Extreme Photonics Seminar

  Date Speaker Title
2013 July 4, 2013 Prof. Franz X. Kärtner (CFEL) An Orchestra of Light: Advanced Timing Distribution and Light Wave Synthesis
May 22, 2013 Prof. László Nánai (University of Szeged) Investigations on laser-matter interaction at Szeged University
Apr.26, 2013 Dr. Geoff Dearden (University of Liverpool) Towards efficient manufacture of functional devices and surfaces with dynamically structured light
Apr.10, 2013 Prof. See Leang Chin (Laval University, Canada) Lasing in air filaments: looking ahead
Mar.1, 2013 Prof. Yves Bellouard (Eindhoven University of Technology) Femtosecond laser processing of fused silica: a micro-manufacturing platform for single-material microsystems
Jan.17, 2013 Dr. Mitsunori Toyoda
(IMRAM, Tohoku Univ.) 		At-Wavelength Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Mask Observation Using a High-Magnification Objective with Three Multilayer Mirrors
2012 Dec.20, 2012  Assoc. Prof. Takasumi Tanabe
(Fac.Sci.Tech., Keio Univ.) 		Optical nonlinear control at a low power using optical microcavity
Prof. Ryuji Morita
(Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ.) 		Topological light pulse generation in few-cycle regime and its applications 
Dec. 5, 2012 Prof. Chii-Dong Lin
(Kansas State Univ.) 		Control of attosecond auto-ionization dynamics of Fano resonances by intense coupling femtosecond lasers
Nov. 30, 2012 Dr. Yasuyuki Ozeki
(Osaka Univ.)		 High-speed spectral imaging of tissues by stimulated Raman microscopy
Prof. Yuji Matsuura
(Tohoku Univ.)		 Basics and medical applications of holllow optical fibers
Nov. 2, 2012   Dr. Akitaka Matsuda
(RCMS, Nagoya Univ.)
 Ionization dynamics of atoms and molecules in intense laser fields studied by photoelectron spectroscopy
Dr. Shinichi Matsubara
(JASRI)		 Development of short-pulse Yb:YAG lasers
Dr. Hiroki Mashiko
(NTT Basic Res. Lab.)		 Transient absorption spectroscopy with isolated attosecond pulses 
Oct.11, 2012 Dr. Valer Tosa
(Natl. Inst. R&D Isotopic and Molecular Technologies)		 High-order Harmonic Generation in Synthesized Fields
Aug.31, 2012 Prof. Hans Jakob Wörner
(ETH Zürich) 		Probing valence-shell electron dynamics in molecules using high-harmonic spectroscopy
July 27, 2012  Dr. Hideki Hirori
(Kyoto Univ.)		 Nonlinear interactions of intense terahertz pulses with condensed matters 
Prof. Kazuhiko Misawa
(Tokyo Univ. of Agr. and Tech.)		 Practical applications of nonlinear spectroscopy using femtosecond phase-programmed pulses
June 22, 2012  Dr. Haruka Tanji
(Photon Sci. Center, Tokyo Univ.)		 Vacuum-Induced Transparency: Towards separation of photon-number states
Prof. Norikatsu Mio
(Photon Sci. Center, Tokyo Univ.)		 Development of a laser system for KAGRA
June 8, 2012  Dr. Atsushi Iwasaki
(Univ. Tokyo) 		Non-linear ionization of atoms and molecules irradiated strong extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser pulse
Dr. Kazuhiko Sumimura
(Kokyo, Inc.)		 From the study of the fiber laser to industrialization
May 31, 2012  Assoc. Prof. Koji Hatanaka
(Univ. Tokyo) 		Ultrawide Band Light Conversion by Controlling Structures of Microdroplets and Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Dr. Hiroshi Yoshikawa
(Saitama Univ.)		 Bio-applications of ultrafast laser pulses to protein crystallization and cell adhesion strength measurement
Mar. 2, 2012 Dr. Francois Legare
(INRS-EMT)		 Intense few-cycle IR laser pulses for HHG applications
