Stefan Strauf (sstrauf)

Stefan Strauf

Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Physics

Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science

Burchard 724
(201) 216-5638

Education

  • PhD (2001) University of Bremen (Physics)

Research

Our group works on fundamental research in nanophotonics and nanoelectronics and its applications for optoelectronic and quantum photonics devices. Applications target novel quantum light sources, nanolasers, tunable light detectors, flexible solar cells, as well as on-chip platforms for optical quantum computing. A strong focus is to control the light-matter interaction utilizing either dielectric or plasmonic nanocavities and to explore the photophysical properties of excitons and their interaction with phonons and plasmons at the nanoscale. Our targeted materials are carbon nanotubes, monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN) color centers.
For more information please visit the nanophotonics lab web page.

http://www.stevens.edu/nanophotonics/

General Information

The Nanophotonics Lab is located in Burchard B725

Experience

Mar. 2018 – present, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT), Hoboken, NJ, USA, Full Professor (tenured) and Associate Department Chair, Department of Physics

Mar. 2012 – Feb.2018, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT), Hoboken, NJ, USA, Associate Professor (tenured) of Physics and Engineering Physics

Sep. 2006 – Feb. 2012, Stevens Institute of Technology (SIT), Hoboken, NJ, USA, Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Physics and Engineering Physics

Jan 2003 – July 2006, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA, Postdoctoral Researcher, Co-advised by: Profs. Pierre Petroff and Dirk Bouwmeester

Jan 2002- Dec 2002, Institute of Solid-State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany, Postdoctoral Researcher, Advisor: Prof. Peter Michler

Institutional Service

  • Associate Department Chair Chair
  • Institute P&T committee Member
  • SES Doctoral Committee Member
  • SES Graduate Committee Member
  • Institute P&T Committee Member
  • SES Doctoral Committee Member
  • SES Graduate Committee Member
  • Associate Department Chair Chair
  • Faculty Search committee Member
  • Associate Department Chair Chair
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Journal Reviewer
  • Journal reviewer
  • Reviewer

Honors and Awards

2011 NSF CAREER award

2011 Invited Lange Lecturer, Materials Department, UC Santa Barbara2011 Provost Award “In recognition of outstanding achievements in research and scholarship”

2008 Harvey N. Davies Memorial Award for Research Excellence, Stevens Institute of Technology (one award per year)

2003-2004, Postdoctoral fellowship, 18 month, Max-Kade Foundation, NYC, USA. Granted proposal: "Quantum dots in microcavities for efficient single photon generation"

2002, Postdoctoral fellowship, 12 month, Institute of Solid-State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany

2001 Summa Cum Laude Honor, University of Bremen, Germany

Selected Publications

Conference Proceeding

  1. Tang, Z.; Chen, S.; Sarkar, A. S.; Liu, N.; Strauf, S. N.; Hader, G.; Qu, C. N.; Yang, E. N. (2022). CVD-Grown Graphene Rings Toward Aharonov-Bohm Oscillations. MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit.
  2. Chen, S.; Tang, Z.; Fang, M.; Kang, K.; Sarkar, A. S.; Liu, N.; Zhang, Y.; Strauf, S. N.; Hader, G.; Yang, E. N. (2022). Synthesis, Fabrication and Characterization of a Fe: MoS 2-Based Magnetic Tunneling Junction. MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit.
  3. Mukherjee, A.; Liu, N.; Shayan, K.; Strauf, S.; Mak, K.; Shan, J.; Varmivakas, N. (2020). Probing magnetic exchange fields by quantum emitters in a gate-tunable WSe2/ferromagnet-coupled system (DOI: 10.1364/QUANTUM.2020.QTh7B.4 ed., vol. Quantum 2.0 Conference 2020 © OSA 2020). Optical Society of America (OSA).
  4. Luo, Y.; Ahmadi, E. D.; Shayan, K.; Ma, Y.; Mistry, K. S.; Zhang, C.; Hone, J.; Blackburn, J. L.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Single-molecule Thermometry by Carbon Nanotube Excitons Coupled to Plasmonic Nanocavities. 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2018 - Proceedings.
  5. Luo, Y.; Ahmadi, E. D.; Shayan, K.; Ma, Y.; Mistry, K. S.; Zhang, C.; Hone, J.; Blackburn, J. L.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Single-molecule thermometry by carbon nanotube excitons coupled to plasmonic nanocavities. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers (vol. Part F93-CLEO_QELS 2018).
  6. Strauf, S. N.; Yang, E. N. (2011). Graphene optoelectronics based on antidot superlattices. Micro-and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications III (vol. 8031, pp. 80310Y).
  7. Begliarbekov, M.; Sul, O.; Kalliakos, S.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2011). Identifying edge chirality of graphene using polarization resolved $\mu$-Raman spectroscopy. CLEO: 2011-Laser Science to Photonic Applications (pp. 1--2).
  8. Yang, E.; Strauf, S. N.; Fisher, F. N.; Choi, D. (2009). Carbon-based nanodevices for sensors, actuators, and electronics. Micro-and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications (vol. 7318, pp. 731813).
  9. Ai, N.; Tsai, Y.; Song, Q.; Cochran, E. L.; Choi, D. S.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2009). Electro-optical characterization of in-plane grown carbon nanotubes. Micro-and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications (vol. 7318, pp. 73180Z).
  10. Kumar, K.; Sul, O.; Tsai, Y.; Choi, D.; Prasad, M.; Fisher, F. N.; Strauf, S. N.; Yang, E. (2009). Nanoscale Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Lithography using an Atomic Force Microscope. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (vol. 43857, pp. 417--418).

