Unit News

Research Update

Novel method reveals small microplastics throughout Japan’s subtropical ocean

Samples taken from the ocean surrounding the subtropical island of Okinawa have revealed the presence of microplastics in all six areas surveyed, finds new study.

23 December 2020

Research Update

Trapping tiny particles: A versatile tool for nanomanipulation

Researchers have developed a novel device for single nanoparticle trapping which has potential applications for drug discovery, disease monitoring, biomedical imaging, and more.

Research Update

Exciting apparatus helps atoms see the light

Researchers study unusual particles involved in quantum information processing.

26 February 2020

Research Update

Illuminating the World of Nanoparticles

Researchers develop cutting-edge optical resonators with applications in biosensing.

08 January 2020

Light-Matter Interactions Unit in the News

Research Update

Bubbles and Whispers - Glass Bubbles Boost Nanoparticle Detection

OIST-fabricated sensor detects tiny particles with field of bouncing light

Institutional News

Micro-bubbles and Frequency Combs

Optics research into glass micro-bubbles resonators produces interesting non-linear effects in the visible regime

30 January 2017

Research Update

How Shaping Light can Change Particle Behavior

Interactions between tiny particles trapped in light found to differ, depending on the light’s shape.

Research Update

Using Atoms to Turn Optical Nanofiber Guided Light On and Off

OIST team has created a light-mediated on/off switch in optical nanofibers that could be used for transferring quantum information in the future.

08 December 2015

Research Update

Light as Puppeteer

Controlling particles with light and microfibers

Research Update

New Fabrication and Thermo-Optical Tuning of Whispering Gallery Microlasers

OIST scientists have developed a new, simple and quick way to make any number microlasers on a single structure.

Research Update

New Unit Profile: Shedding Light on Light and Matter

Professor Síle Nic Chormaic and her band of sixteen researchers study the interactions of two foundational components of our world -- light and matter.

30 November 2012

Institutional News

Quantum Researchers Descend on OIST

Quantum@OIST, which took place from May 7-10, was a little different from the usual research workshop. The seminar was organized by new faculty members Thomas Busch, Síle Nic Chormaic, and Nic Shannon as a way of introducing their group members to OIST, and OIST to the new units.