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Laser Fusion Systems (LFS) Lab
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The lab works toward realizing fusion power generation with lasers.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on the challenge of realizing laser fusion power generation
The Laser Fusion Systems (LFS) group, at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, aims to design a laser fusion power reactor based on an understanding of materials.
On the lab's website, the group is introduced as the "Shigemori Lab," which conducts research and development on igniting and burning fusion fuel with lasers, and research and development on laser processing using power lasers.
According to the website, the Shigemori Lab is a cooperating research group of the Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering.
In addition to experiments using Osaka University's large laser facility Gekko XII, the lab also conducts experiments at facilities such as Kyoto University and Tohoku University.
Key terms
- Laser fusion
- An approach in which fusion reactions are triggered by directing powerful lasers at fuel. It is being studied with the aim of using it for power generation.
- Gekko XII
- A large glass laser facility at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University. It is used for experiments such as plasma experiments.
NewsLab news
A paper by an Assistant Professor was published in Physical Review E
An Assistant Professor received the Emerging Paper Award of the 20th Kondo Prize
A paper by an alumnus was published in Optical Materials
A paper by an alumnus was published in Scientific Reports
ResearchResearch themes
Toward the realization of fusion power generation, the lab carries out research and development on igniting and burning fusion fuel with lasers. It also carries out research and development on laser processing using power lasers.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Laser Fusion Systems (LFS) Lab are faculty members, project researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorKeisuke Shigemori
- Associate ProfessorKohei Yamanoi
- Assistant ProfessorChiharu Nakatsuji
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “MERLIN target chamber” Colin N. Danson et al. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Solving Fusion Reactor Challenges and Laser Processing: “LIFE fusion chamber” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Fusion Energy Dynamics (FED) Lab): “Wendelstein fusion reactor coil” Tiia Monto / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Extreme Materials Science (LAM) Lab): “Laser Guide Star experiment at CTIO (noao-03583)” Maxime Boccas, CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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