Pacifico Yokohama
Yokohama, Japan

19–22 April 2022

Optical Manipulation and Structured
Materials Conference (OMC 2022)
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 ofTechnology (Japan); Yuichi Kozawa, Tohoku Univ. (Japan); Yoko Miyamoto, The Univ. of Electro-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 range from hundreds ofnanometers to tens of micrometers. However, they do notalways 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 the capabilities of bulk-optics
approaches. Furthermore, interaction between structured optical fields and matters on the sub-wavelength scale will produce new physical effects, such as spin-orbital momentum coupling. The OMC 2022 also welcomes fundamental researches,advanced technologies and innovative applications enabled
by structured materials.
The OMC 2022 event is organized and sponsored by theSPIE in cooperation with several academic societies andassociations. OMC 2022 will include the latest research andnew technologies for optical radiation forces in the field ofoptical trappings and manipulations, as well as related topics.
In particular, the conference welcomes research on structured
optical fields, plasmon-resonant fields, metamaterials, andother topics related to optical manipulation. This conference
will also provide opportunities for scientific and professional
networking, and scientific inspiration to the attendees. All abstracts will be peer-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

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https://opicon.jp/conferences/OMC• optical trapping and manipulation, including
optical tweezer, holographic optical manipulation,
plasmon trapping, multi-photon trapping, andatom trapping and cooling• fundamental researches and advanced
technologies enabled by structured materials, suchas metamaterials, metasurfaces, and photonic
crystals• advanced devices and instruments, including
spatial light modulator, adaptive optics, and nearfield optical devices• applications including structured material
processing, single molecule trapping, biophotonics,
metamaterials, quantum communications, andselective control of chemical reaction• novel approaches, including novel interaction
between optical fields and materials on nanoscale, novel regimes of spin-orbit interaction, andquantum control of molecular dynamics.

CONFERENCE CHAIRS

Takashige Omatsu
Chiba Univ. (Japan)

Kishan Dholakia
Univ. of St. Andrews(United Kingdom)

INVITED SPEAKERS
Micro-3D printed miniaturized systems for opticaltrapping and manipulation
Carlo Liberale, King Abdullah Univ. of Science andTechnology (Saudi Arabia)
Metasurfaces for energy conversion and optical information processing
Stefan Maier, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. München(Germany)
From paraxial to non-paraxial optical singularities:
Shaping the skeleton of structured light in 3D space
Eileen Otte, Stanford Univ. (United States)
Light guiding through suspensions of red blood cells
Anna Bezryadina, California State Univ. (United States)

Submission Deadline: 4 February 2022