Feb.28, 2012 Prof. See Leang Chin
(Laval Univ.)		 Femtosecond laser filamentation science in air
Jan.26, 2012   Dr. Hideki Ohmura
(AIST)		 Quantum control of molecular tunneling ionization by phase-controlled laser fields
Dr. Keiichi Sueda
Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka Univ.		 Development of a high-power few-cycle OPCPA system 

     2011 Dec.22, 2011  Dr. Masao Takamoto
(RIKEN)		 Frequency comparison of optical lattice clocks with 17 digits precision
Assoc.Prof. Yohei Kobayashi
(ISSP, Univ.Tokyo)		 Optical science driven by high-repetition rate lasers
Nov.25, 2011 Dr. Martin Hoffmann
(ETH Zurich)		 New Frontiers in Ultrafast Semiconductor Lasers
Dr. Hiromitsu Tomizawa
(JASRI / XFEL Division)		 Advanced laser technologies for high-brightness photocathode electron gun
Dr. Takahiro Watanabe
(JASRI / SPring-8)		 Advanced Accelerators for Future Light Sources
Oct.28, 2011  Dr. Godai Miyaji
(Inst. of Advanced Energy, Kyoto Univ.)		 Nanostructuring of Solid Surfaces with Femtosecond- Laser-Induced Near-field
Assoc. Prof. Kosei Ueno
(Res. Inst. Electr. Sci., Hokkaido Univ.)		 Chemical applications of metallic nanostructures showing localized surface plasmon resonance
Sept.30, 2011  Dr. Kentaro Furusawa
(RIKEN) 		 Broadband near-field spectroscopy and imaging
Dr. Kanna Aoki
(RIKEN)		 Three-dimensional photonic structures 
Aug. 8, 2011 Prof. Akiyoshi Hishikawa
(Nagoya Univ.)		 Enhanced non-linear double excitation of He in intense EUV laser fields
July 14, 2011 Prof. Lars Bojer Madsen
( Aarhus Univ.)
 Polar molecules in femto- and attosecond pulses
Prof. Anh Thu Le,
(Kansas State Univ.)		 High-harmonic spectroscopy: From microscopic to macroscopic world
Assoc. Prof. Ken Onda
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)		 10 fs dynamics of complex chemical systems: molecular crystals and oxide surfaces
June 23, 2011  Dr. Tsuneto Kanai
(RIKEN)		 Development of CEP-stabilized high energy CPA/OPA lasers and generation of highly phase-matched isolated attosecond pulses
Dr. Haruo Mizutani
(Univ. Tokyo)		 X-ray microscopy reveals nano-resolution 3D brain structure for neuronal Networks
June 3, 2011 Dr. Dong Wu
(RIKEN)		 3D controllable microstructures and functional devices by laser microfabrications
Assoc. Prof. Kenichi L. Ishikawa
(Univ. Tokyo)		 Competition of sequential and direct paths in resonant two-photon ionization of He
May 13, 2011
 Dr. Erik Lotstedt
(Univ.Tokyo)		 Laser-induced molecular dynamics with a classical model
Apr. 21, 2011   Dr. ShoichiYamaguchi
(RIKEN) 		 Heterodyne-Detected Second-Order Nonlinear Spectroscopy 
Prof. YoshikiNakata
(Inst. Laser Eng., Osaka Univ.)）		 Generation of superfine structure smaller than 10 nm by topdowntechnique
Feb. 3, 2011  Prof. Daisuke Nakamura
(Kyushu Univ.)		 Synthesis and Optical characterization of Nano-Structured ZnOCrystals by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Dr. Yuichiro Kida
(Univ. Electro-Communications)		 Development of the full-field imaging soft x-ray microscope for bio-imaging
Jan. 27, 2011 Dr. Yuichiro Kida
(Univ. Electro-Communications)		 Generation of ultrashortlaser pulses by high-order stimulated Raman scattering and four-wave mixing

2010 Dec.20, 2010     Dr. Hiroki Mashiko
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)		 Tunable frequency-controled isolated attosecond pulses characterized by both 750 nm and 400 nm wavelength streak fields and its applications
Dr. Kanaka Raju Pandiri
