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Welcome to the Nanophotonics Laboratory (NPL) at Stevens Institute of Technology. Located in Room 725 of the Burchard building, members of the NPL conduct cutting-edge research in the fields of solid-state nanophotonics and nanoelectronics.
Brief History: The research group was founded at SIT in September 2006 by the PI Stefan Strauf, Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering Physics. The first 16 month where used to design (Cubellis), build, and establish a 1600 ft2 renovated laboratory facility with 220 ft2 optical benches. The infrastructure for this lab was finished by various outside contractors in Jan. 2008 and the research activities started with the first Ph.D. student joining the group. The NPL provides researchers and students with one of the most advanced facilities for experimental research on campus.
Research activities of the NPL include fabrication and quantum-optical characterization of functional nanostructured devices made from compound semiconductors. When structured into quantum dots or photonic crystals, these materials offer rich opportunities for fundamental research of light-matter interaction down to the ultimate quantum limit where one can control and manipulate single electrons, excitons, or photons.
Device applications are in classical and quantum information processing such as quantum cryptography. As a long term goal, we are seeking to combine functional elements on a chip to create optical circuits which will ultimately complement electronic circuits, since they have unprecedented functionality, orders of magnitude higher bandwidth, and yet unforeseen abilities.
In addition, recent collaborative efforts concentrate on graphitic materials like quantum dots made from carbon nanotubes for the realization of room-temperature single-electron transistors as well as graphene field-effect transistors. After observing Klein-tunneling in graphene-FETs, we are particularly interested in exploring phase coherent electron wave properties of few-layer graphitic devices for applications as electron interferometers and sensors.
For more information please contact Professor Strauf at strauf@stevens.edu |