Journal Article

  1. Mohajerani, S. S.; Strauf, S. N.; Chen, S.; Yang, E. N. (2023). Quantum emission from Oxygen-related defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride with strongly suppressed phonon side band. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. American Physical Society.
  2. Strauf, S.; Liu, N.; Ma, Y.; Kalyon, D. M.; Lee, S. (2022). Electrospun Tri‐Cation Perovskite Nanofibers for Infrared Photodetection. Advanced Functional Materials (pp. 2207326).
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202207326.
  3. Strauf, S.; Ma, Y.; Liu, N.; Mohajerani, S.; Xiao, L.; Hone, .; Feng, L. (2022). On-chip spin-orbit locking of quantum emitters in 2D materials for chiral emission. Optica (vol. 9, pp. 953).
    https://opg.optica.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-9-8-953&id=492743.
  4. Strauf, S.; Luo, Y.; Hone, J. (2021). Free Trions with Near-Unity Quantum Yield in Monolayer MoSe2. ACS Nano (vol. 16, pp. 140).
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.1c04331.
  5. Strauf, S.; Xiao, L.; Mohajerani, S.; Aharonovich, I.; Xu, Z. (2021). Coupling spin defects in a layered material to nanoscale plasmonic cavities. Advanced Materials (vol. 34, pp. 2106046).
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.202106046.
  6. Strauf, S.; Xiao, L.; Aharonovich , I.; Xu, Z. (2021). Enhanced Emission from Interlayer Excitons Coupled to Plasmonic Gap Cavities. Small (vol. 17, pp. 2103994).
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202103994.
  7. Kang, K.; Fu, S.; Shayan, K.; Anthony, Y.; Dadras, S.; Yuzan, X.; Kazunori, F.; Terrones, M.; Zhang, W.; Strauf, S. N.; Meunier, V.; Vamivakas, N.; Yang, E. (2020). The effects of substitutional Fe-doping on magnetism in MoS2 and WS2 monolayers (9 ed., vol. 32, pp. 095708). Nanotechnology.
  8. Liu, N.; Gallaro, C. M.; Shayan, K.; Mukherjee, A.; Kim, B.; Hone, J.; Varmivakas, N.; Strauf, S. (2020). Antiferromagnetic proximity coupling between semiconductor quantum emitters in WSe 2 and van der Waals ferromagnets. Nanoscale (vol. 13, pp. 832-841).
  9. Yang, Y.; Robbins, J. P.; Ezeonu, L.; Ma, Y.; Sparta, N.; Kong, X.; Strauf, S. N.; Lee, S. (2020). Probing lattice vibrations of stabilized CsPbI3polymorphs: Via low-frequency Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry C (26 ed., vol. 8, pp. 8896-8903).
  10. Luo, Y.; Liu, N.; Kim, B.; Hone, J.; Strauf, S. N. (2020). Exciton Dipole Orientation of Strain-Induced Quantum Emitters in WSe2. Nano Letters (7 ed., vol. 20, pp. 5119-5126).
  11. Yang, Y.; Robbins, J. P.; Ezeonu, L.; Ma, Y.; Sparta, N.; Kong, X.; Strauf, S. N.; Podkolzin, S.; Lee, S. (2020). Probing lattice vibrations of stabilized CsPbI3 polymorphs: Via low-frequency Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry C (26 ed., vol. 8, pp. 8896-8903). London: Royal Society of Chemistry.
  12. Fu, S.; Kang, K.; Shayan, K.; Yoshimura, A.; Dadras, S.; Wang, X.; Zhang, L.; Chen, S.; Liu, N.; Jindal, A.; Li, X.; Pasupathy, A. N.; Vamivakas, A. N.; Meunier, V.; Strauf, S.; Yang, E. H. (2020). Enabling room temperature ferromagnetism in monolayer MoS2 via in situ iron-doping. Nature Communications (1 ed., vol. 11).
  13. Kong, X.; Shayan, K.; Hua, S.; Strauf, S. N.; Lee, S. (2019). Complete Suppression of Detrimental Polymorph Transitions in All-Inorganic Perovskites via Nanoconfinement. ACS Applied Energy Materials (vol. 2, pp. 2948). ACS Publications.
  14. Zong, K.; Ma, Y.; Shayan, K.; Ly, J.; Renjilian, E.; Hu, C.; Strauf, S. N.; Briseño, A.; Lee, S. (2019). Directing Solution-Phase Nucleation To Form Organic Semiconductor Vertical Crystal Arrays. Crystal Growth & Design (6 ed., vol. 19, pp. 3461-3468).
