Shitov Sergey Vitalievich

03.06.01 — Physics and Astronomy

Development and study of superconducting metamaterials for electromagnetic applications; development and research of superconducting RF electronic devices: detectors, amplifiers, and oscillators; numerical and electromagnetic modeling of RF integrated circuits; signal circuit measurement techniques using RF and THz signals. Development of advanced ultra-sensitive thermal sensors for detecting the quantum states of superconducting qubits.

State contract of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. 11.G34.31.0062 (2011–2013, extended 2014–2015) — Deputy Head of the Mega-Grant project.

Head of project under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation grant within the program for increasing competitiveness of NUST MISIS among leading world research and educational centers (2013–2020, No. K2-2016-051).

Responsible executor of the international project ALMAJ Band-10 (NAOJ, Japan, 2004–2009).

Participant of international projects SISIRT and TELIS (ESA/SRON, Netherlands, 1995–2003).

Head of RFBR-2012 project No. 12-02-01352-a (2012–2014).

Supervisor of research under the Ministry of Education and Science competitiveness program (No. K2-2016-051).

Project leader of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant No. 17-19-01786
“Matrix Superconducting Sensor with High-Frequency Readout” (2017–2019).

Project leader of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant No. 24-29-20298
“Active Terahertz RFTES Detector” (2024–2025).

• Reviewer for international journals: Journal of Applied Physics, Physical Review B, Superconductor Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, International Journal on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Technical Physics, Solid State Physics.
• Member (expert) of Dissertation Council D 002. 231.03 at the Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics (IRE) of Russian Academy of Science
• Hirsch Index — 21. Publications — 169 (Scopus). 11 patents for inventions. Over 40 presentations at international conferences.

Invited paper at the International Conference on Superconducting Electronics (ISEC-2003) (Sydney, Australia).

Invited paper at the “Samarkand International Symposium on Magnetism” (SISM-2023), July 2-6, 2023, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Invited paper at the “Superconductivity in Nanostructures” conference, September 22, 2023, Skoltech (Moscow).

Invited paper at the XXVIII International Symposium Nanophysics and Nanoelectronics, March 2024 (Nizhny Novgorod).

Invited paper at the XXIX International Symposium Nanophysics and Nanoelectronics, March 2025 (Nizhny Novgorod).

Supervised 12 postgraduate students, 6 defended candidate dissertations, and over 20 competitive student and diploma theses in the field of superconducting microwave electronics.

Planned enrollment:

• 2

Supervisor’s specific requirements:

• You are interested in theoretical AND experimental physics, electrodynamics, statistical physics, analytical solutions and numerical modelling. Having research background and publications in these areas is an advantage. You must have MSc in physics, physics of solids, quantum electronics, superconducting metamaterials, radio-physics.
• Fluent English, both oral and writing skills.

1. Stimulated emission and amplification in Josephson junction arrays. Barbara P., Cawthorne A.B., Shitov S.V., Lobb C.J. Physical Review Letters. 1999. V. 82. № 9. P. 1963-1966
2. Integrated superconducting receivers. Koshelets V.P., Shitov S.V. Superconductor Science and Technology. 2000. V. 13. № 5. P. R53-R69
3. Low-noise 1 THz superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixer incorporating a NbTiN/SiO2/Al tuning circuit. Jackson B.D., Baryshev A.M., De Lange G., Gao J.-R., Shitov S.V., Iosad N.N., Klapwijk T.M. Applied Physics Letters. 2001. V. 79. № 3. P. 436-438
4. Low-loss tunable metamaterials using superconducting circuits with Josephson junctions. P. Jung, S. Butz, S.V. Shitov, A. V. Ustinov, Applied Physics Letters, 102 (6), 062601 (2013)
5. Wide-range bolometer with RF readout TES. S. V. Shitov, N. N. Abramov, A. A. Kuzmin, M. Merker, M.Arndt, S. Wuensch, K. S. Ilin, E. V. Erhan, A. V. Ustinov, M. Siegel., IEEE Transactions onApplied Superconductivity 12/2014; 25(3) DOI:10.1109/TASC.2014.2385090
6. Express analysis of the dependence of the superconducting film critical temperature on its thickness. Merenkov A.V., Chichkov V.I., Shitov S.V., Measurement Techniques 2019, No.11, PP.43-48 (2019) DOI:10.32446/0368-1025it.2019-11-43-48
7. Superconducting Noise Source for Ultra-Low Temperatures. T. M. Kim, S. V. Shitov. Technical Physics Letters (2021). DOI: 10.21883/PJTF.2021.24.51791.18897
8. Superconducting Bolometric Detector with High-Frequency Readout at 400 mK. A. V. Merenkov, T. M. Kim, V. I. Chichkov, S. V. Kalinkin, S. V. Shitov. Physics of the Solid State, Vol. 64, No. 10, pp. 1404–1411 (2022). DOI: 10.21883/FTT.2022.10.53081.50HH
9. Active Superconducting Terahertz Detector.S. V. Shitov. Technical Physics, Vol. 7, p. 988 (2023). DOI: 10.21883/JTF.2023.07.55758.116-23
10. Meta-bolometer based on toroidal response. M. Cojocari, A.Merenkov, F. Kovalev, S. Shitov, A. Basharin. JETP Letters. vol. 118, 5, pp. 367–368 (2023) DOI: 10.1134/S0021364023601732ORCID: 0000-0002-6496-5157
11. Progress in RFTES Detector Technology. S. V. Shitov, T. M. Kim, L. S. Solomatov, N. Yu. Rudenko, A. V. Merenkov, An. B. Ermakov, V. I. Chichkov. Technical Physics, 2024, Vol. 94, No. 7, pp. 1060–1070. DOI: 10.61011/JTF.2024.07.58341.168-24

Web of Science ResearcherID: G-7843-2015

RSCI AuthorID: 23706

Scopus AuthorID: 7004148528

SPIN-code: 6211-7441