mukesh Bachhav, Janelle P. Wharry, Michael J. Manfra, and Oana Malis Journal of Applied Physics (2022) doi.org/10.1063/5.0118075 [PDF]
October 17, 2022 The Manfra group congratulates Sara Metti on her first publication! Spin-orbit coupling and electron scattering in high-quality InSb1-xAsx quantum wells S. Metti, C. Thomas, D. Xiao, and M. J. Manfra Physical Review B (2022) doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.165304 [PDF]
October 13, 2022 Manfra Group is excited to welcome Dr. Rajendra Kumar to the team!
September 29, 2022Prof. Manfra presenting Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 3:30pm. EVENT DETAILS
September 13, 2022 Government officials visited the Birck Nanotechnology Center and stopped by the Molecular Beam Epitaxy laboratory to speak with Prof. Michael J. Manfra and Dr. James Nakamura on the Manfra group's developments in Quantum research.
July 28, 2022Congratulations on passing your Ph.D. preliminary exam, Teng Zhang!