Stefano Cabrini

Acting Facility Director, Nanofabrication Facility
scabrini@lbl.gov, 510.486.7339

Research interests

Micro-nano-fabrication, electron-beam lithography, focused ion beam lithography, wet chemical, thin-film deposition. Experience in: semiconductor, NEMS, MEMS, optical, nanophotonic and plasmonic devices fabrication, and the development of new lithographic tools.

Fields of application

Diffractive optics, nano-photonics and Photonic Crystals, optics for X-Ray Microscopy, biomedical devices, sensors, magnetic devices.

Selected publications

  1. S. Cabrini, L. Businaro, M. Prasciolu, A. Carpentiro, D. Gerace, M. Galli, L. C. Andreani, F. Riboli, L. Pavesi, E. Di Fabrizio; “Focused ion beam fabrication of one-dimensional photonic crystals on Si3N4/SiO2 channel waveguides”; J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 8 (2006).
  2. S. Cabrini, C. Liberale, D. Cojoc, A. Carpentiero, M. Prasciolu, S. Mora, V. Degiorgio, F. De Angelis, E. Di Fabrizio:” Axicon lens on optical fiber forming optical tweezers, made by focused ion beam milling”; Microelectronic Engineering 83 (2006) 804–807.
  3. D. Cojoc, B. Kaulich, A. Carpentiero, S. Cabrini, L. Businaro, E. Di Fabrizio:” X-ray vortices with high topological charge”; Microelectronic Engineering, 83, (2006), 1360-1363.
  4. Marco Lazzarino, Elena De Marchi, Massimo Bressanutti, Lisa Vaccari, Stefano Cabrini, Chiara Schmid, Rosa Poetes, Giacinto Scoles; “Twin cantilevers with a nanogap for single molecule experimentation”; Microelectronic Engineering 83 (2006) 1309–1311
  5. F. Riboli, A. Recati, N. Daldosso, L. Pavesi, G. Pucker, A. Lui, S. Cabrini, E. Di Fabrizio:” Photon recycling in Fabry–Perot micro-cavities based on Si3N4 waveguides”; Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications 4 (2006) 41–46.
  6. Yu AA, Savas T, Cabrini S, diFabrizio E, Smith HI, Stellacci F; ”High Resolution Printing of DNA Feature on Poly(methyl methacrylate) Substrates Using Supramolecular Nano-Stamping” J.A.C.S. 127 (48): 16774-16775 DEC 7 2005.
  7. D. Gerace, M. Galli, D. Bajoni, G. Guizzetti, L. C. Andreani, F. Riboli, M. Melchiorri, N. Daldosso, L. Pavesi, G. Pucker, S. Cabrini, L. Businaro, E. Di Fabrizio;” Wide-band transmittance of one-dimensional photonic crystals carved in Si3N4/SiO2 channel waveguides” APL 87, 211116 (2005)
  8. Enzo Di Fabrizio, Dan Cojoc, Stefano Cabrini, Matteo Altissimo, Burkhard Kaulich, Thomas Wilhein, Jean Susini, Olivier Dhez; “Phase and intensity control through diffractive optical elements in X-ray microscopy”; Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 144–147 (2005) 957–961.
  9. S. Cabrini, R.J. Barsotti, A. Carpentiero, L. Businaro,R. Proietti Zaccaria, F. Stellacci and E. Di Fabrizio “Cross beam lithography (FIB+EBL) and dip pen nanolithography (DPN) for nanoparticle conductivity measurements” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 23,6 Nov/Dec 2005
  10. A. Colli, S. Hofmann, A. C. Ferrari, C. Ducati, F. Martelli, S. Rubini, S. Cabrini, A. Franciosi, J. Robertson; ”Low-temperature synthesis of ZnSe nanowires and nanosaws by catalystassisted molecular-beam epitaxy”; APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 86, 153103 (2005),
  11. S. Cabrini, A. Carpentiero, R. Kumar, L. Businaro, P. Candeloro, M. Prasciolu, A. Gosparini, C. Andreani, M. De Vittorio, T. Stomeo, E. Di Fabrizio; ”Focused ion beam lithography for two dimensional array structures for photonic applications”; Microelectronic Engineering 78–79 (2005) 11–15.

Education

Ph.D. in PHYSICS (Laurea degree), University of Rome "La Sapienza", Thesis entitled: "Theoretical - numerical analysis of Free Electron Laser systems operating in saturation regime."
Advisors: Prof. F. De Martini - Univ of Rome; Dr G. Dattoli, Dr E. Sabia - C.R.E. ENEA Frascati (Rome)

Past professional positions

2003 - 2006. Senior Scientist (Primo ricercatore) at INFM TASC (Istituto Nazionale Fisica Della Materia) at ELETTRA Synchrotron Light Source of Trieste Italy.
2001 – 2003. Senior researcher at Sincrotrone Triese ScpA . at the ELETTRA Synchrotron light source Trieste Italy.
1999 – 2001: Researcher at CNR Istituto di Elettronica dello Stato Solido (IESS) of Rome Italy.
1996 – 1997: Post-doc Fellowship at the IOTA, « Institut d’Optique Théorique et Appliquée », Orsay France on « X-Ray holographic microscopy »
1995 - 1996: Researcher at the robotics laboratories of the ENEA Casaccia (Rome) Italy.