Pacifico Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan

21–24 April 2020

Optical Manipulation and Structured
Materials Conference (OMC 2020)
Program Committee: Masaaki Ashida, Osaka Univ. (Japan); Satoshi Ashihara, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan);Yung-Fu Chen, National Chiao Tung Univ. (Taiwan); Síle Nic Chormaic, Okinawa Institute of Science andTechnology Graduate Univ. (Japan); Yasuyuki Kimura, Kyushu Univ. (Japan); Kyoko Kitamura, Kyoto
Institute of Technology (Japan); Yuichi Kozawa, Tohoku Univ. (Japan); Yoko Miyamoto, The Univ. ofElectro-Communications (Japan); Ryuji Morita, Hokkaido Univ. (Japan); Kei Murakoshi, Hokkaido Univ.
(Japan); Kyoko Namura, Kyoto Univ. (Japan); Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei Univ. (Korea, Republic of);
Seigo Ohno, Tohoku Univ. (Japan); Hiromi Okamoto, Institute for Molecular Science (Japan); Ichiro Shoji,Chuo Univ. (Japan); Yasuhiro Sugawara, Osaka Univ. (Japan);Yasuyuki Tsuboi, Osaka City Univ. (Japan)
Conventional optical tweezers based on optical radiation
forces (scattering, absorption and gradient forces)
produced by a tightly focused laser beam have been
primarily applied to particles with a dimension rangefrom hundreds of nanometers to tens of micrometers.
However, they do not always enable us to efficiently
trap and manipulate particles at the nanoscale. New
technology that significantly reinforces optical radiation
at the nanoscale has been strongly desired.
Sub-wavelength structured materials, including metamaterials, metasurfaces, and photonic crystals, provides new research opportunities for optical manipulation and structured optical field generation beyond thecapabilities of bulk-optics approaches. Furthermore, interaction between structured optical fields and matterson the sub-wavelength scale will produce new physicaleffects, such as spin-orbital momentum coupling. TheOMC 2020 also welcomes fundamental researches,
advanced technologies and innovative applications enabled by structured materials.
The OMC 2020 event is organized and sponsoredby the SPIE in cooperation with several academic
societies and associations. OMC 2020 will include
the latest research and new technologies for opticalradiation forces in the field of optical trappings andmanipulations, as well as related topics.
In particular, the conference welcomes research on
structured optical fields, plasmon-resonant fields, metamaterials, and other topics related to optical manipula-tion. This conference will also provide opportunities
for scientific and professional networking, and scientific inspiration to the attendees. All abstracts will bepeer-reviewed by the program committee.
Topics of interest include the following fields:• structured optical fields, including beam
shaping, polarization control, pulse shaping,frequency extension, and ultrafast laser
technologies• optical trapping and manipulation, including
optical tweezer, holographic opticalmanipulation, plasmon trapping, multi-photon
trapping, and atom trapping and cooling• fundamental researches and advancedtechnologies enabled by structured materials,
such as metamaterials, metasurfaces, andphotonic crystals• advanced devices and instruments, including
spatial light modulator, adaptive optics, andnear-field optical devices• applications including structured material
processing, single molecule trapping,biophotonics, metamaterials, quantum
communications, and selective control ofchemical reaction• novel approaches, including novel interaction
between optical fields and materials on nanoscale, novel regimes of spin-orbit interaction,and quantum control of molecular dynamics.

Submit your abstract today
https://opicon.jp/conferences/OMC

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Takashige Omatsu
Chiba Univ. (Japan)
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Kishan Dholakia
Univ. of St. Andrews(United Kingdom)
Hajime Ishihara
Osaka Prefecture Univ.
(Japan)Keiji Sasaki
Hokkaido Univ. (Japan)

Submission site opens
1 October 2019
Registration opens
18 December 2019
Abstracts due
16 January 2020