Extreme Photonics Research Group

Group Director

Katsumi Midorikawa

  • D.Eng.
  • Katsumi Midorikawa
  • Brief resume
    1983
    Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Keio University
    1983
    Research Scientist, Laser Science Research Group, RIKEN
    1997
    Chief Scientist, Laser Technology Laboratory, RIKEN (-current)
    2005
    Head, Extreme Phonics Research Group, RIKEN
    2005
    Director, Terahertz Research Program, RIKEN
    2008
    Director, Extreme Photonics Department, RIKEN (-current)
    2008
    Group Head, Extreme Photonics Research Group, RIKEN (-current)

Outline

Opening up an unexplored wavelength region of the light spectrum has long been yearned for as a basic technology supporting the promotion of scientific advances and industrial development. In our group we further pursue the potential of the novel optical technology being developed at RIKEN, such as intense soft X-ray attosecond pulse sources, near-field optical microscopes and live cell imaging. Using the advantages of RIKEN's research complex covering physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medical science, applications of these light sources are also being pursued to explore new scientific fields. This program is also operated through close collaboration with the Institute of Molecular Science and a network of several universities in the Tokyo area.

Selected Publications

  1. K. Midorikawa, High-order harmonic generation and attosecond science, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2011, 50, 09001.
  2. T. Togashi, et al. Extreme ultraviolet free electron laser seeded with high-order harmonic of Ti:sapphire laser, Opt. Exp. 2011, 19, 317.
  3. M. Okamoto, et al. High-curvature domains of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are important for the organization of ER exit sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, J. Cell Sci. in press.
  4. M. Abe, et al. A role for sphingomyelin-rich lipid domains in the accumulation of PIP2 to the cleavage furrow during cytokinesis, Mol. Cell Biol. in press.
  5. M. Iwamura, H. Watanabe, K. Ishii, S. Takeuchi, T. Tahara, Coherent nuclear dynamics in ultrafast photoinduced structural change of bis-diimine copper (I) complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7728.
  6. Z. Wei, T. Nakamura, S. Takeuchi, T. Tahara, Tracking of the Nuclear Wavepacket Motion in Cyanine Photoisomerization by Ultrafast Pump-Dump-Probe Spectroscopy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8205.
  7. K. Furusawa, et al. Generation of broadband longitudinal fields for applications to ultrafast tip-enhanced near-field microscopy, Opt. Exp. 2011, 19, 25328.
  8. A. Tarun, et al. Mapping the “Forbidden” Transverse-Optical Phonon in Single Strained Silicon (100) Nanowire, Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 4780.
  9. K. Nishizawa, et al. High-resolution soft X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid water, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 413.
  10. Y. Suzuki, et al. Isotope effect on ultrafast charge-transfer-to-solvent reaction from I- to water in aqueous NaI solution, Chem. Sci. 2011, 2, 1094.

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