Presentations

2024

  • A Vylegzhanin. Nanofiber-based state-insensitive light-induced magnetic field trap for ground and Rydberg Rubidium-87 atom (poster): Ultracold Atoms Japan, Okinawa, Japan, 09 April 2024.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Metamaterial plasmonic arrays for particle trapping and detection (contributed talk): Nanolight 2024, Benasque, Spain, 01 March 2024. 
  • F Hassan, V G Truong, S Nic Chormaic and C Luscombe. Bioinspired pkotonic materials from cellulose and functionalization by photochromic molecular switch (poster): OIST-Kyudai Joint Symposium Series 1: Bio-Inspired Wonders and Energy Innovations, Okinawa, Japan, 29 February 2024.
  • A Vylegzhanin. Excitation of Rb-87 Rydberg atoms next to an optical nanofiber (seminar): ICFO,  Barcelona, Spain, 27 February 2024.
  • S Nic Chormaic, From cold atoms to microbeads - manipulation using ultrathin fibres.  Optica Student Chapter Lecture IISER Pune, India, online, 13 February 2024.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Optical nanofiber based hybrid quantum systems (invited talk)SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 01 February 2024.

2023

  • M Maeda. Optical nanofiber microcavity for non-atomic strong coupling quantum system (poster): QIT49, Okinawa, Japan, 17-19 December 2023.
  • D Brown. Excitation of Rydberg atoms next to an optical nanofiber for waveguide QED experiments (contributed talk): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • A Vylegzhanin. Nanofiber-based state-insensitive fictitious magnetic field trap for ground and Rydberg state 87Rb atom (contributed talk): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • M Maeda. Fabry-Pérot fiber cavity with a higher-order mode optical nanofiber: manipulation of polarization topology (contributed talk): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, K Tian, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Interfacing single NV–centers in diamonds with low dimensional optical cavities for all-fiber quantum networks (contributed talk): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • P Praveen Kamath, V G Truong, S Sil and S Nic Chormaic. Janus particle trapping in the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • S Begumya, M Z Jalaludeen, K Tian, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Creation and characterization of NV centers in diamond (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • S Sil, P Praveen Kamath, V G Truong, S Sil and S Nic Chormaic. Demonstration of transverse spin of light by probing anisotropic particle in evanescent field (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • Z Shahrabifarahani, M Maeda, J Everett, W Li and S Nic Chormaic. Structured optical nanofibers for atom trapping (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15 December 2023.
  • A Jose, R Madugani, R Singh and S Nic Chormaic. Detection of magnetotactic bacteria using a microbubble whispering gallery mode resonator (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • M Maeda. Optical nanofiber microcavity for non-atomic strong coupling quantum system (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • R Madugani. Microbubble whispering gallery mode resonators and applications (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • W Li, J Du, C M Wilson, M Bajcsy and S Nic Chormaic. Tailoring light-matter interaction using optical waveguide (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • G. A. Perez-Lobato, W Li and S Nic Chormaic. Thin film tailored optical nanofiber for strong light-matter interaction (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everret, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Excitation of Rydberg atoms at the interface of an Optical nanofiber (poster): ONNA2023, Okinawa, Japan, 15-16 December 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Optical nanofibres and cold rubidium atoms (QuCoLiMa Seminar): Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, 07 November 2023. 
  • F Hassan, V G Truong, S Nic Chormaic and C Luscombe. Light-Driven Molecular Switching Based on Liquid Crystalline Cellulosic Polymers (poster): 10th International Symposium On Photochromism, ISOP 2023, Nara, Japan, 07 November 2023.
  • S Begumya, M Z Jalaludeen, K Tian, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Femtosecond pulse laser writing of nitrogen vacancy defects in diamond (poster): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023.
  • P Praveen Kamath, V G Truong, S Sil and S Nic Chormaic. Simulation of Janus particle dynamics in the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber (poster): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023.
