Adriana Lita

Adriana Eleni Lita is a Romanian materials scientist who is a member of the faint photonics group at National Institute of Standards and Technology. She works on fabrication and development of single-photon detectors such as transition-edge sensors and superconducting nanowire single-photon detector devices.

Life Lita earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Bucharest.

In 2003, Lita joined the faint photonics group at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boulder. Her work includes development of record high quantum efficiency TES devices optimized at various wavelengths from UV to near IR, integration of TES with optical waveguides platforms for photonic circuits, as well as materials development for SNSPDs. In 2021, Lita was awarded the Department of Commerce Silver Medal.

Selected publications