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The $4.5 million grant will support Schumacher and a multi-university team in developing new precision diagnostics for extreme-light lasers, work the physics professor says is essential…
We're excited to announce that Mike Chini has been appointed as IOS Deputy Director! A longtime leader within the institute, Mike joined the IOS Executive Committee in June 2025 and will…
The Institute for Optical Science is excited to announce the establishment of the IOS External Advisory Board, and to welcome Roger Falcone (Professor of the Graduate…
Key Takeaways Phase 2 adds $4M to the $1M pilot award, enabling the team to design connectable quantum photonic chips for field-ready, lab-grade measurements. If successful, the…
Mathew Leon has been awarded the 2026 SMART Scholarship to advance his research in next-generation laser technologies at the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
The NSF X-lites Network convened researchers in Ottawa, Canada, for the Incubator Workshop Structured Light at High Intensity, held February 6–7, 2026, at the University of…
A Message from the Director of IOS, Lou DiMauro:
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing holiday season and celebrated the start of the new year. I’d like to share the…
IOS Director Lou DiMauro is the corresponding author of a new article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), titled “Solvation…
The project received $1,148,105 in funding as part of the Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN) Awards
We are excited to highlight a significant…
The X-lites Network Grows with i-ALFA Membership! The X-lites Network is excited to welcome i-ALFA as a new member of our Network!
i-ALFA is the Institute for Attosecond…
Highlights from the Workshop on Geometry Driven Quantum Phenomena: Principles, Devices, and Applications
The workshop Geometry Driven Quantum…
The 22nd International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS2025) took place from September 14–19, 2025, at the Splendid Hotel La Torre in Mondello (Palermo),…
Highlights from the X-lites Early Career Development Workshop at the 2025 ELI - Extreme Light Infrastructure User Meeting!
The NSF X-lites Network hosted a workshop for 17 Early Career…
One year ago today, on July 11, 2024, IOS member and Nobel Laureate Pierre Agostini returned to a place central to his scientific journey: the LIDYL laboratory at the CEA in Paris…
We’re excited to welcome Mike Chini, Jinghua Li, and Rengasayee (Sai) Veeraraghavan as the newest members of the IOS Executive Committee! They…
Explore the OPTICA Student Chapter’s highlights from 2024–2025—including talks, tours, and outreach.
We’re proud to recognize IOS Admin Jessi Foley (Middleton), who also serves as Director of Communications for the X-lites Network, for her recent presentation during the AccelNet Roundtable…
Liang-Shih Fan, Distinguished University Professor and C. John Easton Professor in Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the first recipient of the Pierre…
On Friday, May 2, 2025, the Institute for Optical Science (IOS) hosted its first Ohio Optical Frontiers Showcase at the ElectroScience Laboratory. Designed to foster collaboration across…
Three weeks ago, the Ohio State University OPTICA Student Chapter hosted local middle school students for a hands-on Physics of Light workshop. The event featured games, live…
Earlier this month, the International School on The Frontiers of Attosecond and Ultrafast X-ray Science was held in Erice, Italy, at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for…
The IOS Member Research Series is off to a strong start, showcasing the groundbreaking work of our members from different research areas. Our first two talks featured innovative research…
A Message from the Director of IOS, Lou DiMauro:
As we step into 2025, I am excited to share the latest developments within the Institute for Optical Science (IOS)…
Dear IOS Members,
I am pleased to announce two new funding opportunities available to Institute for Optical Science (IOS) members: the Agostini/DiMauro Visiting Scholar Funds and the IOS…
X-lites Network Grows with New Research Initiatives & NEXT Membership!
The X-lites Network has launched three working groups for 2025 to address key areas of interest for our members:
Chemical Physics student Dina Eissa has been selected as the first-place winner of the College of Arts and Sciences Three Minute Thesis Competition for her submission, From Design to…
Ohio State announces the Pierre Agostini Prize
This article is a rendition of an original article published on Ohio State News.
The Ohio…
Exciting Research at the Institute for Optical Science!
IOS kicked off its new series of member-led research talks with an engaging presentation by Prof. Jinghua Li…
Four members of the Institute for Optical Science (IOS) and the Department of Physics at The Ohio State University are part of a newly awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum…
On Dec. 5, 2024, IOS and the STEAM Factory hosted the 3rd PostDoc Exchange, centered around the fascinating topic of TIME.
The event featured 13 presentations from a diverse group…
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to our new Outreach Coordinator, Dr. David Nippa!
David will assisting the Institute for Optical Science with…
Adapted from the original article by Jeff Grabmeier, published in Ohio State News.
On December 10, 2023, The Ohio State University celebrated an unforgettable moment as…
In the beginning of November, Prof. Agostini traveled across China, visiting top universities and engaging with students and faculty through lectures and academic exchanges.
…
Originally from the NSF NeXUS website
The NSF NeXUS Facility in Columbus, OH, USA is hiring for an Ultrafast…
Professor Lou DiMauro was recently highlighted in the SPIE magazine "Photonics Focus" for his research in attosecond science.