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00321.
  15. Shayan, K.; Liu, N.; Cupo, A.; Ma, Y.; Luo, Y.; Meunier, V.; Strauf, S. N. (2019). Magnetic Proximity Coupling of Quantum Emitters in WSe2 to van der Waals Ferromagnets. Nano Letters (10 ed., vol. 19, pp. 7301-7308).
  16. Li, X.; Scully, R. A.; Shayan, K.; Luo, Y.; Strauf, S. N. (2019). Near-unity light collection efficiency from quantum emitters in boron nitride by coupling to metallo-dielectric antennas. ACS Nano (6 ed., vol. 13, pp. 6992-6997).
  17. Luo, Y.; Liu, N.; Li, X.; Hone, J. C.; Strauf, S. N. (2019). Single photon emission in WSe2 up 160 K by quantum yield control. 2D Materials (3 ed., vol. 6).
  18. Luo, Y.; He, X.; Kim, Y.; Blackburn, J. L.; Doorn, S. K.; Htoon, H.; Strauf, S. N. (2019). Carbon nanotube color centers in plasmonic nanocavities: A path to photon indistinguishability at telecom bands. Nano Letters.
  19. Kong, X.; Shayan, K.; Lee, S.; Ribeiro, C.; Strauf, S. N.; Lee, S. (2018). Remarkable long-term stability of nanoconfined metal--halide perovskite crystals against degradation and polymorph transitions. Nanoscale (17 ed., vol. 10, pp. 8320--8328). Royal Society of Chemistry.
  20. Shayan, K.; He, X.; Luo, Y.; Rabut, C.; Li, X.; Hartmann, N. F.; Blackburn, J. L.; Doorn, S. K.; Htoon, H.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Suppression of exciton dephasing in sidewall-functionalized carbon nanotubes embedded into metallo-dielectric antennas. Nanoscale (26 ed., vol. 10, pp. 12631-12638).
  21. Shayan, K.; Rabut, C.; Kong, X.; Li, X.; Luo, Y.; Mistry, K. S.; Blackburn, J. L.; Lee, S.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Broadband Light Collection Efficiency Enhancement of Carbon Nanotube Excitons Coupled to Metallo-Dielectric Antenna Arrays. ACS Photonics (2 ed., vol. 5, pp. 289-294).
  22. Shayan, K.; Rabut, C.; Kong, X.; Li, X.; Luo, Y.; Mistry, K. S.; Blackburn, J. L.; Lee, S.; Strauf, S. N. (2017). Broadband Light Collection Efficiency Enhancement of Carbon Nanotube Excitons Coupled to Metallo-Dielectric Antenna Arrays. ACS Photonics (2 ed., vol. 5, pp. 289--294). American Chemical Society.
  23. Luo, Y.; Ahmadi, E. D.; Shayan, K.; Ma, Y.; Mistry, K. S.; Zhang, C.; Hone, J.; Blackburn, J. L.; Strauf, S. N. (2017). Purcell-enhanced quantum yield from carbon nanotube excitons coupled to plasmonic nanocavities. Nature Communications (1 ed., vol. 8).
  24. He, X.; Gifford, B. J.; Hartmann, N. F.; Ihly, R.; Ma, X.; Kilina, S. V.; Luo, Y.; Shayan, K.; Strauf, S. N.; Blackburn, J. L.; Tretiak, S.; Doorn, S. K.; Htoon, H. (2017). Low-Temperature Single Carbon Nanotube Spectroscopy of sp3 Quantum Defects. ACS Nano (11 ed., vol. 11, pp. 10785-10796).
  25. Shepard, G. D.; Ardelean, J. V.; Ajayi, O. A.; Rhodes, D.; Zhu, X.; Hone, J. C.; Strauf, S. N. (2017). Trion-Species-Resolved Quantum Beats in MoSe2. ACS Nano (11 ed., vol. 11, pp. 11550-11558).
  26. Ajayi, O. A.; Ardelean, J. V.; Shepard, G. D.; Wang, J.; Antony, A.; Taniguchi, T.; Watanabe, K.; Heinz, T. F.; Strauf, S. N.; Zhu, X. Y.; Hone, J. C. (2017). Approaching the intrinsic photoluminescence linewidth in transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers. 2D Materials (3 ed., vol. 4).
  27. Li, X.; Shepard, G. D.; Cupo, A.; Camporeale, N.; Shayan, K.; Luo, Y.; Meunier, V.; Strauf, S. N. (2017). Nonmagnetic Quantum Emitters in Boron Nitride with Ultranarrow and Sideband-Free Emission Spectra. ACS Nano (7 ed., vol. 11, pp. 6652-6660).
  28. Shepard, G. D.; Ajayi, O. A.; Li, X.; Zhu, X. Y.; Hone, J.; Strauf, S. N. (2017). Nanobubble induced formation of quantum emitters in monolayer semiconductors. 2D Materials (2 ed., vol. 4).
