Institute for Optical Science at Ohio State

The third edition of the IOS Newsletter is out! 📰🔬 Catch up on research highlights, events, and updates from the Institute for Optical Science. Read more 👇 opticalscience.osu.edu/news/catch-ios…

⏰ Reminder: IOS Seminar tomorrow! Zachary “Alphonse” Marra presents ultrafast MWIR and high-order harmonic generation research. 📅 Fri, May 15, 1 PM 📍 Physics Research Building 4138 & Zoom 🔗 opticalscience.osu.edu/events/ultrafa…

🔬 Upcoming IOS Seminar! Zachary “Alphonse” Marra presents: An Ultrafast, Mid-wave Infrared Source for Driving High-order Harmonics Beyond the Water Window 📅 Fri, May 15, 1 PM 📍 Physics Research Building 4138 & Zoom 🔗 opticalscience.osu.edu/events/ultrafa…

📢 Happening tomorrow! Professor Tom Purdy (University of Pittsburgh) Coupling Optical, Mechanical, and Microwave Systems for Quantum Sensing 📅 April 10, 2026 | ⏰ 1:00PM 📍 Physics Research Building 4138 + Zoom 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/events/couplin…

💡 Join us for a seminar featuring Professor Tom Purdy (University of Pittsburgh). Coupling Optical, Mechanical, and Microwave Systems for Quantum Sensing 📅 April 10, 2026 | ⏰ 1:00PM 📍 Physics Research Building 4138 + Zoom 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/events/couplin…

🧩 Welcome Prof. Buddini Karawdeniya to IOS! 🧪 Her lab develops nano-sensing platforms for sensitive, minimally-invasive diagnostics—integrating resistive and optical sensing for real-time biomarker monitoring. 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

🌠 Welcome Prof. Alexander von Hoegen to IOS! ⚡ Developing terahertz near-field microscopy and ultrafast spectroscopy to study quantum materials and light–matter coupling at terahertz frequencies. 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

🔬 Researchers gathered in Ottawa for the NSF X-lites Incubator Workshop: Structured Light at High Intensity. Over two days, teams explored new directions in structured-light science and launched collaborative pathfinder projects. 🔗opticalscience.osu.edu/news/structure…

🌟 Welcome Prof. Vladislav Belyy to IOS! 🔬 His lab studies cell signaling and receptor protein oligomerization using advanced microscopy, optogenetics, and single-molecule imaging—developing new optical tools to probe clustering inside living cells. 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

✨ Welcome Prof. Comert Kural to IOS! 🔬 His group develops advanced optical imaging methods to study how cells sense and respond to mechanical and biochemical cues in cancer and neurodegenerative disease. 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

📢 New @PNASNews publication! IOS Director Lou DiMauro is corresponding author on “Solvation-induced local structure in liquids probed by high-harmonic spectroscopy,” with collaborators from OSU and LSU. Congrats to the team! 🎉 🔗: opticalscience.osu.edu/news/ios-direc…

🔔 X-lites Virtual Seminar🔔 Join us Jan 9 for a talk by Howard Milchberg (UMD) on spatiotemporal optical vortices (STOVs) and their role in ultrashort pulse physics. 🗓 Jan 9, 2026 | ⏰ 10 AM ET | 💻 Zoom 👉 Register: osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

From everyone at the Institute for Optical Science, wishing you a joyful holiday season and a bright start to the new year!

Wishing you a warm and joyful Thanksgiving from all of us at the Institute for Optical Science! 🦃🍂

📢 Happening tomorrow! Don’t miss the IOS Seminar featuring Shamsul Arafin (ECE, OSU). He’ll share new developments in UV laser diode technology that enhance efficiency & reduce power use. 📅 Nov 21 | 2:45 PM 📍 PRB 1080 & Zoom

💥 Welcome Prof. Sanjay Krishna to IOS! 🔬 Leading the KIND Lab @OhioState, pushing the limits of infrared imaging: 4K×4K arrays, multispectral detection & bio-inspired “infrared retina.” Learn more: opticalscience.osu.edu/directory/rese…

💡Join us for the next IOS Seminar featuring Shamsul Arafin, IOS member from OSU's Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept! He’ll discuss advances in UV laser diodes that improve efficiency & performance. 📅 Nov 21 | 12:45 PM 📍 PRB 1080 & Zoom

⏰ Tomorrow! 💡 Don’t miss Effective Mentorship in Team Science with Dr. Gemma Jiang (Colorado State Univ.). 🕚 Thurs, Nov 13 | 11 AM ET | Zoom 🎟️ Free + open to all 🔗 osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Mentorship #TeamScience #Xlites

💬 Reimagining Mentorship in Team Science ✨ Join us Thurs, Nov 13 at 11 AM ET for an X-Lites Career Development Workshop with Dr. Gemma Jiang (Colorado State Univ.). 📍 Zoom | 🎟️ Free + open to all 🔗osu.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Xlites #TeamScience #Mentorship

💡 The Quantum Geometry Workshop brought 85 experts from around the world 🌍 to @OhioState to explore the frontiers of #QuantumResearch! Co-hosted by Jeanie Lau (OSU) & Fengnian Xia (Yale), with 25 student/postdoc posters and global collaboration 🤝. 🔗:opticalscience.osu.edu/news/quantum-g…