The article, titled "Attosecond Science: Nobel-worthy…
The legendary Donna Strickland, 2018 Physics Nobel Laureate and first woman recipient in 60 years, joined our students for an inspiring discussion!
In September 2022, the…
Last August, the Nobel Symposium NS172 took place in beautiful Båstad, Sweden. The theme was "Attosecond Science and Technology," bringing together experts to…
The 21st International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS2024) took place from September 29 to October 4 in Seogwipo, Jeju, Korea.
The symposium featured scientific sessions on…
On September 27, the OPTICA Student Chapter held their 1st Annual Symposium
This event featured presentations from six talented graduate students—three from Physics, two…
On September 19, the STEAM Factory hosted the Kick-Off event for a series promoting PostDoc research presentations in a multidisciplinary space.
Presenters from 19 different…
The Ohio State University rolled out two national commercials during the start of football season. The goal of the commercial is to highlight research at Ohio State and the Agostini-DiMauro Lab…
Please join me in giving a warm welcome to our new Office Administrator, Matthew Boersma!
Matt will be providing administrative support to the Institute for Optical…
From original article on the OSU College of Arts and Sciences website.
A team of chemistry and physics researchers at The Ohio State University have…
Nobel Laureate Anne L'Huiller visited the Agostini/DiMauro Research Group on August 15, 2024. She toured the labs and discussed ongoing research with the group. L'Huiller was a guest of The Ohio…
OSU Chemical Physics Graduate and NeXUS student Dina Eissa won the first-place prize in the ELI-ALPS Summer School 2024 research poster competition for the novelty of her content, creative layout,…
Dr. Robert Baker (IOS Member) and the NSF NeXUS Facility were recently featured on the Podcast: Voices of Excellence From Laser Tag to Laser Lab: Building the NSF NeXUS Facility
Dr…
Which Electron is Quicker?
In a recent paper published in the August 21, 2024 issue of Nature, an international collaboration of…
The Institute for Optical Science and the Department of Physics hosted a Student Meet and Greet with 2023 Nobel Laureate, Anne L’Huillier. We had a full room of…
In Case You Missed It: The Institute for Optical Science at Ohio State hosts New York Times reporter, Kenneth Chang
Mr. Kenneth Chang, science reporter for The New York…
The Institute for Optical Science and Air Force Office of Scientific Research co-organized the 1st Joint DOD-IOS Workshop held at The Ohio State University on July 9 and 10, 2024.
The…
The Institute for Optical Science and 10 international partner organizations have been awarded two years of additional funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to collaborate as the …
Congratulations to the Director of the Institute for Optical Science, Lou DiMauro, whose lab has achieved The Office of Environmental Health and Safety Dean's List!
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A Message from the Director of IOS, Lou DiMauro:
Welcome to the inaugural newsletter for the Institute for Optical Science (IOS). The IOS newsletter will be…
Annually, three staff persons in the Department of Physics are awarded the John G. Whitcomb Distinguished Staff Award. This award was established to recognize exceptional accomplishments,…
Members of the Institute for Optical Science were invited to a reception with OSU President Ted Carter and the President’s Cabinet in honor of Pierre Agostini’s Nobel Prize. Shortly after, IOS…
In its initial development, the NeXUS facility was overseen and operated by Ohio State’s Institute for Optical Sciences, a multidisciplinary community of researchers across campus studying and…
Join us for a two-day Extreme Light workshop at The Ohio State University!
The workshop's objective is to open dialogue between researchers and sponsors.
What to expect:…
The recording of Pierre Agostini's April 2nd lecture, Attos to Zeptos, is now available!
You can watch it at the link below and on our YouTube channel, at The Ohio State University-…
On Monday, March 25, 2024, the Ohio State Media crew came to the Agostini-DiMauro Lab to film in preparation for creating a new commercial to be nationally broadcast. The goal of the commercial is…
Dr. Anne L'Huillier Professor, Division of Atomic Physics, Lund University Nobel Laureate, Physics 2023
Alpheus Smith…
Come chat with Pierre Agostini!
Wednesday, March 27th, from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
Watch the Q&A zoom portion of this…
Join us in welcoming Pierre Agostini to Ohio State!
There will be a clap-in to greet Professor Agostini upon his arrival to the building: all are welcome!
Light…
Public Lecture with Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, Pierre Agostini
From Attos to Zeptos
Mark your calendars!
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024…
Come chat with Anne L'Huillier!
