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Nanophotonics Lab
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A lab that develops microscopes to visualize the invisible inside cells and tissues using light.
AboutAbout the lab
Making the invisible visible with light
The Nanophotonics Lab develops next-generation optical and spectroscopic microscopy technologies for applications in biology and medicine.
Current research includes cryo-optical microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, Raman microscopy, deep-ultraviolet microscopy, and deep-ultraviolet laser microfabrication.
The lab also emphasizes education in which students and early-career researchers gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge optical and spectroscopic imaging.
Key terms
- Raman microscope
- A microscope that uses Raman spectroscopy to analyze materials and image cells
- Super-resolution microscope
- A microscope that uses fluorescence to observe the inside of cells in three dimensions
- Cryo-optical microscope
- An optical microscope that observes cells and other samples in a frozen, fixed state
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Under the motto of visualizing the invisible, the lab aims to go beyond the limits of what the eye can see and reveal the hidden essence of nature and life. It bridges physics, engineering, and life sciences, and also carries out collaborative research with researchers and institutions around the world.
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MembersFaculty
Members of the Nanophotonics Lab include faculty, project faculty, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and visiting professors and visiting researchers.As of 2026
- ProfessorKatsumasa Fujita
- Associate ProfessorYasuaki Kumamoto
- Assistant ProfessorKenta Temma
- Project Associate ProfessorMasahito Yamanaka
- Project Associate ProfessorYasuhiro Fujii
- Project Assistant ProfessorStéphanie Devineau
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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: “InVia Raman microscope - March 2008” theterrifictc / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Developing microscopes for biological and medical use: “Confocal Microscope” Mark from Edinburgh, United Kingdom / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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