Microphotonics
Levitational Photonics

OPTICA 08/2022 – publication of the article

about the research of an international team, which includes scientists from the ISI CAS. continue
29.8.2022 - Levitational Photonics

Levitated timepiece sets new benchmark

Collaborating teams of scientists from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno manufactured a new type of mechanical “clock” composed of a birefringent sphere of the size of a blood cell oscillating in a light trap. continue
5.6.2020 - Levitational Photonics

New publication in ACS Photonics

The team of Levitational photonics created colloidal waveguides from a one-dimensional chain of polystyrene micro-spheres and showed their unusual photonic properties. continue
6.3.2019 - Levitational Photonics

New publication in Nano Letters

The precise and reliable manipulation of single or multiple nanostructures has important consequences for contemporary nanoscience. continue
13.12.2018 - Levitational Photonics

Stochastic processes and thermodynamics of unstable systems

Leviational photonics team introduced a new approach for description of random processes in unstable systems. The research was published in Physical Review Letters. continue
5.12.2018 - Levitational Photonics

Spring Highland School of Mesoscopic Physics: Towards quantum technologies

International Spring school of Physics will be held 4th - 6th April 2018 at Třešť. The goal of the school is to give an overview of advanced optical trapping techniques and light related phenomena on its mission to prepare micro-objects to the quantum world. continue
22.2.2018 - Levitational Photonics

New publication in Light: Science & Applications

Optical binding in tractor beam enhances the optical forces acting on micro-particles. This method opens new opportunities in a controllable light-driven self-organization, sorting and transport of colloidal matter. continue
21.2.2018 - Levitational Photonics