(University of Electro-Communications)		 A Raman Approach for Arbitrary Optical Waveform Synthesis
Dec.15, 2010     Dr. Nobuhisa Ishii
(University of Tokyo and JST CREST) 		Few-cycle, high-energy, CEP-stable optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers and its applications to strong field physics
Dr. Shinsuke Fujioka
(Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ.)		 Non-thermodynamical-equilibrium photoionized plasma generated by laser-produced Planckian x-ray source
Dec.3, 2010 Dr. Henry Helvajian (The Aerospace Corporation, USA) Functionalizing Glass Ceramics by Laser Radiation
Nov.30, 2010 Prof. Charles K. Rhodes (Univ. Illinois at Chicago, USA) History of the 50 Year Ascent 1960 – 2010, Nonlinear Path to High-Intensity Interactions and Giant keV X-Ray Nonlinearities
Nov.25, 2010    Prof. Hiromichi Niikura (Waseda Univ.) Probing time-dependent structure of the attosecond electron wave packet using two-color laser fields
Prof. Ryo Shimano (Univ. Tokyo) Terahertz spectroscopy in solids; from semiconductor to strongly correlated electron system
Nov.24, 2010 Dr. Christopher Arrell (Imperial College London) The Attosecond laboratory at Imperial College, attosecond dynamics in gases and nano-structures
Nov.12, 2010 Dr. Atsushi Kosuge (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Attosecond High Harmonic Pulse Genertaion and Possibility as a New Light Source
 Oct 29, 2010    Dr. KenijTamasaku
(RIKEN SPring-8 Center)		 Recent progress in x-ray nonlinear optics
Dr. Hiroaki Furuse
(Institute for Laser Technology)		 Development of next generation high powerlaser system with cryogenic Yb:YAGceramics
Oct 22, 2010 Prof. Akira Shirakawa
(Institute for Laser Science, UEC) 		 Laser researches in ILS/UEC for new generation coherent sources
Sept 8, 2010 Prof. Chii-Dong Lin (Kansas State Univ.) Quantitative Theory of high-order harmonic generation of molecules
July 26, 2010  Prof. Norihiko Nishizawa
(Nagoya Univ.)		 Development and applications of highly functional ultrashort pulse fiber laser sources using ultrafast nonlinear fiber optics
Prof. Shinji Tsujikawa
(Tokyo Univ. Sci.)		 Dark energy, dark matter, and couplings with electromagnetic fields
July 12, 2010  Prof. Keisuke Tominaga
(Kobe Univ.)		 Molecular dynamics in aqueous solution studied by ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Dr. Yusuke Sakai
(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
 Recent study on soft X-ray laser excited by Z-pinch discharge at Tokyo Institute of Technology
June 28, 2010 Dr. Katsuya Oguri
(NTT Basic Research Laboratories)		 Ultrafast dynamics of laser-matter interaction studied with femtosecond-laser-based ultrashort soft x-ray pulse sources
Dr. Tomoya Okino (Univ. Tokyo) Carrier envelope phase stabilized few-cycle pulse generation and its application to attosecond molecular science
June 14, 2010 Dr. Yoshihito Tanaka (RIKEN SPring-8 Center) Time-resolved X-ray SR experiments using synchronized femtosecond pulsed laser
Dr. Toru Morishita
(Univ. Electro-Communications)		 Adiabatic theory of ionization of atoms by intense laser pulses and related topics
Dr. Takahiro Sato (Univ. Tokyo) Nonlinear optical processes of atoms and molecules induced by intense XUV-FEL light
Apr.26, 2010 Dr. Jian Xu (RIKEN) Selective metallization on dielectric surfaces with femtosecondlaser pulses and its application
Prof. Tetsuya Makimura (Univ. Tsukuba) Materials processing using laser plasma soft X-rays
