Dr. Fabian Lofink

 

Professional Career

Since 2017   Head of Business Unit MEMS Applications, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT), Itzehoe (Germany), Microelectromechanical systems
2016 - 2017   Deputy Head of department Microsystems Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT), Itzehoe (Germany), Microelectromechanical systems
2013 - 2016   Research Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT), Itzehoe (Germany), Microelectromechanical systems
2009 - 2013   Research Scientist, University of Hamburg (Germany), Department of Physics, Magnetic systems of reduced dimensions"
2006 - 2008   Research Assistant, Technical University of Berlin (Germany) Interaction of clusters with intense light

 

Contact

Dr. Fabian Lofink
Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT)
Microsystem Technology
Fraunhoferstr. 1, 25524 Itzehoe
Phone. +49 (0) 4821 17-1198
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Projects and Positions

Description Role
A9 - Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors Project lead
Z1 - MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor Fabrication Project lead

 

CRC-related Publications

M. Samadi, J. Schmalz, J. M. Meyer, F. Lofink, M. Gerken: Phononic-Crystal-Based SAW Magnetic-Field Sensors, SMicromachines, 14(11), 2130, 2023. 
M. F. Niekiel, J. M. Meyer, H. Lewitz, A. Kittmann, M. A. Nowak, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, J.-H. Zollondz:  What MEMS Research and Development Can Learn from a Production Environment, Sensors, Dec., 23(12), 5549, 2023. 
G. Masciocchi, J. W. van der Jagt, M.-A. Syskaki, A. Lamperti, N. Wolff, A. Lotnyk, J. Langer, L. Kienle, G. Jakob, B. Borie, A. Kehlberger, D. Ravelosona, M. Kläui: Control of Magnetoelastic Coupling in Ni/Fe Multilayers using He+ ion Irradiation, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 121, issue 18 , 182401, 2022.
N. Wolff, M. R. Islam, L. Kirste, S. Fichtner, F. Lofink, A. Žukauskaitė, L. Kienle: Al1−xScxN Thin Films at High Temperatures: Sc-Dependent Instability and Anomalous Thermal Expansion, Micromachines, no. 13, issue 8 , 01282, 2022.
M. T. Bodduluri , B.Gojdka , N.Wolff , L. Kienle , T. Lisec, F. Lofink: Article Investigation of Wafer-Level Fabricated Permanent Micromagnets for MEMS, Micromachines , no. 13, issue 5, pp. 742, 2022.
J. Su , S. Fichtner , M. Zubair Ghori , N. Wolff , M. R. Islam , A. Lotnyk , D. Kaden , F. Niekiel, L. Kienle, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Growth of Highly c-Axis Oriented AlScN Films on Commercial Substrates, Micromachines , no. 13, issue 5, pp. 783, 2022.
J. M. Meyer, V. Schell, J. Su, S. Fichtner, E. Yarar, F. Niekiel, T. Giese, A. Kittmann, L. Thormählen, V. Lebedev, S. Moench, A. Žukauskaitė, E. Quandt, F. Lofink: Thin-Film-Based SAW Magnetic Field Sensors, Sensors, vol. 21, no. 24, 8166, 2021.
M.R. Islam, N. Wolff, M. Yassine, G. Schönweger, B. Christian, H. Kohlstedt, O. Ambacher, F. Lofink, L. Kienle, S. Fichtner: On the Exceptional Temperature Stability of Ferroelectric Al1-xScxN Thin Films, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 118, issue 23, 232905, 2021.
N. Wolff, S. Fichtner, B. Haas, M.R. Islam, F. Niekiel, M. Kessel, O. Ambacher, C. Koch, B. Wagner, F. Lofink, L. Kienle: Atomic Scale Confirmation of Ferroelectric Polarization Inversion in Wurtzite-Type AlScN, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 129, issue 3, 034103, 2021.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, L. Thormaehlen, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: AlScN-Based MEMS Magnetoelectric Sensor, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 117, issue 13, 132903, 2020.
S. Zuo, J. Schmalz, M.-Ö. Özden, M. Gerken, J. Su, F. Niekiel, F. Lofink, K. Nazarpour, H. Heidari: Ultrasensitive Magnetoelectric Sensing System for Pico-Tesla MagnetoMyoGraphy, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 14, issue 5, 2020.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Frequency Tunable Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Field, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 30, no. 7, 2020.
A. Kittmann, C. Müller, P. Durdaut, L. Thormählen, V. Schell, F. Niekiel, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, R. Knöchel, M. Höft, J. McCord, E. Quandt: Sensitivity and Noise Analysis of SAW Magnetic Field Sensors with varied Magnetostrictive Layer Thicknesses, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 311, 111998, 2020.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Frequency Tunable Resonant Magnetoelectric Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Field, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 30, no. 7, 2020.
V. Schell, C. Müller, P. Durdaut, A. Kittmann, L. Thormählen, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, M. Höft, J. McCord, E. Quandt: Magnetic Anisotropy Controlled FeCoSiB Thin Films for Surface Acoustic Wave Magnetic Field Sensors, AIP Applied Physics Letters, vol. 116, issue 7, 073503, 2020.
F. Niekiel, J. Su, M.T. Bodduluri, T. Lisec, L. Blohm, I. Pieper, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Highly Sensitive MEMS Magnetic Field Sensors with Integrated Powder-Based Permanent Magnets, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 297, 11560, 2019.
J. Su, F. Niekiel, S. Fichtner, C. Kirchhof, D. Meyners, E. Quandt, B. Wagner, F. Lofink: Piezoelectric MEMS Sensors for the Detection of Weak Magnetic Signals with Adjustable Resonance, MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2019, 28. – 30. Oktober 2019, Berlin, pp. 72-75, 2019.
E. Yarar, S. Fichtner, P. Hayes, A. Piorra, T. Reimer, T. Lisec, P. Frank, B. Wagner, F. Lofink, D. Meyners, E. Quandt: MEMS-Based AlScN Resonating Energy Harvester With Solidified Powder Magnet, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 28(6), 1019-1031, 2019. 
S. Fichtner, N. Wolff, F. Lofink, L. Kienle, B. Wagner: AlScN: A III-V Semiconductor Based Ferroelectric, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 125, issue 11, 114103, 2019.
S. Fichtner, N. Wolff, G. Krishnamurthy, A. Petraru, S. Bohse, F. Lofink, S. Chemnitz, H. Kohlstedt, L. Kienle, B. Wagner: Identifying and Overcoming the Interface Originating C-Axis Instability in Highly Sc Enhanced AlN for Piezoelectric Micro-Electromechanical Systems, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 122, issue 3, 035301, 2017.