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Marty Stevens (Fed)
Group Leader
Martin J. Stevens is Group Leader of the Faint Photonics Group in the Applied Physics Division at NIST-Boulder. His research interests include single-photon sources, entangled-photon pair sources, and superconducting single-photon detectors. Dr. Stevens was an early pioneer in the use of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) in photon counting and quantum optics applications. He has worked with collaborators around the world implementing these sources and detectors in a variety of experiments, ranging from studies of solid-state and molecular physics to fundamental tests of the quantum nature of light. He developed optical measurement techniques that have led to a better understanding of how SNSPDs operate. Dr. Stevens played a key role in NIST’s 2015 loophole-free test of Bell’s inequality, and helped lead NIST efforts in understanding whether entangled-photon pairs can be used to improve multiphoton microscopy.
Awards
- Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 2021
- Department of Commerce Gold Medal, 2016
- Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, 2009
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005