Feb.23, 2010 Prof. Juergen Reif
(Brandenburgische Technische Universitaet Cottbus and Cottbus Joint Lab)		 Dynamics of laser ablation/desorption and structure formation
Jan.18, 2010 Mr. Federico Ferrari
(Politecnico di Milano)		 Applications of isolated attosecond pulses to atomic and molecular physics

2009 Dec. 1, 2009 Prof. Yoshio HAYASAKI
(Utsunomiya Univ. Center for Optical Research & Education)		 Holographic femtosecond laser processing
Prof. Yasuyuki TSUBOI
(Division of Chemistry, School of Science, Hokkaido Univ.)		 Laser Chemistry of Soft Materials
Nov. 24, 2009 Dr. Masataka KADO
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Quantum Beam Science Directorat)		 Single shot imaging of Leydig cells of Rat testicles by contact x-ray microscopy with a laser plasma x-ray source
Dr. Yoshiyuki MIYAMOTO
(NEC, Nano Electronics Research Laboratories)		 Application of TDDFT-simulation for designing material change by femtosecond laser shot
Nov. 11, 2009 Dr. Hirokazu HASEGAWA
(Institute for Molecular Science(IMS))		 Coherent molecular dynamics induced by nonresonant intense short laser pulse
Prof. Satoshi ASHIHARA
(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)		 Observation and control of molecular vibrational dynamics by use of mid-infrared pulses
Oct.r 21, 2009 Dr. Eisuke MIURA
(Power laser group, Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST)		 Research on laser-driven plasma electron acceleration for all-optical ultrashort X-ray source
Dr. Kentaro FURUSAWA
(Nanophotonics Laboratory, RIKEN )		 Towards nonlinear optical spectroscopy in a nano-scaled volume
July 15, 2009 Prof. Brett DePaola
(J. R. Macdonald Lab., Kansas State Univ.)		 Controlling Coherent Processes by Phase-Shaping Ultrashort Laser Pulses
July 7, 2009 Dr. Tetsuo HARADA
(Laboratory of Advanced Sci. & Technology for Industry, Univ. of Hyogo)		 Development of the Multilayer Deposition Technique for the Soft X-ray Imaging Mirror
Prof. Takashi NAKAJIMA
(Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto Univ.)		 Nuclear-spin polarization induced by laser pulses
July 6, 2009 Prof. Jan J. Dubowski
（Universite de Sherbrooke)		 Quantum Semiconductor Biosensor Technology: A missing link to total solutions by micro-Total Analysis Systems
June 25, 2009 Dr. Wataru WATANABE
（Osaka University）		 Intracellular manipulation using femtosecond lasers
Dr. Tomokazu SANO
（National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology）		 Synthesis of high-pressure nonequilibrium materials using femtosecond laser-driven shock wave
May 19, 2009
Prof. Masayuki Katsuragawa
（UEC）		 Adiabatic manipulation of quantum coherence and its application to extreme optical technology
Prof. Akiyoshi Hishikawa
（IMS）		 Adiabatic manipulation of quantum coherence and its application to extreme optical technology
April 28, 2009
Prof. Kazuyoshi Itoh
（Osaka University）		 Ultrafast focal-point optics for nonlinear microscopy and microprocessing
Dr. Kaoru Minoshima
（AIST）		 Precise length metrology using optical frequency combs
April 2, 2009 Prof. Zenghu Chang
（Kansas State Univ.）		 Isolated sub-100 as pulse generation using grating-based chirped amplifiers
Feb. 12, 2009 Prof. Hiroo KINOSHITA
（Laboratory of Science and Technology for Industry, Univ. of Hyogo）		 Development of Coherent EUV Scattering Microscopy
Prof. Kennosuke HOSHINA
（Niigata Univ. Pharmacy & Applied Life Sciences）		 Laser molecular science from simple systems to bio-functional systems
