Stefano Cabrini
Acting Facility Director, Nanofabrication Facilityscabrini@lbl.gov
510.486.7339
Research Interests
Micro-nano-fabrication, electron-beam lithography, focused ion beam lithography, focused electron beam induced deposition, Nanophotonics and plasmonics. Experience in semiconductor, NEMS, MEMS, optical, nanophotonic and plasmonic devices fabrication, and the development of new lithographic tools.
Current Projects
- Nano-photonics and Photonic Crystals
- Self-Collimation of Light over Millimeter-Scale Distance in a Quasi-Zero-Average-Index Metamaterial
Scientists at Berkeley Lab and the Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems-CNR in Naples, Italy have experimentally demonstrated—for the first time—the concept of optical antimatter, in which light travels through a material without being distorted. By engineering a material that focuses light through its internal structure, a beam of light can enter and exit unperturbed after traveling through millimeters of material. Learn more
- Self-Collimation of Light over Millimeter-Scale Distance in a Quasi-Zero-Average-Index Metamaterial
- Directed self-assembly for nano-photonics
- DNA directed assembly of nanoparticle linear structure for nanophotonics
The optical properties of metallic nanoparticles and their aggregates have attracted great interest for their application to nanophotonics. Theoretical computation shows that a selfsimilar linear chain of several metal nanospheres with progressively decreasing sizes and separations can work as an efficient nanolens. Learn more
- Baoquan Ding, Stefano Cabrini, Ronald N. Zuckermann, and Jeffrey Bokor
- DNA directed assembly of nanoparticle linear structure for nanophotonics
Selected publications
- V. Mocella, S. Cabrini, A. S. P. Chang, P. Dardano, L. Moretti, I. Rendina, D. Olynick, B. Harteneck, S. Dhuey; “Self-Collimation of Light over Millimeter-Scale Distance in a Quasi-Zero-Average-Index Metamaterial”; Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 133902 (2009).
- S. Babin, A. Bugrov, S. Cabrini, S. Dhuey, A. Goltsov, I. Ivonin, E.-B. Kley, C. Peroz, H. Schmidt, and V. Yankov; “Digital optical spectrometer-on-chip”; APL 95, 041105 (2009).
- Baoquan Ding, Stefano Cabrini, Ronald N. Zuckermann, and Jeffrey Bokor; “DNA directed assembly of nanoparticle linear structure for nanophotonics”; J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B Volume 27, Issue 1, pp. 184-187 (January 2009) .
- X. Liang; A. Chang; Y. Zhang; B. Harteneck; H. Choo; D. Olynick; S. Cabrini, "Electrostatic Force – Assisted Exfoliation of Pre-Patterned Few-Layer-Graphenes into Device Sites" Nano Lett., Vol. 9, No. 1, (2009).
- Zhao Hao,Michael C. Martin,Bruce Harteneck, Stefano Cabrini, and Erik H. Anderson: “Negative Index of Refraction Observed for Closed Ring Magnetic Dipole Resonators” APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 91 25 253119 (2007).
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.
