LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Advanced Device Engineering Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab controls interfaces and defects in semiconductors to build next-generation devices.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting next-generation green nanoelectronics
The Advanced Device Engineering Lab (Watanabe Lab) aims to create devices with innovative functions, starting from materials design and by combining dissimilar materials and adopting new structures.
The lab covers every stage of materials, processes, and devices in a continuous line, from elucidating the fundamental physical properties of semiconductors and controlling defects to fabricating devices, analyzing operating principles, and demonstrating high performance and high reliability.
Research topics include power electronics, which is essential for realizing an energy-saving society, and next-generation quantum devices that will open the way to ultrafast computing and perfectly secure communication.
Researchers can use process equipment in a Class 1 cleanroom, measurement and analysis tools, and a high-performance supercomputer.
Key terms
- Wide-bandgap semiconductor
- A semiconductor with a wide energy range in which electrons cannot exist. Examples include SiC and GaN
- MOS
- A structure made of stacked metal, oxide film, and semiconductor layers. Used in switching devices
- Single-photon source
- A light source that can emit photons, the smallest unit of light, one at a time
- First-principles calculation
- A method that investigates the properties of a material by calculation, treating the interactions between atomic nuclei and electrons in the material
NewsLab news
Press release on results that present guidelines for searching for color centers (paper with a doctoral student as first author)
A paper with Associate Professor Kobayashi as first author was published in Journal of Applied Physics
A paper with Assistant Professor Hara as first author was published in APL Electronic Devices
A paper with a working-professional doctoral student as first author was published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
A paper with Assistant Professor Hara as first author was published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
ResearchResearch themes
The lab covers every stage of materials, processes, and devices in a continuous line, from elucidating the fundamental physical properties of semiconductors and controlling defects to fabricating devices, analyzing operating principles, and demonstrating high performance and high reliability. It works on power electronics, which is essential for realizing an energy-saving society, and on next-generation quantum devices, using both experimental and theoretical (computational science) approaches.
*Illustrative imageInsulating film technology for power devices
The lab studies MOS power devices that use wide-bandgap semiconductors such as SiC, GaN, and Ga2O3. By controlling surface and interface reactions at the atomic level, it explores processes for forming ideal insulating films.
Semiconductor defects for quantum technology
Focusing on single-photon sources and spin-based quantum light sources that originate from defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors, the lab works to identify promising defects in SiC. By establishing methods for forming defects and achieving free control of their light-emission and spin properties, it aims to create unconventional devices.
*Illustrative imageOptoelectronic integrated devices based on Group IV semiconductors
Using germanium (Ge) and germanium-tin (GeSn), which are Group IV materials like silicon, the lab researches and develops optoelectronic integrated devices that merge electronics and photonics. Integrating optical devices with electronic devices can make information and communications faster and drastically reduce power consumption.
*Illustrative imageComputational elucidation of semiconductor defects
Using first-principles calculations on supercomputers, the lab investigates the spin and optical properties of defects in semiconductors. Focusing on defects in wide-bandgap semiconductors and at insulating film interfaces, it strives to obtain insights that directly inform the design of materials and devices.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, a project assistant professor, senior technical specialists, administrative assistants, visiting professors and visiting associate professors, visiting researchers and collaborative researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHeiji Watanabe
- Associate ProfessorTakuma Kobayashi
- Assistant ProfessorMasahiro Hara
- Project Assistant ProfessorAkihiro Takeuchi
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Advanced Device Engineering Lab
Nanoscale Condensed Matter Theory LabFaculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Natural SciencesResearch and development of next-generation green nanoelectr…
Bioresource Engineering LabFaculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Natural SciencesEntering the 21st century, environmental, food, and energy p…
Microbial Functional Engineering LabFaculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Natural SciencesInnovative biotechnology through analysis, reconstruction, a…![Image of research at Molecular Microbiology Lab [International Center for Biotechnology]](/img/fcf5247615fdc974-800.webp)
Molecular Microbiology Lab [International Center for Biotechnology]Faculty of Engineering, Department of Applied Natural SciencesExtremophile microbes growing in extreme environments (high …The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Tektronix 571 Semiconductor Curve Plotter” Fil22plm / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Insulating film technology for power devices: “SiC wafers 6inch” FDominec / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Optoelectronic integrated devices based on Group IV semiconductors: “Polycrystalline-germanium” Jurii / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Computational elucidation of semiconductor defects: “Oak Ridge - Kraken (Cray XT5)” Daderot / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Nanoscale Condensed Matter Theory Lab): “Nanowire; Sensor ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Bioresource Engineering Lab): “Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) Tube - DPLA - 2a22bbd17e faf628d93a557 (page 2)” Honig, Richard E. (Richard Edward) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Microbial Functional Engineering Lab): “Ribosome (NIH BioArt )” Courtesy of NIAID Ryan Kissinger / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Molecular Microbiology Lab [International Center for Biotechnology]): “Hot spring in Yellowstone” Jon Sullivan / Public domain (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.