Feb. 4, 2009 Dr. Oleg I. Tolstikhin
（Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"）		 Adiabatic theory of ionization of atoms by intense laser pulses
Dr. Luca Poletto
（LUXOR - Laboratory for UV and X-Ray Optical Research, Italy）		 Managing of ultrashort pulses by time-preserving optical configulations
Jan. 15, 2009 Dr. Anatoly Faenov
（Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Science）		 Soft x-ray submicron imaging detector based on point defects in LiF

2008 Nov. 20, 2008 Prof. Yoichiroh Hosokawa
（Research Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)）		 Kinetic Interaction of Femtosecond Laser Micro "Tsunami" with Single Animal Cells Estimated by Utilizing an Atomic Force Microscope
Dr. Atsushi Kubo
（Research Associate, University of Tsukuba）		 Optics at nano-scale: Femtosecond dynamics of surface plasmon polaritons
Oct.r 23, 2008 Dr. Shinichi Namba
（Research Associate, Hiroshima Univ.）		 Innershell Ionization Process in Xenon Clusters Irradiated with a Soft X-Ray Laser Pulse
Dr. Mitsunori Toyoda
（Research Associate, Tohoku Univ.）		 Multilayer imaging optics for soft-X-ray microscopy
Sept. 26, 2008 Dr. Manolis Antonoyiannakis
（Assistant Editor, Physical Review Letters）		 Successful Letters in Physical Review Letters:
An editor's perspective
Aug. 19, 2008 Thomas Lippert, Ph.D.
（Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland）		 Laser Interaction with Materials: From Structuring
to Thin Film Deposition
July 11, 2008 Prof. Taro SEKIKAWA
（Hokkaido Univ.）		 For the generation and characterization of attosecond pulses in Hokudai
Dr. Takahiro ITO
（IMS）		 Electronic Structure of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems Studied by Synchrotron Spectroscopy
June 12, 2008 Prof. Kiyotaka MIURA
(Kyoto Univ.)		 Characteristics of material inside processing by femtosecond laser pulses
Prof. Nobuaki NAKASHIMA
（Osaka City Univ.）		 Intact Molecular Ion Formation and Multiphoton Absorption in High Intensity Laser Fields
June 5, 2008 Prof. Yongfeng LU (Univ. Nebraska-Lincoln) Research Activities in Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Material Processing, and Optical Spectroscopy
April 24, 2008 Dr. Feng-Lei HONG
(AIST）		 Measurement and control of laser frequency using an optical comb
Dr. Akira SUMITANI
(EUVA)		 CO2 laser-produced Sn-plasma source for high-volume manufacturing EUV lithography
March 3, 2008 Dr. Ryuji Itakura (JAEA) Spectral phase measurement of broad-band /VUV pulses using quantum beats between the P1/2 and P3/2 levels of alkali-metal atoms
Feb. 18, 2008 Dr. Kotaro Obata (Laser Zentrum Hannover, Germany) Multi-focus system for two-photon polymerization using holographic technique
Jan. 22, 2008 Elizabeth M.L. English, Ph.D. (University College London, UK)  Control and observation of molecular dynamics using femtosecond laser pulses

2007 Sept. 14, 2007 Prof. Yasuyuki Tsuboi
（Hokkaido Univ.）		  CW/パルスレーザーのバイオ/ソフトマテリアルへの新規応用
Sept. 14, 2007 Prof. Masayuki Ohkoshi
（National Defense Academy of Japan）		  新規スマート繊維の開発を目指したシリコーンのレーザー表面改質
Aug. 2, 2007 Prof. Giuseppe Sansone
(Politecnico di Miilano, Italy)		  Isolated single cycle attosecond pulses
July 5, 2007 Dr. Toru Morishita
(Univ.Electro-Communications）		  アト秒パルスを用いた原子内電子相関の実時間分析
May 16, 2007 Prof. Yusuke MORI
（Osaka Univ.）		 レーザー照射＆溶液攪拌による新しいタンパク質結晶成長技術の研究開発 - 若手異分野連携による創晶プロジェクト -
May 16, 2007 Prof. Tatsuo Okada
（Kyushu Univ.）		 レーザーアブレーションによるナノ結晶の合成と利用