Stefan Strauf

Our group works on fundamental research in semiconductor quantum photonics and nanoelectronics and its applications for optoelectronic and quantum photonics devices. Applications target novel quantum light sources, nanolasers, tunable light detectors, spin-photon interfaces and quantum memories, as well as on-chip platforms for chiral light generation and optical quantum computing. A strong focus is to control the light-matter interaction on-chip, utilizing either dielectric or plasmonic nanocavities and to explore the photophysical properties of excitons and their interaction with phonons and plasmons at the nanoscale and in Moire superlattices. Our targeted materials are carbon nanotubes, graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides such as tungsten diselenide, ferromagnetic van der Waals crystals, as well as color centers in hexagonal boron nitride and nanodiamonds. Recent work also includes lithium niobate to enable on-chip nonlinear and acousto-optic (SAW) functionalities.
For more information please visit the nanophotonics lab web page.

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

The Nanophotonics Lab is located in Burchard B725

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

I consult regularly for the National Science Foundation

See experience

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

Dr. Strauf’s research in semiconductor quantum photonics has been funded by the National Science Foundation (CAREER, EPMD/DMR/MRI/EFRI), by the Army Research Office and Air Force OSR totaling $7 million.

Phase coherent solid state electron gyroscope array,
US20110140088A1

Active bandgap tuning of graphene for tunable photodetection applications, US20120153119A1

132 publication since 1998
cited 4318 times at h-index 32, i10-index 55, as of Sep 2023,
including 8 Nature subject journals, 15 Nano Letters or ACS Nano, 2 Advanced Materials, 4 PRLs, 8 APLs, 4 in 2D Materials. Two on the cover (Nature Photonics and Optica).

For a list see google scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rcAnYUMDr0oC&hl=en

Graduate Level:

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

PEP 501 Atomic Physics

PEP 509 Intermediate Waves and Optics

NANO 600 Nanoscale Science and Technology

NANO 525 Techniques of Surface and Nanoscience Characterization

Undergraduate Level:

PEP 209 Modern Optics

PEP 201/221/222 Sophomore Labs for scientists and engineers