dr. P. M. Sberna

Technician
Terahertz Sensing (THZ), Department of Microelectronics

Expertise: Clean room scientist, expert of Solid State Physics, Material Science, Chemistry and Micro-fabrication

Themes: Applied Electromagnetics, Experimental Astronomy, Quasi-Optical Systems

Biography

Paolo Maria Sberna was born in Palermo (Italy) in 1987. In 2009 he received the bachelor degree in physics (cum laude) at the University of Catania (Italy) with a thesis on Bose-Einstein condensation. In 2011 he received the master degree in physics (cum laude) at the University of Catania with the thesis: “Quantum confinement effects on Si nano-crystals observed with Raman spectroscopy”. In 2015, he completed the PhD, at the University of Catania and partly at the NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal), with the thesis: “Novel Approaches to Photoactive Nano-structured Materials for Efficient Solar Cells”. From May 2015 he is working at TU Delft. The topic covered during the first two year has been low-temperature Si thin-film transistors fabrication by solution-processing. From 2017 he is working on III-V photoconductive antennas for THz applications in the group of Prof. A. Neto. His specialties are Solid State Physics, Material Science, Chemistry and Micro-fabrication.

Publications

  1. High-Strength Amorphous Silicon Carbide for Nanomechanics
    Xu, Minxing; Shin, Dongil; Sberna, Paolo M.; van der Kolk, Roald; Cupertino, Andrea; Bessa, Miguel A.; Norte, Richard A.;
    Advanced Materials,
    pp. 2306513, 2023.

  2. Fabrication and Characterization of a Leaky Lens Photo-Conductive Antenna on Low Temperature Grown GaAs Membranes
    Juan Bueno; Paolo M. Sberna; Arturo Fiorellini-Bernardis; Huasheng Zhang; Andrea Neto; Nuria Llombart;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 13, Issue 5, pp. 431-439, Sep. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2023.3281770

  3. Time Domain Modelling of Pulsed Photo Conducting Sources. Part II: Characterization of a LT-GaAs Bow Tie Antenna
    Arturo Fiorellini-Bernardis; Paolo M. Sberna; Juan Bueno; Huasheng Zhang; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
    Volume 71, Issue 3, pp. 2536 - 2545, Mar. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2023.3236763

  4. Experimental setup for the characterization of a quasi-optical link between two pulsed photoconductive antennas
    Huasheng Zhang; Juan Bueno; Paolo M. Sberna; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In European Conference of Antennas and Propagation,
    Florence, Italy, 26 - 31 Mar. 2023.

  5. On the Experimental Characterization of Generated and Received Pulses of Photoconductive Antennas
    Huasheng Zhang; Juan Bueno; Paolo M. Sberna; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    Montreal, Canada, 17-22 Sep. 2023. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz57677.2023.10299090

  6. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    Bruno T. Buijtendorp; Juan Bueno; David J. Thoen; Vignesh Murugesan; Paolo M. Sberna; Jochem J. A. Baselmans; Sten Vollebregt; Akira Endo;
    Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems,
    Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 028006, 2022. DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.028006

  7. A Leaky Enhanced Photo-Conductive Connected Array for Broadband Generation of THz Power
    Juan Bueno; Martijn Huiskes; Huasheng Zhang; Paolo M. Sberna; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    Delft, Netherlands, 28 Aug. - 2 Sep. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz50927.2022.9895896

  8. Leaky Enhanced Photo-Conductive Connected Array for Efficient Generation of THz Power
    Juan Bueno; Martijn Huiskes; Huasheng Zhang; Paolo Sberna; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In European Conference of Antennas and Propagation,
    Madrid, Spain, 27 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2022.

  9. On the Modelling of a Quasi-Optical Link Between Two Photoconductive Antennas Under Pulsed Laser Illumination
    Huasheng Zhang; Andrea Neto; Juan Bueno; Paolo Sberna; Nuria Llombart;
    In European Conference of Antennas and Propagation,
    Madrid, Spain, 27 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2022.

