Welcome to the Birge group home page at Michigan State University. Our research focuses on "mesoscopic physics", the study of materials on small (submicron) length scales. This size regime lies between the macroscopic world of things we can see and touch, and the microscopic world of single atoms or molecules. Mesoscopic samples often exhibit novel phenomena not observed in larger samples. We study electrical transport in mesoscopic samples consisting of normal, superconducting, and ferromagnetic metals, and their combinations.

Click the RESEARCH link to learn about the research that the group is or has been engaged in. If you would like to discuss any of the topics you find there, please click the CONTACT link to the left to find out how to reach us.