  29. Luo, Y.; Li, X. N.; Prybolsky, S.; Shepard, G. D.; Strauf, S. N. (2016). Tunable multipole resonances in plasmonic crystals made by four-beam holographic lithography. Applied Physics Letters (5 ed., vol. 108).
  30. Sarpkaya, I.; Ahmadi, E. D.; Shepard, G. D.; Mistry, K. S.; Blackburn, J. L.; Strauf, S. N. (2015). Strong Acoustic Phonon Localization in Copolymer-Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano (6 ed., vol. 9, pp. 6383-6393).
  31. Patil, V.; Capone, A.; Strauf, S. N.; Yang, E. N. (2013). Improved photoresponse with enhanced photoelectric contribution in fully suspended graphene photodetectors.. Scientific reports (vol. 3, pp. 2791). Nature Scientific Reports.
  32. Kumar, K.; Sul, O.; Strauf, S. N.; Choi, D. S.; Fisher, F. N.; Prasad, M.; Yang, E. N. (2011). A study on carbon-nanotube local oxidation lithography using an atomic force microscope. IEEE transactions on nanotechnology (4 ed., vol. 10, pp. 849--854). IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology.
  33. Begliarbekov, M.; Sul, O.; Santanello, J.; Ai, N.; Zhang, X.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2011). Localized states and resultant band bending in graphene antidot superlattices. Nano letters. Nano letters (3 ed., vol. 11, pp. 1254--1258). American Chemical Society.
  34. Begliarbekov, M.; Sasaki, K.; Sul, O.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2011). Optical control of edge chirality in graphene.. Nano letters. Nano letters (11 ed., vol. 11, pp. 4874-8).
  35. Kumar, K.; Strauf, S. N.; Yang, E. (2010). A systematic study of graphite local oxidation lithography parameters using an atomic force microscope. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (2 ed., vol. 2, pp. 185--188). American Scientific Publishers.
  36. Begliarbekov, M.; Sul, O.; Ai, N.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2010). Aperiodic conductivity oscillations in quasiballistic graphene heterojunctions. Applied Physics Letters. Applied Physics Letters (12 ed., vol. 97, pp. 122106). American Institute of Physics.
  37. Begliarbekov, M.; Sul, O.; Kalliakos, S.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2010). Determination of edge purity in bilayer graphene using u-Raman spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters. Applied Physics Letters (3 ed., vol. 97, pp. 031908). American Institute of Physics.
  38. Ai, N.; Sul, O.; Begliarbekov, M.; Song, Q.; Kumar, K.; Choi, D. S.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2010). Transconductance and Coulomb blockade properties of in-plane grown carbon nanotube field effect transistors. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters (2 ed., vol. 2, pp. 73--78). Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters.

Letter, Journal

  1. Luo, Y.; Shepard, G. D.; Ardelean, J. V.; Rhodes, D. A.; Kim, B.; Barmak, K.; Hone, J. C.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Deterministic coupling of site-controlled quantum emitters in monolayer WSe2 to plasmonic nanocavities. Nature Nanotechnology (12 ed., vol. 13, pp. 1137-1142).

Other

  1. Luo, Y.; Shepard, G. D.; Ardelean, J. V.; Rhodes, D. A.; Kim, B.; Barmak, K.; Hone, J. C.; Strauf, S. N. (2018). Deterministic coupling of site-controlled quantum emitters in monolayer WSe2 to plasmonic nanocavities. Nature Nanotechnology (12 ed., vol. 13, pp. 1137-1142).
  2. Patil, V. A.; Yang, E. N.; Strauf, S. N. (2014). Active bandgap tuning of graphene for tunable photodetection applications.

Courses

PEP 503 (EE/ME/Nano) Introduction to Solid State Physics

PEP 501 Atomic Physics

PEP 209 Modern Optics

PEP 201/221/222 Sophomore Labs

NANO 600 Nanoscale Science and Technology

NANO 525 Techniques of Surface and Nanoscience Characterization

PEP 509 Intermediate Waves and Optics