Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) 2026

Imec will be participating in Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) 2026, a leading international conference showcasing the latest advances in applied superconductivity. 

Join us to learn more on our latest breakthroughs and how to work with imec:  

PRESENTATIONS

• 2EOr3D-01: A Versatile NbTiN Superconducting Device Platform
  2EOr3D: Fabrication I
  Benjamin Huet¹, Seifallah Ibrahim², Blake Hodges², Sabine O’Neal², Trent Josephsen², Julian E. Gil Pinzon², Ankit Pokhrel¹, Daniel Perez Lozano¹, Steven Brebels¹, Peter Koufalis², Gilles Delie¹, Manu Perumkunnil¹, Zsolt Tokei¹, Richard Rouse*^{1
  1}imec, Heverlee, Belgium; ²imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States
• 4EOr2C-01: Advancements in fabrication and scaling of high-density aSi-NbTiN
  4EOr2C: Josephson Junction Fabrication
  Ankit Pokhrel*¹, Daniel Perez Lozano¹, Benjamin Huet¹, Adham Elshaer¹, Diziana Vangoidsenhoven¹, Luke Zhang¹, Ravi Kumar Tiwari¹, Blake Hodges², Seifallah Ibrahim², Julian E. Gil Pinzon², Peter Koufalis², Trent Josephsen², Sabine O’Neal², Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano³, Richard Rouse^{1
  1}imec, Leuven, Belgium; ²imec US, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ³Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, United States
• 2EOr3D-05: Tailoring NbTiN thin films properties deposited on 300 mm silicon wafers for Superconducting Digital Circuit Integration
  2EOr3D: Fabrication I
  Daniel Perez Lozano*¹, Adithyan Kannan¹, Adham Elshaer¹, Blake Hodges¹, Terry Kim¹, Seifallah Ibrahim¹, Sabine O’Neal¹, Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano², Benjamin Huet¹, Richard Rouse^{1
  1}imec, Leuven, Belgium; ²Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, United States
• 2EOr3D-02: Pushing the scaling and performance limits of superconducting interconnects
  2EOr3D: Fabrication I
  Benjamin Huet*¹, Gilles Delie¹, Ankit Pokhrel¹, Nunzio Francesco Buccheri¹, Daniel Perez Lozano¹, Adham Elshaer¹, Luke Zhang¹, Sujan Kumar Sarkar¹, Ravi Kumar Tiwari¹, Blake Hodges², Seifallah Ibrahim², Julian E. Gil Pinzon², Peter Koufalis², Trent Josephsen², Sabine O’Neal², Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano³, Richard Rouse^{1
  1}imec BE, Heverlee, Belgium; ²Imec Florida, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ³Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, United States
• 4EOr2C-02: Cryogenic characterization of aSi-based NbTiN Josephson junctions
  4EOr2C: Josephson Junction Fabrication
  Blake Hodges*¹, Hasantha Malavipathirana¹, Ankit Pokhrel², Daniel Perez Lozano², Udara De Silva¹, Seifallah Ibrahim¹, Terry Kim¹, Wouter Devulder², Benjamin Huet², Trent Josephsen¹, Peter Koufalis¹, Julian E. Gil Pinzon¹, Sabine O’Neal¹, Richard Rouse^{2
  1}imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ²imec, Leuven, Belgium

