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Subject Group of Applied Physics

Striking advances in nanotechnology, materials science and ultrafast physics are being made regularly in the world today, often ushering in new physical processes. We are boldly riding this scientific wave of the 21st century to investigate phenomena with practical applications ranging from microscopic scales down to molecular and atomic scales.

During the Masters and Doctoral courses, subjects concerned with matter, electrons, light and sound, as well as the physical properties generated from their interactions, are investigated thanks to state-of-the-art technologies such as ultralow temperatures and femtosecond optics.

These courses also involve fundamental investigations into materials and structures. The aim is to facilitate the development of new fields by fusing a series of lecture courses with creative research activities.

These courses thus deepen the student’s insight into a variety of fundamental and applied physical topics. The student can also conduct creative research and development in academic and/or technological fields based on an involvement in leading-edge science and technology.

The goal is to produce internationally-minded scientists and researchers who will go on to play major roles in their scientific or technological field.


Academic staff in the e3 program

To potential applicants:  If the information provided on the laboratory homepage is outdated or inadequate, please contact professors in those laboratories [e-mail search] or choose laboratories that provide complete information.
 
 Professor/Assoc Professor  Laboratory 

Hidekatsu
SUZUURA
D.Eng. U of Tokyo
Theoretical Solid State Physics

(1) Theory of electron transport in semiconductor heterostructures, in particular, nonlinear transport exhibiting temporal and spatial variations.         (2) Theoretical study on transport and optical properties of low-dimensional systems: carbon nanotubes, graphene, and semiconductor quantum structures (3) Quantum transport in unconventional superconductors with multi-component order parameters, in particular, quantum transport in junction systems composed of such superconductors, for example, Josephson effects, Andreev reflection, and Anderson localization.

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Oliver B
WRIGHT
Ph.D. King's College, Cambridge
Applied Solid State Physics
 

Picosecond ultrasonics in thin films and nanostructures, surface acoustic wave visualization, ultrafast electronic and thermal diffusion probed with ultrashort optical pulses, nanoscale phonon detection using atomic force microscopy 

 

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Osamu
MATSUDA

D.Sc. Osaka U

Tsutomu
ISHIMASA

Ph.D Hiroshima U
Crystal Physics
 

Crystallography and physics of new materials, in particular quasicrystals and related complex metallic alloys: Search of new quasicrystals; Stability and formation conditions; Structure determination of aperiodic crystals; Characterization of defects; Transport and magnetic properties.
 

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Hiroyuki
TAKAKURA
Ph.D Kyushu U

Hiroshi
ORIHARA

D.Eng. Nagoya U
Soft Matter Physics

Rheology and morphology of liquid crystals and polymers, Structure and function of biopolymers, NMR.

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Toshifumi
HIRAOKI

Ph.D. Hokkaido U

Ryuji
MORITA

D.Eng. U of Tokyo

Satoru
ADACHI
D.Eng. Osaka U
Ultrafast Quantum Optics

Optical science and technology, including the development of new ultrafast laser and x-ray sources and the application of these light sources to new experiments in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering. Our projects involve generating “laser-like” beams of short wavelength light in the XUV (extreme ultraviolet) region under conditions of highly nonlinear interaction between a laser field and atoms.
                                                                                                         
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Taro
SEKIKAWA
Ph.D. U of Tokyo

Naoshi
BABA

D.Eng. Hokkaido U
Photonics Engineering

Developments of the stellar coronagraph and the nulling interferometer for direct detection of xoplanets, high-spatial resolution imaging and spectroscopy of astronomical objects, astronomical image processing, the stellar interferometer for high-spatial resolution astronomy.  Development of the snapshot methods for the spectral polarimetry and the imaging polarimetry, generation of the white optical vortex and its applications.

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Kazuhiko
OKA
D.Eng. Hokkaido U

Norihiko
NISHIGUCHI

Ph.D. Hokkaido U
Solid State Physics

Electron-phonon interaction and transport in nano-electronics; Electron transport and dynamics in NEMS; Phonon rectification; Phonons and  electrons  in  semiconducting quantum wires with a variety of cross sectional shapes.

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Seiji
MIZUNO

D.Eng. Tsukuba U

Shunichi
MUTO

Ph.D. Tokyo Inst of Tech
Semiconductor Quantum Physics

Fabrication of semiconductor nanostructures; spintronics of semiconductor quantum dots; quantum computing using electron spins of semiconductor quantum dots; ...

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Courses offered

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Last update:  11/08/11