  • A Jose, R Madugani, R Singh and S Nic Chormaic. Detection of magnetotactic bacteria using a microbubble whispering gallery mode resonator (poster): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, K Tian, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Towards quantum communication with single NV centers and low dimensional optical microcavities (poster): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023.
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everret, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Excitation of Rydberg atoms at the interface of an Optical nanofiber (poster): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Optical nanofibers and nanofiber based particle trapping (invited talk): JSAP Photonics Division Workshop, Naha, Japan, 02 November 2023. 
  • F Hassan, V G Truong, S Nic Chormaic and C Luscombe. Light-Driven Cellulose Nanocrystals Enabled by Photochromic Molecular Switch (poster): 2023 Japan-US Symposia on Polymer Chemistry: Meeting the Challenges of a Sustainable Society with Macromolecules, OIST, Okinawa, Japan, 30 October 2023.
  • D Brown. Excitation of Rydberg atoms next to an optical nanofiber for waveguide QED experiments (seminar): University of Auckland Department of Physics Colloquium, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 Ocbtober 2023.
  • W Li, J Du, C M Wilson, M Bajcsy and S Nic Chormaic. Tailoring light-matter interaction using optical waveguide (poster): 1st International Workshop on Quantum Information Engineering (QIE2023), Okinawa, Japan, 11 October 2023.
  • D Brown. Excitation of Rydberg atoms next to an optical nanofiber for waveguide QED experiments (invited talk): Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics, Okinawa, Japan, 5 October 2023.
  • W Li, J Du, C M Wilson, M Bajcsy and S Nic Chormaic. Tailoring light-matter interaction using optical waveguide (poster): Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics, Okinawa, Japan, 29 September 2023.
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everret, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Evanescent field mediated Rydberg interactions via an Optical nanofiber (poster): Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics, Okinawa, Japan, 29 September 2023.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, K Tian, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Interfacing single photon sources with low dimensional optical microresonators (poster): Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics, Okinawa, Japan, 29 September 2023.
  • S Li, M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, K Tian and S Nic Chormaic. Characterization and modeling of hollow bottle microresonators (poster): Okinawa School in Physics: Coherent Quantum Dynamics, Okinawa, Japan, 29 September 2023.
  • VG Truong, P Praveen Kamath, S Sil, G Tkachenko and S Nic Chormaic. Selective trapping, rotation and propulsion of isotropic dielectric and composite Janus microparticles in the evanescent field of optical nanofibres (invited talk): JSAP Autumn meeting, Kumamoto, Japan, 19 September 2023.
  • T Rodemund, S Nic Chormaic, S Sinzinger and M Hentschel. Mesoscopic optics in coupled microcavities (poster): EOSAM 2023, Dijon, France, 13 September 2023. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Optical nanofibres and cold Rb atoms (seminar): Institute of Physics, Rostock University, Germany, 31 August 2023. 
  • P Praveen Kamath, V G Troung, S Sil and S Nic Chormaic. Simulation of particle dynamics in the evanescent field of an ultrathin optical fiber (contributed talk): SPIE Optics+Photonics 2023, San Diego, USA, 23 August 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic, Lectures on Quantum Sensing: International Summer School in Quantum Technologies, University of Birmingham, United Kindom, 01-10 August 2023. 
  • A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everett, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Rydberg excitation and Casimir-Polder interaction of 87Rb atoms mediated by an optical nanofiber (Hot topic talk): 792 WE Heraeus Seminar on Applications of Ultracold Rydberg Gases, Bad Honnef, Germany, 24 July 2023.
  • KR Choi, S Li, I Ozerov, F Bedu, DH Park, BC Joo, JW Wu, S Nic Chormaic and YU Lee.  Fabrication of plasmonic metasurfaces for fluorescence nanoscopy (poster): Journees Plenieres du GDR Plasmonique Actives, Marseille, France, 11 July 2023. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Trapping micro and nanoparticles using near-field optics (seminar): Dept. of Physics Seminar, Technische Universitaet Chemnitz, Germany, 21 June 2023. 
