Stefan Preble

Assistant Professor

Rochester Institute of Technology 

Microsystems Engineering 

Phone: (585) 475-2625

Fax: (585) 475-6879

Office: 17-2515 

e-mail: sfpeen@rit.edu

Group Website: nanophotonics.rit.edu

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Ph.D.  Cornell University, 2007  

 M.S.  Cornell University, 2007

 B.S.   Rochester Institute of Technology, 2002

Research Interests

Preble's group is developing ultrasmall devices that leverage the high bandwidths, low powers, low latencies and sensitivities that are possible with light. The devices and systems we are developing will revolutionize future microprocessor, communication, and sensing systems. These nanophotonic devices are primarily integrated on a silicon CMOS platform in order to leverage the mature fabrication techniques that are used in the microelectronics industry. This integration will enable unprecedented electro-optical information systems that one day will be able to process hundreds of terabits of information on a low cost chip.

Selected Publications

  •   S. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Changing the Colour of Light in a Silicon Resonator,ˇ± Nature Photonics 1, (2007). [PDF]

  •   P. Dong, S. Preble, J. Robinson, S. Manipatruni, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Inducing Photonic Transitions between Discrete Modes in a Silicon Optical Microcavity,ˇ± Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 033904 (2008). [PDF]

  •   P. Dong, S. Preble, and M. Lipson, ˇ°All-Optical Compact Silicon Comb Switch,ˇ± Opt. Express 15, (2007). [PDF]

  •   J. Robinson, S. Preble, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Imaging highly confined modes in sub-micron scale silicon waveguides using Transmission-based Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy,ˇ± Opt. Express 14, (2006). [PDF]

  •   A. Gondarenko, S. Preble, J. Robinson, L. Chen, H. Lipson, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Spontaneous Emergence of Periodic Patterns in a Biologically Inspired Simulation of Photonic Structures,ˇ± Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, (2006). [PDF]

  •   S. Preble, Q. Xu, B. Schmidt, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Ultrafast all-optical modulation on a silicon chip,ˇ± Opt. Lett. 30, (2005). [PDF]

  •   S. Preble, H. Lipson, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Two-dimensional photonic crystals designed by evolutionary algorithms,ˇ± Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, (2005). [PDF]

  •   B. Schmidt, V. Almeida, C. Manolatou, S. Preble, and M. Lipson, ˇ°Nano-cavity in a Silicon waveguide for ultra sensitive detection,ˇ± Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, (2004). [PDF]


  • Stefan Preble ˇ¤ Microsystems Engineering ˇ¤ Rochester Institute of Technology ˇ¤ 77 Lomb Memorial Drive ˇ¤ Rochester, NY 14623