August 16th, 2024, from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
The Institute for Optical…
IOS Welcomes New Member, Prof. Jeanie Lau
Her research focuses on two-dimensional materials. "Due to the reduced dimensionality and atomically clean interfaces, the optical and…
IOS and STEAM Factory will soon announce the first event in the STEAM Exchange PostDoc Series. This series will be similar to the current STEAM Exchange format but it…
Professor Agostini, IOS member, was appointed to the Legion of Honor of France with the rank of Commander. The Legion of Honor was established by Napoleon Bonaparte, and…
(Article written by Jeff Grabmeier for Ohio State News)
(Photo credit for first photo of slideshow: Fanny Staveby Widinghoff)
Photo credits for thumbnail photo, and second, third,…
Visit the lab pushing Nobel work to the next level
"Professor Lou DiMauro, who oversees the day-to-day for the research group he and laureate Pierre Agostini lead, invites you to peek…
Congratulations to the following students who are winners of a free 3-year membership to Optica! Lily Nichols Michael Hill Trevor Geraghty …
The Institute for Optical Science at Ohio State hosts National Lab Director, Kim Budil
Dr. Kimberly Budil, Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), visited Ohio State to…
Come chat with National Director, Kim Budil!
Tuesday, Oct 31st from Noon-1:30pm Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
The Institute for…
Pierre Agostini, OSU Physics Faculty and iOS member, wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
Congratuations to our very own Prof. Pierre Agostini!
The Nobel Prize in…
The Institute for Optical Science co-sponsors STEAM Factory Postdoc Presentation
SEPT 21 2023 - This STEAM Exchange exclusively featured over 15 Postdoc presenters who gave 1-minute talks about…
The X-lites Implementation Workshop was held May 14-16, 2023 at the University of Michigan with over 30…
What an enLIGHTening experience!
In a room filled with over 40 attendees and over 15 different disciplines represented, The Institute for Optical Science moderated and…
The International School on “The Frontiers of Attosecond and Ultrafast X-ray Science” was held from March 26th - 31st 2023 at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in…
Congratulations to The CXFEL Team (our Co-Leaders of the X-lites Network) on their recent award from the…
The Institute of Optical Science will moderate and present at the STEAM Exchange event on April 20th 2023
You are warmly invited…
The Institute for Optical Science is proud to announce that Professor Steven Olmschenk (Denison) has accepted the invitation to serve on our Steering Committee!
Professor Steven Olmschenk…
Don't forget to register for each event! Feb 16th 2023, 10-11:30am EDT, X-lites User Facility Panel: Strategies and Tips for Operating and Maintaining an Extreme Light Optical System at a…
Feel free to email to your colleagues/groups, post on your websites, and in your newsletters, etc.
Download/view the PDF versions of the flyers here:…
If you missed the X-lites Science talk by Anne L'Huillier, you may now watch it at the link provided below
View the recording here.
Subscribe for…
Congratulations to the following students who are winners of a free 3-year membership to Optica! Bryan Orozco Dina Eissa Poulomi Chakraborty Levi Keck Nagananda Krishnarajanagarakrishnamurthy Banaful…
Come chat with Donna Strickland!
Monday Sept 19th from 1pm-2:30pm Pizza and drinks in the Atrium of the Physics Research Building
The OSU Optica Student Chapter…
NSF funds Ohio State as the epicenter of an international collaboration at the extremes of laser science
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the funding of a multi-institution,…
Robert Baker, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Co-Director of NSF NeXUS, has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright John Von Neumann Distinguished Award in STEM…
The Institute's Director, Dr. Louis DiMauro, was interviewed by University of Michigan students as part of the MIPSE series on Plasma Physics
Watch the interview on the MIPSE website or on YouTube…
The 3rd Attosecond School, co-organized by The Institute for Optical Science, drew all-time, historically high numbers during it's online session March 21-25, 2022.
The…
The Institute for Optical Science is pleased to announce the 3rd Attosecond School. The school will happen during March 21-25, 2022. Due to the pandemic, the school will be virtual (online…
Less than a millionth of a billionth of a second long, attosecond X-ray pulses allow researchers to peer deep inside molecules and follow electrons as they zip around and ultimately…
Kicking off Dec. 3 at 3:30 p.m., the Photonics and Nanophotonics Webinar Series hosted by The Institute for Optical Science brings together top…
Quantum Algorithms and Computation Seminars
The Quantum Algorithms and Computation seminars at CSE (sponsored by Metron) kick-off is Tuesday, October 26th. The first speaker is
Spectroscopy has named Robert Baker, Deputy Director of the Institute of Optical Science, as the winner of the 2021 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award. Awarded…
Prof. Robert Baker (Chemistry & Biochemistry) has agreed to serve as Deputy Director of the Institute of Optical Science. The Institute’s Director, Prof. DiMauro, stated that as activities at the…
Scientists dramatically enhance the achievable resolution at X-ray free-electron lasers with new technique
A large international research team involving collaborators from Ohio State,…
The Frontiers in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) webinar series will welcome world leaders in QISE to paint a broad perspective of the current…
The Ohio State University is the lead institution in a new educational initiative being launched through the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator program. The initiative is titled …
Presentation of the NSF NeXUS facility - March 20, 2020 by Dr. Robert Baker
See the event posting here.
The National Science Foundation has announced their Mid-Scale infrastructure initiative, which includes the OSU NEXUS facility
Read the article here.
The National Science Foundation announced the funding of an ultrafast facility at Ohio State. The OSU facility is 1 of 9 grants awarded through the $90 million dollar NSF mid-scale infrastructure…