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everett, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Excitation of 87Rb Rydberg atoms to nS and nD states (n≤68) via an optical nanofiber (poster): 2023 Atomic Physics, Gordon Research Conference, Rhode Island, USA, 13 June 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Trapping particles using near-field optics (seminar): Dept. of Physics Colloquium, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, 12 June 2023. 
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, D Brown, D F Kornovan, J Everett, E Brion, J Robert and S Nic Chormaic. Excitation of 87Rb Rydberg atoms to nS and nD states (n≤68) via an optical nanofiber (poster): 2023 Atomic Physics, Gordon Research Seminar, Rhode Island, USA, 11 June 2023.
  • R Madugani. Optical microcavities, fabrication and applications (seminar): Joint Seminar of the Theory Groups, TU Chemnitz, University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany, 24 May 2023.
  • D Brown. Rydberg excitations next to optical nanofibers (seminar): University of Bonn Weekly Seminar, Germany, 19 May 2023.
  • D Kotsifaki, C Ripken, VG Truong and S Nic Chormaic. Using near-field optics to manipulate and characterise marine particles (invited talk): CLEO, San Jose, USA, 11 May 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic, Optical nanofibres and nanofibre based cavities (invited talk): wQED2023, Erice, Italy, 10 May 2023.  
  • S Nic Chormaic, G Tkachenko, C Esporlas, I Sanskriti and VG Truong. Manipulation of Janus particles using optical nanofibers (contributed talk): Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences - Optical Manipulation and Its Applications, Vancouver, Canada, 27 April 2023. 
  • E Stourm, M Lepers, J Robert, S Nic Chormaic, Klaus Moelmer and E Brion. Rydberg atoms in the vicinity of an optical nanofiber (contributed talk): Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences - Optical Manipulation and Its Applications, Vancouver, Canada, 26 April 2023. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Optical manipulation of Janus particles using optical nanofibers (invited talk - virtual session): MRS Spring Meeting 2023, San Francisco, USA, 26 April 2023. 
  • D Kotsifaki, T Bouloumis, VG Truong and S Nic Chormaic. Manipulation, trapping, and biosensing using metamaterial devices (contributed talk): Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences - Optical Manipulation and Its Applications, Vancouver, Canada, 25 April 2023. 
  • R Madugani, Z Cheng, P Wang and S Nic Chormaic. Spin-orbit coupling of light in the whispering gallery mode microcavities (contributed talk): ICNN 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 21 April 2023.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, Y Du, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Cavity quantum electrodynamics with single NV-centers and hollow whispering gallery resonators (poster): ICNN 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 20 April 2023.
  • P P Kamath, V G Troung, S Sil and S Nic Chormaic. Simulation of Janus particle in the evanescent field of a nanofiber (contributed talk): OMC 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 19 April 2023.
  • V G Truoung. Metamaterial plasmonic tweezers: Particle and molecule trapping, and its applications in ultrasensitive Escherichia coli Raman spectroscopy detection (contributed talk): OMC 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 19 April 2023.
  • S Sil, P P Kamath, V G Troung, G Tkachenko ans S Nic Chormaic. Optomechanical detection of the transverse spin of light using anisotropic probe particles in an evanescent field and optical tweezers (contributed talk): OMC 2023, Yokohama, Japan, 19 April 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Trapping particles using near-field optics (seminar): ISI Brno, Czech Republic, 23 March 2023. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Evanescent field trapping and manipulation from cold atoms to microparticles (seminar): University of Vienna, Austria, 21 March 2023. 
  • TD Bouloumis. Metamaterials for trapping and nanopositioning quantum emitters (contributed talk): Quantum Nanophotonics, Benasque, Spain, 16 March 2023. 
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Experimental techniques to characterize geometry of hollow whispering gallery resonators (contributed talk): SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 02 February 2023.
  • T Bouloumis, D G Kotsifaki and S Nic ChormaicFast trapping and positioning of multiple polystyrene nanoparticles in a metamaterial plasmonic array (contributed talk)SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 31 January 2023.
