Mini Symposium: Optical Trapping

Programme:

9:00 – 9:05  Opening remarks by Prof Nic Chormaic
9:05 - 10:05  Dr Yoshihiro Arita (University of St Andrews, Scotland):Let nothing slow you down: new perspectives in optical manipulation
10:05 – 11:05 Prof Etienne Brasselet (University of Bordeaux I, France):Chiral optomechanics
11:05 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30 Dr Simon Hanna (University of Bristol, UK):Optimising forces and torques in optical fields
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Prof Jack Tsz Fai NG (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong):Engineering Optical Forces: Realizing Tractor Beam and Conservative Potential Energy
15:00 – 15:30 Dr Jonathan Ward (OIST Graduate University, Japan): Whispering Gallery Resonator experiments
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Dr Vandna Gokhroo (OIST Graduate University, Japan): Experiments on cold ⁸⁷Rb atoms using an optical nanofiber
16:30 – 17:00 Dr Marios Sergides (OIST Graduate University, Japan): Manipulation of micro- and nano-particles by using various devices