Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
Professor

Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

Background

Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop’s research interests are in the fields of atom optics, laser micromanipulation, nano optics, quantum computing and biophotonics.

She has long standing experience with lasers, linear and nonlinear high-resolution spectroscopy, laser micromanipulation, and atom cooling and trapping. She was one of the originators of the widely used laser enhanced ionisation spectroscopy technique and is well known for her recent work in laser micromanipulation. She has been also working (Nanotechnology Laboratory, Göteborg, Sweden) in the field of nano- and microfabrication in order to produce the microstructures needed for optically driven micromachines and tips for the scanning force microscopy with optically trapped stylus. Recently she led the team that observed dynamical tunnelling in quantum chaotic system. Additionally Prof. Rubinsztein-Dunlop has led the new effort into development of new nano-structured quantum dots for quantum computing and other advanced device related applications.

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Fields of research

Physical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Gothenburg

Research interests

  • Biophotonics

    The multidisciplinary Centre for Biophotonics and Laser Science is engaged in projects such as laser dentistry, optical micromanipulation and hyperpolarised NMR gas imaging.

  • Nano-optics and quantum computing

    We study colloidal quantum dots for use in future quantum technologies. Our system is based on a fluorescence activated PbS quantum dot. We are developing techniques for single dot detection, for the demonstration of a single qubit operation, and for controlled entanglement between two dots.

  • Laser micromanipulation

    We are characterising the optical forces developed in laser tweezers, including micro-rotational dynamics studies and optical angular momentum transfer. We have demonstrated the principals of an all optically-driven micromachine. Our studies are multidisciplinary, involving synaptic connections, microrheology, DNA twisting, and cell properties.

  • Atom optics

    Using laser beams, we trap and cool atoms until their behaviour is governed by quantum theory. We have used this technology to verify theoretical predictions, such as dynamic quantum tunnelling. Our recent work involves the production of a micro-Bose Einstein condensate, which can be moved around on an �atomic chip�.

Search Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop’s works on UQ eSpace

446 works between 1974 and 2025
All (446) Journal Article (251) Book Chapter (14) Conference Publication (179) Other Outputs (2)

61 - 80 of 446 works

2018

Conference Publication

Optical tweezers toolbox: full dynamics simulations for particles of all sizes

Lenton, Isaac C. D., Bui, Ann A. M., Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2018). Optical tweezers toolbox: full dynamics simulations for particles of all sizes. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, 19-23 August 2018. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2324120

Optical tweezers toolbox: full dynamics simulations for particles of all sizes

2018

Conference Publication

Measuring the motility and drag forces acting on biological particles using optical tweezers

Lenton, Isaac C. D., Armstrong, Declan, Calvert-Lane, Jackson, Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2018). Measuring the motility and drag forces acting on biological particles using optical tweezers. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, 19-23 August 2018. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2324117

Measuring the motility and drag forces acting on biological particles using optical tweezers

2017

Journal Article

Impact of complex surfaces on biomicrorheological measurements using optical tweezers

Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J, Stilgoe, Alexander B, Nieminen, Timo A and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Impact of complex surfaces on biomicrorheological measurements using optical tweezers. Lab on a chip, 18 (2), 315-322. doi: 10.1039/c7lc01176h

Impact of complex surfaces on biomicrorheological measurements using optical tweezers

2017

Journal Article

Optical trapping of otoliths drives vestibular behaviours in larval zebrafish

Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Scott, Ethan K. (2017). Optical trapping of otoliths drives vestibular behaviours in larval zebrafish. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 630, 630. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00713-2

Optical trapping of otoliths drives vestibular behaviours in larval zebrafish

2017

Journal Article

Erratum: Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems (vol 4, pg 1103, 2017)

Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Erratum: Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems (vol 4, pg 1103, 2017). Optica, 4 (11), 1372-1372. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.001372

Erratum: Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems (vol 4, pg 1103, 2017)

2017

Journal Article

Rotational control of computer generated holograms

Preece, Daryl and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Rotational control of computer generated holograms. Optics Letters, 42 (22), 4772-4775. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.004772

Rotational control of computer generated holograms

2017

Journal Article

Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems

Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems. Optica, 4 (9), 1103-1108. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.001103

Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems

2017

Journal Article

Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated nanorod

Hajizadeh, Faegheh, Shao, Lei, Andren, Daniel, Johansson, Peter, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Kall, Mikael (2017). Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated nanorod. Optica, 4 (7), 746-751. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.000746

Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated nanorod

2017

Journal Article

Active rotational and translational microrheology beyond the linear spring regime

Gibson, Lachlan J., Zhang, Shu, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Active rotational and translational microrheology beyond the linear spring regime. Physical Review E, 95 (4) 042608, 042608. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.042608

Active rotational and translational microrheology beyond the linear spring regime

2017

Journal Article

Visual guide to optical tweezers

Lenton, Isaac C. D., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2017). Visual guide to optical tweezers. European Journal of Physics, 38 (3) 034009, 034009. doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/aa6271

Visual guide to optical tweezers

2017

Journal Article

Optical sorting and cultivation of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation archaea