  • S Nic Chormaic, A Vylegzhanin, Z Shahrabifarahani, A Raj, A Zaitsev, S Abdrakhmanov, W Li, J L Everett, D Brown . Probing cold atom interactions via optical nanofibers (invited talk): SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 30 January 2023.
  • S Li, M Z Jalaludeen and S Nic Chormaic. Toward super-resolution quantum imaging with NV– nanodiamonds (seminar): Yeon Ui Lab, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea, 30 January 2023.

2022

  • A Vylegzhanin. Rydberg atoms excitation next to an optical nanofiber and education at OIST (seminar): Izmir institute of technology, Izmir, Turkey, 27 December 2022.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Charactezation and theoretical modeling of hollow bottle-like WGM microresonators (seminar): Takeuchi Lab, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 28 November 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic. From cold atoms to microbeads - manipulation using optical nanofibres (seminar): 5th Institute of Physics, Stuttgart University, Germany, 28 November 2022. 
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, Y Saleh, D Brown and S Nic Chormaic. Rydberg atom interactions with an optical nanofiber (poster): German Conference of Women in Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany, 26 November 2022.
  • D Kotsifaki, T Bouloumis, V G Trouong and S Nic Chormaic. Plasmonic Fano-resonant metamaterial for nanoparticle trapping and biosensing (invited talk): SPIE-CLP Conference on Advance Photonics 2022, Shanghai, China (online), 16 November 2022.
  • D Kotsifaki, V G Truong, T Bouloumis and S Nic Chormaic. Nanoparticle trapping and biosensing using plasmonic metamaterial chips (invited talk by video): Optics& Photonics Japan 2022, Utsunomiya, Japan, 14 November 2022.
  • A Vylegzhanin, A Raj, Y Saleh, D Brown and S Nic Chormaic. Ryberg atom interactions with an optical nanofiber (poster): TSQS 2022 Hybrid conference, Tokyo, Japan, 10 November 2022. 
  • A Raj, A Vylegzhanin, Y Saleh, D Brown and S Nic Chormaic. Highly excited atom interactions with an optical nanofiber (poster): OIST Center for Quantum Technologies Mini Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, 09 November 2022.
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Begumya, Y Du, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Cavity quantum electrodynamics with single NV− centers and hollow whispering gallery resonators (poster) : OIST Center for Quantum Technologies Mini Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, 09 November 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Manipulating and trapping particles using near-field optics (invited webinar online): Optical Trapping and Manipulation in Molecular and Cellular Biology Technical Group, Optica, 09 November 2022.  
  • Z Shahrabifarahani. Designing an experiment for four-wave mixing with optical nanofiber evanescent dipole-trapped atoms (poster):  TSQS 2022 Hybrid conference, Tokyo, Japan, 08 November 2022. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. From cold atoms to microbead manipulation using ultrathin optical fibres (invited lecture online): IEEE-Optica IIT Bombay Photonics Student Chapters Invited Lecturer, 04 November 2022.  
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Li and S Nic Chormaic.  Internal structure of hollow microbubble resonators (Poster): Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2022, Rochester, USA, 19 October 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Using optical nanofibres to mediate cold atom interactions (invited talk): DAALI Workshop "Delving into light-matter interactions and their applications", Barcelona, Spain, 13 October 2022. 
  • S Nic Chormaic.  From cold atoms to microbeads - manipulation using ultrathin optical fibre (seminar): Maynooth University, Ireland, 05 October 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Using optical nanofibres to mediate cold atom interactions (contributed talk): EOSAM 2022, Porto, Portugal, 13 September 2022.  
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Manipulating and trapping particles from atoms to Janus spheres using optical nanofibres (plenary and Rank Prize Lecture): Photon UK, Nottingham, England, 31 August 2022. 
  • G Tkachenko, VG Truong and S Nic Chormaic. Particle manipulation using evanescent light fields of optical nanofibres (contributed talk): LIP Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 23 August 2022.  
  • M Z Jalaludeen, S Li and S Nic Chormaic. Characterization and modelling of microbubble microcavities (contributed talk): APPC 2022 (online), Korea, 24 August 2022.  
