Chief Scientist Laboratories Quantum Optodevice Laboratory
Chief Scientist: Hideki Hirayama (D.Eng.)
Research Summary
The development of new-frequency semiconductor light sources, such as deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs) or terahertz quantum-cascade lasers (THz-QCLs) is one of the most important subjects, because they are strongly required for a wide variety of potential applications, e.g. sterilization, water and air purification, medicine and biochemistry, light sources for high density optical recording, white light illumination and non-destructive see-through examinations. The Quantum Optodevice Laboratory's research is at the forefront of optics and nanotechnology, e.g. in creating innovative optical devices, including undeveloped frequency semiconductor emitters, and in developing a new research field through merging advanced optical/laser science, atomic/nano-scale material fabrication technology, novel semiconductor crystal growth technologies, and so forth. Through the introduction of novel crystal growth technology for wide-gap semiconductors, we have achieved innovative emitting devices such as highly efficient DUV-LEDs with the shortest wavelength regime (220-350nm), or THz-QCLs. We have also investigated the performance limits of these devices by introducing innovative quantum heterostructures and/or photonic nano-structures. Through the creation of the applicable field of these new emitting devices, we aim to contribute to the realization of a richer human society.
Main Research Fields
- Engineering
Related Research Fields
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
- Electron device, Electronic equipment
- Optical engineering, Photon science
Keywords
- DUV-LEDs
- Nitride Semiconductors
- Quantum cascade laser
- Crystal growth
- Inter-subband transition
Selected Publications
- 1.
M. A. Khan, M. Muta, K. Fujimoto, J. G. Rojas, P. Fredes, E. Gramsch, Y. Iwaisako, H. Yaguchi, and H. Hirayama.:
"Estimation of junction temperature in single 228 nm-band AlGaN far-ultraviolet-C light-emitting diode on c-sapphire having 1.8 mW power and 0.32% external quantum efficiency"
physica status solidi (a), 2400064,(2024). - 2.
S. Li, X. Liang, P. Shao, S. Chen, Z. Li, X. Su, T. Tao, Z. Xie, M. A. Khan, L. Wang, T. T. Lin, H. Hirayama, B. Liu, D. Chen, K. Wang, R .Zhang.:
"Monolayer-scale AlN/GaN digital alloys grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy"
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 125, No. 11, (2024). - 3.
H. Murotani, K. Himeno, H. Ohkawara, K. Tani, S. Kurai, N. Okada, N. Maeda, M. A. Khan, H. Hirayama, and Y. Yamada
"Photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy of stimulated emission from AlGaN-based multiple quantum wells with an emission wavelength around 280 nm"
physica status solidi (b), 2400020, (2024). - 4.
A. Ibanez, M. Leroux, N. Nikitskiy, W. Desrat, M. Moret, P. Valvin, G. Cassabois, J. Brault, B. Gil, F. Chugenji, K. Taiga, M. A. Khan, and H. Hirayama.:
"The influence of alloy disorder effects on the anisotropy of emission diagrams in (Al, Ga) N quantum wells embedded into AlN barriers"
physica status solidi (b), 2400215, (2024). - 5.
M. A. Khan, Y. Yamada, and H. Hirayama.:
"Progress and outlook of 10% efficient AlGaN-based (290–310 nm) band UVB LEDs"
physica status solidi (a), 2300581, (2024). - 6.
L. Wang and H. Hirayama
Far-infrared gallium nitride-based quantum cascade laser"
Nanoelectronics Devices: Design, Materials, and Applications-Part II, Bentham Science Publishers, pp. 280-321, (2023). - 7.
K. Nagamatsu, T. Miyagawa, A. Tomita, H. Hirayama, Y. Takashima, and Y. Naoi.:
"High growth temperature for AlN by jet stream gas flow metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy"
Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 2438, (2023).
Recent Research Results
Annual research report
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Hideki Hirayama
- Chief Scientist
Core members
- Muhammad Ajmal Khan
- Research Scientist
- Amina Yasin
- Research Scientist
- Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Hiromitsu Sakai
- Visiting Scientist
- Eriko Matsuura
- Visiting Technician
- Kenji Yamazawa
- Special Temporary Research Scientist
- Takashi Nishimoto
- Consultant
- Yukio Kashima
- Research Consultant
- Hamida Zia
- Student Trainee
- Yuya Nagata
- Student Trainee
- Kohei Fujimoto
- Student Trainee
- Akira Kaneko
- Student Trainee
- Airu Takahashi
- Student Trainee
- Arata Sasaki
- Student Trainee
- Koki Yabe
- Student Trainee
Contact Information
Cooperation Center, W514
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)48-467-9387
Fax: +81-(0)48-462-4647
Email: hirayama＠riken.jp