  10. Drude Dispersion in the Transmission Line Modelling of Bulk Absorbers at Sub-mm Wave Frequencies: A Tool for Absorber Optimization
    R.M. van Schelven; Fiorellini Bernardis, A.; P. Sberna; A. Neto;
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine,
    2021. Early Access. DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2021.3073092

  11. Leaky Lens Photo-Conductive Antennas on Low Temperature GaAs Membranes
    Paolo Sberna; Arturo Fiorellini Bernardis; Alessandro Garufo; Juan Bueno; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
    Düsseldorf, Germany, Mar. 22-26 2021.

  12. On the Accurate Characterization of Pulsed Photo Conductive Sources: Theory Vs Measurements
    Arturo Fiorellini Bernardis; Paolo Sberna; Juan Bueno; Nuria Llombart; Andrea Neto;
    In 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
    Düsseldorf, Germany, Mar. 22-26 2021.

  13. Leaky Lens Photo-Conductive Antennas on LT GaAs membranes
    Sberna, Paolo Maria; Fiorellini Bernardis, Arturo; Garufo, Alessandro; Bueno, Juan; Llombart, Nuria; Neto, Andrea;
    In 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    2021.

  14. On the Power Radiated by Photo Conductive Sources
    Arturo Fiorellini-Bernardis; Huasheng Zhang; Paolo Sberna; Juan Bueno ; Andrea Neto; Nuria Llombart;
    In 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    Chengdu, China, 29 Aug. - 3 Sep. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz50926.2021.9567350

  15. On the Design of Bulk Absorbers at THz frequencies
    A. Neto; R. van Schelven; P. Sberna;
    In 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
    Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2020.

  16. Synthesis of Efficient Bulk Absorbers at THz Frequencies
    A. Neto; R. van Schelven; P. Sberna;
    In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium,
    Montréal, Canada, Jul. 5-10 2020.

  17. Characterization of low-loss hydrogenated amorphous silicon films for superconducting resonators
    B.T. Buijtendorp; J. Bueno; D.J. Thoen; V. Murugesan P.M. Sberna; J.J.A. Baselmans; S. Vollebregt; A. Endo;
    In Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy X,
    SPIE, International Society for Optics and Photonics, pp. 459 - 472, 2020. DOI: 10.1117/12.2562233

  18. A Connected Array of Coherent Photoconductive Pulsed Sources to Generate mW Average Power in the Submillimeter Wavelength Band
    A.Garufo; P.M. Sberna; G. Carluccio; J.R. Freeman; D.R. Bacon; J. Bueno; J.J.A. Baselmans; E.H. Linfield; A.G. Davies; N. Llombart; A. Neto;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 221-236, May 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2019.2896791
    document

  19. Pulsed photoconductive connected slot array operating at the sub-mm wavelength band
    A. Garufo; P. Sberna; G. Carluccio; J.R. Freeman; D.R. Bacon; L. Li, J. Bueno; J.J.A. Baselmans; E.H. Linfield; A.G. Davies; I.E. Lager; N. Llombart; A. Neto;
    In Proc. 49th European Microwave Conference - EuMC,
    pp. 820-823, 2019.

  20. Signal to Noise Ratio Budget of a Pico-Seconds Pulsed Radar System for Stand-Off Imaging
    Fiorellini Bernardis, A.; Sberna, P.; Neto, A.; Llombart, N.;
    In 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW THz-2019),
    Paris, France, Sep. 2019.

  21. Time Domain Circuit Representation of Photoconductive Gaps in Antennas for Pulsed Terahertz Time Domain Systems
    Fiorellini Bernardis, A.; Sberna, P.; Neto, A.; Llombart, N.;
    In 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW THz-2019),
    Paris, France, Sep. 2019.

  22. Signal to Noise Ratio for a Pico-Seconds Pulsed Radar for Imaging at Stand-Off Distances
    Fiorellini Bernardis, A.; Sberna,P.; Neto, A.; Llombart, N.;
    In 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation,
    Krakow, Poland, Mar. 31 - Apr. 5 2019.

  23. Signal to Noise Ratio Budget of a Pico-Seconds Pulsed Radar System for Stand-Off Imaging
    Fiorellini Bernardis, A.; Sberna, P.; Neto, A.; Llombart, N.;
    In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium,
    Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Jul. 7-12 2019.