Qi, Xiaoqiong, Carberry, David M., Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Dunlop, Halin Rubinsztein and Guo, Jianhua (2017). Optical sorting and cultivation of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation archaea. Biomedical Optics Express, 8 (2) #279253, 934-942. doi: 10.1364/BOE.8.000934

Optical sorting and cultivation of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation archaea

2017

Conference Publication

Advanced optical trapping of ultracold atoms for studying superfluid transport and turbulence

Neely, Tyler W., Gauthier, Guillaume, Szigeti, Stuart, Bell, Thomas A., Baker, Mark, Davis, Matthew and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Advanced optical trapping of ultracold atoms for studying superfluid transport and turbulence. Frontiers in Optics 2017, Washington, D.C. United States, 18–21 September 2017. Washington, D.C.: OSA - The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/FIO.2017.FW2B.3

Advanced optical trapping of ultracold atoms for studying superfluid transport and turbulence

2017

Conference Publication

Optimizing beams with transverse vortices

Preece, Daryl and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Optimizing beams with transverse vortices. Conference on Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, San Francisco, CA United States, 28 January-2 February 2017. BELLINGHAM: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2251628

Optimizing beams with transverse vortices

2017

Conference Publication

Towards a scalable ultrasensitive optomechanical magnetometer

Prakash, Varun, Li, Beibei, Forstner, Stefan, Bulla, Douglas, Forster, Scott, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Bowen, Warwick (2017). Towards a scalable ultrasensitive optomechanical magnetometer. CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2017, San Jose, CA, United States, 14 - 19 May 2017. Washington, DC, United States: The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2017.AW1B.6

Towards a scalable ultrasensitive optomechanical magnetometer

2017

Book Chapter

Optically driven rotating micromachines

Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Bui, Ann A.M., Zhang, Shu, Houillot, Antoine, Carberry, David, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Optically driven rotating micromachines. Light robotics-structure-mediated nanobiophotonics. (pp. 99-128) edited by Jesper Glückstad and Darwin Palima. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7096-9.00004-5

Optically driven rotating micromachines

2017

Journal Article

Roadmap on structured light

Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Forbes, Andrew, Berry, M. V., Dennis, M. R., Andrews, David L., Mansuripur, Masud, Denz, Cornelia, Alpmann, Christina, Banzer, Peter, Bauer, Thomas, Karimi, Ebrahim, Marrucci, Lorenzo, Padgett, Miles, Ritsch-Marte, Monika, Litchinitser, Natalia M., Bigelow, Nicholas P., Rosales-Guzman, C., Belmonte, A., Torres, J. P., Neely, Tyler W., Baker, Mark, Gordon, Reuven, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Romero, Jacquiline, White, Andrew G., Fickler, Robert, Willner, Alan E., Xie, Guodong, McMorran, Benjamin and Weiner, Andrew M. (2017). Roadmap on structured light. Journal of Optics, 19 (1) 013001, 013001. doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/19/1/013001

Roadmap on structured light

2017

Conference Publication

Ultrasensitive and broadband magnetometry with cavity optomechanics

Li, Bei-Bei, Bulla, Douglas, Bilek, Jan, Prakash, Varun, Forstner, Stefan, Sheridan, Eoin, Madsen, Lars, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Foster, Scott, Schafermeier, Clemens, Gehring, Tobias, Andersen, Ulrik and Bowen, Warwick (2017). Ultrasensitive and broadband magnetometry with cavity optomechanics. CLEO: Applications and Technology, CLEO_AT 2017, San Jose, CA, United States, 14 - 19 May 2017. Washington, DC, United States: The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2017.JTh4M.3

Ultrasensitive and broadband magnetometry with cavity optomechanics

2017

Conference Publication

Near-diffraction limited direct imaging of patterned light fields for trapping (Conference presentation)

Gauthier, Guillaume, Lenton, Issac, Baker, Mark, Davis, Matthew J., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Neely, Tyler W. (2017). Near-diffraction limited direct imaging of patterned light fields for trapping (Conference presentation). Conference on Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, San Francisco, CA, United States, 31 January - 2 February, 2017. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2251851

Near-diffraction limited direct imaging of patterned light fields for trapping (Conference presentation)

2016

Journal Article

Theory and practice of simulation of optical tweezers

Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Lenton, Isaac C. D., Gibson, Lachlan J., Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Zhang, Shu, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2016). Theory and practice of simulation of optical tweezers. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 195, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.12.026

Theory and practice of simulation of optical tweezers

2016

Journal Article

Nondestructive profilometry of optical nanofibers

Madsen, Lars S., Baker, Christopher, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Bowen, Warwick P. (2016). Nondestructive profilometry of optical nanofibers. Nano Letters, 16 (12), 7333-7337. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02460

Nondestructive profilometry of optical nanofibers

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Vortex matter simulators of two-dimensional melting
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2030
    ARC Training Centre in Current and Emergent Quantum Technologies (ARC Training Centre administered by The University of Adelaide)
    University of Adelaide
    Open grant

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  • Atom optics
  • Laser micromanipulation
  • Lasers
  • Lasers - UV and visible
  • Linear laser spectroscopy
  • Multiphoton imaging
  • Optics - atomic
  • Photons
  • Spectroscopy

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