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Awaji Lab
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The lab generates high magnetic fields using superconducting materials and magnet technology.
AboutAbout the lab
Advancing high magnetic field research through superconductivity
The High Field Laboratory for Superconducting Materials (Awaji Lab) advances research on high magnetic fields using advanced superconducting materials and cryogen-free superconducting magnet technology.
It is an affiliated facility of the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, and serves as a base for fundamental and applied research on new substances and materials, including magnetic materials and superconductors.
Equipped with high-field devices such as hybrid magnets and cryogen-free superconducting magnets, as well as experimental equipment for investigating substances and materials in high magnetic fields, it makes them available for joint use by users both inside and outside the institute.
The center states that cryogen-free superconducting magnets will play an important role in addressing the helium depletion problem and realizing a low-carbon society.
Key terms
- Superconductivity
- A phenomenon in which the electrical resistance of a material drops to zero below a certain temperature. It is used in magnets for high magnetic fields.
- Hybrid magnet
- A device that combines an outer superconducting magnet with an inner resistive (normal-conducting) magnet to produce a strong magnetic field that neither could produce alone.
- Cryogen-free superconducting magnet
- A magnet that maintains the superconducting state without using a cryogen such as liquid helium. It can keep a magnetic field stable for long periods.
ResearchResearch themes
This lab advances research using high magnetic fields, based on advanced superconducting materials and cryogen-free superconducting magnet technology. It is a base for fundamental and applied research that examines substances and materials such as magnetic materials and superconductors in high-field environments.
*Illustrative imageHigher Performance for Cryogen-Free Superconducting Magnets
The center director's greeting (dated April 2022) states that cryogen-free superconducting magnets will be made even higher in performance alongside the development of high-temperature superconducting materials and high-strength niobium-tin (Nb3Sn) materials. It says that results are beginning to appear even in experiments such as NMR that require a magnetic field that is stable over long periods.
*Illustrative imageGenerating High Magnetic Fields with Hybrid Magnets
The center's main facility is a hybrid magnet, which combines an outer superconducting magnet with an inner resistive (normal-conducting) magnet to produce a strong magnetic field that neither could produce alone. This center was the first in the world to successfully develop a cryogen-free hybrid magnet of up to 28 T.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Awaji Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, research engineers, postdocs, technical staff, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorSatoshi Awaji
- Associate ProfessorYuji Tsuchiya
- Assistant ProfessorKoki Takahashi
- Assistant ProfessorJunyi Luo
- Assistant ProfessorRyosuke Sakagami
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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: “Superconducting magnet. The effect of a constant magnetic field” Hzofia74 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Higher Performance for Cryogen-Free Superconducting Magnets: “Superconducting magnet cutaway 2” Hzofia74 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Generating High Magnetic Fields with Hybrid Magnets: “Laborspule” Christiankral / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tsuchiura Lab): “Superconducting levitation and candle on a magnet” Julien Bobroff (user:Jubobroff), Frederic Bouquet (user:Fbouquet), LPS, Orsay, France / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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