Extreme Photonics Department

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

The discovery of novel light sources expands the horizons of science and creates new scientific research fields. Unexplored wavelength regions of the light spectrum (extreme wavelengths) have long been seen as areas of new potential for the promotion of scientific and industrial development. We pursue the potential of novel light sources now under development at RIKEN, such as intense soft-X-ray attosecond pulses, near-field photons and terahertz light waves. Those extreme light infrastructures play key roles in creating the new optical science fields of atto-photonics, nano-photonics and tera-photonics, which make up extreme photonics. Our efforts to explore new scientific fields through these light sources and applying them in the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine are enhanced by the advantages of using equipment provided by the RIKEN research complex.

Core Members

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Katsumi Midorikawa Director (Group Director, Extreme Photonics Research Group)    
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