Daniel Prober

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Professor of Applied Physics, Physics & Electrical Engineering
BCT 417
+1 (203) 432-4280
daniel.prober@yale.edu
Research Website
Research Areas: 
Condensed Matter Physics
Research Type: 
Experimentalist
Current Projects: 

Dynamics of Carbon Nanomaterials, Superconducting Photon Detectors

Biographical Sketch: 

Click here for photos of the celebration of 40 years Dan Prober at Yale University.

Responsibilities:

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Graduate Admissions Committee

Energy Studies Program Advisory Committee

Yale-Weizmann Institute Research Collaboration, Yale Director

 

Research: 

Experimental solid state physics and superconductivity; coherent quantum transport and noise studies; superconducting quantum detectors: microwave UV and x-ray detectors; nanostructure fabrication techniques.

  1. “Energy loss of the electron system in individual single-walled carbon nanotubes,” D.F. Santavicca, J.D. Chudow, D.E. Prober, M.S. Purewal and P. Kim, Nano Lett. 10, 4538 (2010). [PDF]
  2. “Electron coherence and dephasing in metal films, wires and rings”, D.E. Prober, 2010, Invited Chapter in Perspectives on Mesoscopic Physics, eds. A. Aharony and O. Entin-Wohlman, World Scientific Publishing.
  3. “Quasiparticle number fluctuations in superconductors”, C.M. Wilson and D.E. Prober, 2004, Phys. Rev. B 69, 094524. [PDF]
  4. Nb-Au Bilayer Hot-electron Bolometers for Low-noise THz Heterodyne Detection, Irfan Siddiqi, Daniel E Prober, 2004, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 1404.
  5. Environmental Effects in the Third Moment of Voltage Fluctuations in a Tunnel Junction, B. Reulet, J. Senzier, Daniel E Prober, 2003, Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 196601.
Education: 
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975
Honors & Awards: 

  • Yale Science and Engineering 2019 Award for the Advancement of Basic and Applied Science

  • IEEE Council on Superconductivity ‘Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018’ for continuing and significant contributions in the field of superconductive electronics.

  • IBM Faculty Award (2013)

  • IBM Faculty Award (2010)

  • IBM Faculty Award (2006)

  • IBM Faculty Award (2005)

  • Technical Excellence Award from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1997)

  • NASA Technical Excellence Award, JPL Hot-Electron Bolometer Team (April, 1997)

  • NASA Technical Innovator Award (1996)

  • NASA Technical Innovator Award (co-recipient) for “Heterodyne Receiver using Diffusion Cooled Hot-Electron Bolometer” (1996) 

  • Fellow, American Physical Society and CT Academy of Sciences

  • Merit Award for Josephson Junction Simulator, American Assn of Physics Teachers   Teaching Apparatus Competition (1981) (w. R.W. Henry).

Selected Publications: 

  • THz Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes, Joel D. Chudow, Daniel F. Santavicca, and Daniel E. Prober, NanoLett (2016). [PDF]

  • Electron-phonon cooling in large monolayer graphene devices, C.B. McKitterick, M.J. Rooks, and D.E. Prober, Phys. Rev. B93, 075410 (2016). [PDF]

  • Ultrasensitive graphene far-infrared power detectors, C.B. McKitterick, D.E. Prober, H. Vora, and X. Du, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 27 164203 (2015). [PDF]

  • Nanobolometers for THz Photon Detection, B.S. Karasik, A.V. Sergeev and D.E. Prober, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 1, 97 (2011). [PDF]

  • Performance of Graphene Thermal Photon Detectors, C.B. McKitterick, D.E. Prober, and B.S. Karasik, Journal of Applied Physics 044512 (2013). [PDF]

  • Terahertz detection mechanism and contact capacitance of individual metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes, J.D. Chudow, D.F. Santavicca, C.B. McKitterick, D.E. Prober and P. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 163503 (2012). [PDF]

  • Energy loss of the electron system in individual single-walled carbon nanotubes, D.F. Santavicca, J.D. Chudow, D.E. Prober, M.S. Purewal and P. Kim, Nano Lett. 10, 4538 (2010). [PDF]

  • Tunable superconducting nanoinductors, A.J. Annunziata, D.F. Santavicca, L. Frunzio, G. Catelani, M.J. Rooks, A. Frydman and D.E. Prober, Nanotechnology 21, 445202 (2010). [PDF]

  • Electron coherence and dephasing in metal films, wires and rings, D.E. Prober, 2010, Invited Chapter in Perspectives on Mesoscopic Physics, eds. A. Aharony and O. Entin-Wohlman, World Scientific Publishing.

  • Astronomers look to nanotechnology, D.E. Prober, 2008, Nature Nanotech. 3, 459-460. [PDF]

  • Noise Thermal Impedance of a Diffusive Wire, B. Reulet and D.E. Prober, 2005, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 066602. [PDF]

  • Quasiparticle number fluctuations in superconductors, C.M. Wilson and D.E. Prober, 2004, Phys. Rev. B 69, 094524. [PDF]

  • Nb-Au Bilayer Hot-electron Bolometers for Low-noise THz Heterodyne Detection, Irfan Siddiqi, Daniel E Prober, 2004, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 1404. [PDF]

  • Environmental Effects in the Third Moment of Voltage Fluctuations in a Tunnel Junction, B. Reulet, J. Senzier, Daniel E Prober, 2003, Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 196601. [PDF]

  • To Catch a Photon, Daniel E Prober, 2003, Nature, 425, 777. [PDF]

  • Quantum Partition Noise in a Superconducting Tunnel Junction, K. Segall, Daniel E. Prober, 2001, Phys. Rev. B, 64, 180508. [PDF]

  • Microfabrication Techniques for Studies of Percolation, Localization, and Superconductivity, and Recent Experimental Results, Daniel E. Prober, December 1983. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9394-2_10

    • In book: Percolation, Localization, and Superconductivity

Additional Publications

Patents: 
  • “High Efficiency Near-Field Electromagnetic Probe”, 5696372, 1997: With R.D. Grober and R.J. Schoelkopf