ORC Nanophotonics & Metamaterials Group
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Mr. Toji Thomas
Project
Pico-optomechanics with electron beams
Short CV
Toji received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from St.Berchmans College, affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India in 2017.
He worked as a Plant Technical Supervisor at M.R.F. Tyres Ltd. from 2017 to 2018. He received his master’s degree in Physics from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India in 2020.
He joined for his PhD studies at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton in September 2021.
Selected Articles since 2022
- Electron-beam-controlled volatile nanomechanical bistability
T. Thomas, K. F. MacDonald, and E. Plum
arXiv.org, 2509.20564 (2025) - link - Control of nanomechanical resonances by an electron beam
T. Thomas, K. F. MacDonald, and E. Plum
arXiv.org, 2509.10302 (2025) - link
Selected Conference Contributions since 2022
- Nanomotion visualization through cathodoluminescence
T. Thomas, E. Plum, N. I. Zheludev, and K. F. MacDonald
CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2025, Munich, Germany, 23 - 27 June 2025 - (poster) Nanomotion detection using cathodoluminescence
T. Thomas, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, N. I. Zheludev
Research Poster Showcase , University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 10 Dec 2024 - (poster)Nanomotion visualization with electrons and photons
T. Thomas, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, J. Y. Ou, N. I. Zheludev
EBEAM2022 Summer School, Island of Porquerolles, Hyeres, France, 11 - 16 Sept, 2022