POSTER

• 3EPo2A-01: [Invited] Multiphase AC Power Distribution for Large Scale Irregular JJ Circuits
  3EPo2A: Digital Logic IV: Memory, Architectures
  Steven Brebels*¹, Julian E. Gil Pinzon², Peter Koufalis², Trent Josephsen², Seifallah Ibrahim², Benjamin Huet¹, Richard Rouse^{1
  1}imec, Leuven, NA, Belgium; ²imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States
• 3EPo2D-01: [Invited] Development of a Comprehensive Cryogenic Test Platform for Characterization and Failure-Mode Analysis of SFQ Logic Processes
  3EPo2D: System Integration, Measurement, and Standards I
  Terry Kim*¹, Blake Hodges¹, Gianpiero Maccarrone-Lapi¹, Seifallah Ibrahim¹, Trent Josephsen¹, Oleksandr Hryhorenko¹, Sabine O’Neal¹, Richard Rouse^{2
  1}imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ²imec, Heverlee, Belgium
• 3EPo2A-06: Modeling the performance of a superconducting digital crossbar switch in NbTiN-electrode αSi barrier Josephson junctions
  3EPo2A: Digital Logic IV: Memory, Architectures
  Udara De Silva*¹, Trent Josephsen¹, Hasantha Malavipathirana¹, Blake Hodges¹, Kartik Lakshminarasimhan², Manu Perumkunnil^{2
  1}imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ²imec, Heverlee, Belgium
• 3EPo1C-01: Engineering NbTiN Film Thickness for Scalable Cryogenic Devices
  3EPo1C: LTS Fabrication
  Nunzio Francesco Buccheri*¹, Daniel Perez Lozano¹, Adham Elshaer¹, Gilles Delie¹, Benjamin Huet¹, Ankit Pokhrel¹, Luke Zhang¹, Sujan Kumar Sarkar¹, Ravi Kumar Tiwari¹, Blake Hodges¹, Seifallah Ibrahim¹, Julian E. Gil Pinzon¹, Peter Koufalis¹, Trent Josephsen¹, Sabine O’Neal¹, Daan Buseyne², Kristiaan Temst², Richard Rouse^{1
  1}imec, Heverlee, Belgium; ²KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
• 4EPo1B-06: Design of 5ML Resonator-Powered Superconducting Shift Register Integrating NbTiN Wires, HZO Capacitors, and aSi Josephson Junctions
  4EPo1B: Digital Logic V: Memory
  Julian E. Gil Pinzon*¹, Steven Brebels², Hasantha Malavipathirana¹, Udara De Silva¹, Trent Josephsen¹, Blake Hodges¹, Seifallah Ibrahim¹, Deepanshu Trivedi¹, Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano³, Sabine O’Neal¹, Richard Rouse^{2
  1}imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ²imec, Leuven, Belgium; ³Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia, United States
• 4EPo1D-04: Characterization of NbTiN/HZO/NbTiN MIM Capacitors for high frequency AC Clock & Power Distribution Network for Superconducting Digital Circuits
  4EPo1D: Novel Electronics II: Devices/Observation
  Seifallah Ibrahim*¹, Blake Hodges¹, Steven Brebels², Julian E. Gil Pinzon¹, Trent Josephsen¹, Ankit Pokhrel², Daniel Perez Lozano², Yann Canvel², Bart Kenes², Amey Walke₂, Gianpiero Maccarrone-Lapi¹, Sara Iraci², Mihaela Ioana Popovici², Peter Koufalis¹, Benjamin Huet^{2
  1}imec USA, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ²imec, Leuven, Belgium

CO-AUTHORED

• 2EPo1B-11: Spontaneous Fluxoid Generation in Superconducting Rings
  2EPo1B: Flux Trapping and Mitigation Strategies in Superconducting Digital Electronics I [Special Session]
  Nagananda Krishnamurthy*¹, Cequn Li³, Aliakbar Sepehri², Daan Buseyne⁶, Kristiaan Temst⁶, Gilles Delie⁴, Benjamin Huet⁴, Peter Koufalis⁵, Katja Nowack³, Yen Lee Loh², Nandini Trivedi^{1
  1}Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States; ²Department of Physics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States; ³Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States; ⁴Superconducting Digital Electronics, imec, Heverlee, Belgium; ⁵imec, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ⁶Department of Physics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• 4MOr1A-03: Simulating Flux Trapping by Moats during Cooldown
  4MOr1A: Vortex Pinning and Dynamics
  Aliakbar Sepehri*¹, Yen Lee Loh¹, Rishi Mishra², Ruiheng Bai², Blake Hodges³, Seifallah Ibrahim³, Benjamin Huet⁴, Gilles Delie⁴, Daan Buseyne⁵, Kristiaan Temst⁵, Nagananda Krishnamurthy⁶, Nandini Trivedi⁶, Margriet Van Bael⁵, Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano⁷, Peter Koufalis³, Katja Nowack^{2
  1}Physics, university of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States; ²Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States; ³imec USA-Florida, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ⁴imec, Leuven, Belgium; ⁵KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ⁶OSU, Columbus, Ohio, United States; ⁷Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia, United States
• 2EOr3A-06: Flux trapping behavior in superconducting films evaluated using patterned structures
  2EOr3A: Flux Trapping and Mitigation Strategies in Superconducting Digital Electronics II [Special Session]
  Rishi Mishra*¹, Ruiheng Bai¹, Aliakbar Sepehri², Blake Hodges⁶, Seifallah Ibrahim⁶, Benjamin Huet⁵, Gilles Delie⁵, Daan Buseyne³, Kristiaan Temst³, Nagananda Krishnamurthy⁴, Nandini Trivedi⁴, Margriet Van Bael³, Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano⁷, Peter Koufalis⁶, Yen Lee Loh², Katja Nowack^{1
  1}Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States; ²Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States; ³Quantum Solid-State Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ⁴Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States; ⁵Superconducting Digital Electronics, imec, Heverlee, Belgium; ⁶imec USA - Florida, Kissimmee, Florida, United States; ⁷Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia, United States