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Optical nanofibre dipole traps and Rydberg atom interactions (invited talk): APPC 2022 (online), Korea, 23 August 2022.  
  • S Nic Chormaic, A Vylegzhanin, Z Shahrabifarahani, A Raj, RK Gupta, D Brown, JL Everett.  Hybrid quantum systems using optical nanofibres integrated with cold rubidium atoms (invited talk): CLEO Pacific Rim 2022, Sapporo, Japan, 04 August 2022.
  • S Li, K Tian, M Z Jalaludeen and S Nic Chormaic. Photogrammetry of asymmetric microcavities (contributed talk): CLEO Pacific Rim 2022, Sapporo, Japan, 04 August 2022.
  • D Brown. Toward A 1D Chain Of Cold Rydberg Atoms Next To An Optical Nanofiber (poster): CLEO Pacific Rim 2022, Sapporo, Japan, 04 August 2022.
  • D Brown. Toward A 1D Chain Of Cold Rydberg Atoms Next To An Optical Nanofiber (poster): ICAP 2022, Toronto, Canada, 19 July 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic. Near-field optics for trapping and manipulating micro- and nanoparticles (invited talk): Optical Sensors and Sensing Conference, Vancouver, Canada (hybrid), 12 July 2022. 
  • S Nic Chormaic. Single nanoparticle trapping using metamaterial-assisted optical tweezers (contributed talk): Plasmonica 2022, Turin, Italy, 08 July 2022
  • A Vylegzhanin. Highly Excited Atom Interactions with an Optical Nanofiber (online contributed talk): Quantum 2.0 conference, Everett, USA (hybrid), 16 June 2022.
  • D Brown. Towards a 1d chain of Rydberg atoms interfaced with an optical nanofiber (online contributed talk): Quantum 2.0 conference, Everett, USA (hybrid), 16 June 2022.
  • J Everett. Machine learner optimization of atom loading in optical nanofiber-based evanescent dipole traps (e-Poster): Quantum 2.0 conference, Everett, USA (hybrid), 15 June 2022.
  • V G Truong. Particle Trapping and Manipulation in the Evanescent Field of Ultrathin Optical Fibres (online seminar): Wuhan University of Technology, China, 9 June 2022.
  • J Keloth.  Towards interfacing quantum emitters with optical nanofiber cavities (online seminar): Wuhan University of Technology, China, 23 May 2022.
  • J Everett. Machine learner optimization of optical nanofiber atom trap loading (online seminar): Wuhan University of Technology, China, 19 May 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Optical nanofibre research from atomic physics to particle manipulation (online seminar).  Wuhan University of Technology, China, 19 May 2022. 
  • V G Truong, D Kotsifaki and S Nic Chormaic. Transport and trapping of nanoscale particles in a steep plasmonic photothermal temperature gradient (contributed talk). OMC 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 20 April 2022.
  • T Bouloumis, D Kotsifaki and S Nic Chormaic. Nanoparticle positioning via metamaterial plasmonic tweezers (contributed talk): OMC 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 18 April 2022.
  • S Li, M Z Jalaludeen, K Tian and S Nic Chormaic. Low-dimensional whispering gallery mode microcavities for enhanced light-matter interactions: From rolled-up microtubes to bottle-like nanocapillaries (contributed talk): ICNN 2022, Yokohama, Japan, 18 April 2022.
  • D Brown. Towards a 1D chain of Rydberg atoms interfaced with an optical nanofiber (invited talk). Ultracold Atoms Japan 2022, Okinawa, Japan, 14 April 2022.
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Manipulating and trapping particles using evanescent light fields (seminar): School of Physical Sciences, DCU Dublin, Ireland, 24 February 2022.  
  • S Nic Chormaic.  Engineering whispering gallery resonators for nolinear optics, photonics, and sensing applications (invited talk): WOMA 2022 (online), 07 February 2022.  

 

Presentations 2012-2021