Michael Dobinson

Michael Dobinson

PhD Student

Simon Fraser University

Biography

Michael Dobinson is an upcoming PhD student in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University, supervised by Dr. Stephanie Simmons. In 2018 he completed his BEng in Electrical Engineering at the University of Victoria before working in the marine industry, designing electronic ship steering systems. Starting a Master’s program at the University of Victoria in 2020, he worked in the Nanoplasmonics Research Group under Dr. Reuven Gordon. He obtained a MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2022 with research focussed on nanoaperture optical trapping of quantum light source candidates.

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Interests
  • Quantum Technology
  • Optics & Photonics
Education

  • PhD in Physics, starting Fall 2022

    Simon Fraser University

  • MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022

    University of Victoria

  • BEng in Electrical Engineering, 2018

    University of Victoria

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Victoria
Research Assistant (Nanoplasmonics Research Group)
University of Victoria
Sep 2020 – Apr 2022 Victoria, BC
Researched applications for optical trapping using double nanohole structures.
 
 
 
 
 
Kobelt Manufacturing
Hardware Engineer (EIT)
Kobelt Manufacturing
Aug 2018 – Aug 2020 Surrey, BC
Designed board-level electronics for marine steering systems.

Recent Publications

Michael Dobinson. A route to erbium-doped nanocrystals as a single photon source using double nanohole optical tweezers. UVicSpace, 2022.
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Ghazal Hajisalem, Elham Babaei, Michael Dobinson, Shohei Iwamoto, Zohreh Sharifi, Jon Eby, Marie Synakewicz, Laura S. Itzhaki, Reuven Gordon. Accessible High-Performance Double Nanohole Tweezers. Opt. Express, 2022.
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Zohreh Sharifi, Michael Dobinson, Ghazal Hajisalem, Adriaan L Frencken, Frank CJM van Veggel, Reuven Gordon. Enhancing and Isolating Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals Using Double Nanohole Optical Tweezers for Quantum Light Sources at 1550 nm. In 2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2021.
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Mirali Seyed Shariatdoust, Michael Dobinson, Ghazal Hajisalem, Reuven Gordon. Hexagonal boron nitride second harmonic generation using gold nanorods with continuous laser source. In 2021 IEEE 16th Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), 2021.
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Zohreh Sharifi, Michael Dobinson, Ghazal Haji Salem, Adriaan L Frencken, Frank CJM van Veggel, Reuven Gordon. Upconversion nanocrystal emission rate enhancement using double nanoholes. In Proc. SPIE 11798: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XVIII, 2021.
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Projects

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Silicon Quantum Technology Lab
A research group at the Simon Fraser University building quantum technologies using silicon. They have explored silicon defects as quantum bits and are working to develop a ‘photonic link’ between spin qubits and photon qubits in silicon.
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Silicon Quantum Technology Lab
Nanoplasmonics Research Group
A research group at the University of Victoria using nanostructured metals for optical trapping. This group uses nanoaperture optical trapping to explore the characteristics of single nanoparticles and proteins.
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Nanoplasmonics Research Group

Recent & Upcoming Presentations

NFO 2022
A poster presentation about fiber-based nanoaperture trapping titled ‘Nanoaperture optical fiber tweezers fabricated with a low-cost colloidal pattern transfer method’.
Aug 29, 2022 — Sep 2, 2022 University of Victoria
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NFO 2022
IEEE NMDC 2021
A conference presentation about using double nanohole optical trapping with erbium-doped nanocrystals titled ‘Enhancing and Isolating Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals Using Double Nanohole Optical Tweezers for Quantum Light Sources at 1550 nm’.
Dec 14, 2021 11:30 AM Pinnacle Harbourfront Hotel
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IEEE NMDC 2021

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