  24. Vacuum assisted liquified metal (VALM) TSV filling method with superconductive material
    J. A. Alfaro; P. M. Sberna; C. Silvestri; M. Mastrangeli; R. Ishihara; P. M. Sarro;
    In IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS),
    Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, pp. 547-550, Jan. 21-25 2018. DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2018.8346611
    document

  25. Solution-Based Fabrication of Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistors from Recycled Polysilanes
    P. M. Sberna; M. Trifunovic; R. Ishihara;
    ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.,
    Volume 5, Issue 7, pp. 5642-5645, 2017.
    document

  26. Analysis of polydihydrosilane crystallization by excimer laser annealing
    M. Trifunovic; P. M. Sberna; T. Shimoda; R. Ishihara;
    Thin Solid Films,
    Volume 638, pp. 73-80, 2017.
    document

  27. Solution-based polycrystalline silicon transistors produced on a paper substrate
    M. Trifunovic; P. M. Sberna; T. Shimoda; R. Ishihara;
    npj Flexible Electronics,
    Volume 1, Issue 12, Dec. 2017. DOI: 10.1038/s41528-017-0013-x
    document

  28. Sputtered cuprous oxide thin films and nitrogen doping by ion implantation
    P. M. Sberna; I. Crupi; F. Moscatelli; V. Privitera; F. Simone; M. Miritello;
    Thin Solid Films,
    Volume 600, pp. 71-75, 2016.
    document

  29. Effects of Mg doping on Cu2O thin films and their behavior on the TiO2/Cu2O heterojunction solar cells
    K. Kardarian; D. Nunes; P. M. Sberna; A. Ginsburg; D. A. Keller; J. Vas Pinto; J. Deuermeier; A. Y. Anderson; A. Zaban; R. Martins; E. Fortunato;
    Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells,
    Volume 147, pp. 27-36, 2016.
    document

  30. TiO2/Cu2O All-Oxide Heterojunction Solar Cells Produced by Spray Pyrolysis
    M. Pavan; S. Rühle; A. Ginsburg; D. A. Keller; H. Barad; P. M. Sberna; D. Nunes; R. Martins; A. Y. Anderson; A. Zaban; E. Fortunato;
    Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells,
    Volume 132, pp. 549-556, Jan. 2015.
    document

  31. Fe ion-implanted TiO2 thin film for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
    G. Impellizzeri; V. Scuderi; L. Romano; P. M. Sberna; E. Arcadipane; R. Sanz; F. Simone; V. Privitera;
    J. Appl. Phys.,
    Volume 116, Issue 173507, 2014.
    document

  32. Nanofabrication processes for innovative nanohole-based solar cells
    C. Garozzo; C. Bongiorno; S. Di Franco; M. Italia; A. La Magna; S. Scalese; P. M. Sberna; R. A. Puglisi;
    Phys. Status Solidi A,
    Volume 210, Issue 8, pp. 1564-1570, 2013.
    document

  33. Competition between uncatalyzed and catalyzed growth during the plasma synthesis of Si nanowires and its role on their optical properties
    C. Garozzo; A. La Magna; G. Mannino; V. Privitera; S. Scalese; P. M. Sberna; F. Simone; R. A. Puglisi;
    J. Appl. Phys.,
    Volume 113, Issue 214313, 2013.
    document

  34. Enhanced light scattering in Si nanostructures produced by pulsed laser irradiation
    P. M. Sberna; G. G. Scapellato; N. Piluso; S. Boninelli; M. Miritello; I. Crupi; E. Bruno; V. Privitera; F. Simone; S. Mirabella;
    Appl. Phys. Lett.,
    Volume 103, Issue 221902, 2013.
    document

  35. Raman and photoluminascence spectroscopy of Si nanocrystals: Evidence of a form factor
    G. Faraci; G. Mannino; A. R. Pennisi; R. Ruggeri; P. M. Sberna; V. Privitera;
    J. Appl. Phys.,
    Volume 113, Issue 063518, 2013.
    document

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Last updated: 28 Jun 2023