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Extreme Plasma Engineering Lab
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A plasma lab that uses high-power lasers to recreate the extreme conditions of the universe.
AboutAbout the lab
Recreating the extreme states of the universe in the laboratory.
The Extreme Plasma Engineering Lab (Kuramitsu Lab) conducts plasma science research using high-power lasers.
By recreating on a small scale in the laboratory the ultra-high-temperature, high-pressure conditions found in places such as the center of the Sun, and the high-energy-density conditions found in distant space, the lab seeks to approach the mysteries of the universe.
The lab focuses on elucidating how high-energy particles in space are born, realizing a sustainable energy society through fusion power generation, and pioneering medical, sensing, and security technologies that use high-energy quantum beams.
Students also take part in research projects as researchers in their own right, and join experiments at large laser facilities in Japan and abroad.
Key terms
- Laboratory astrophysics
- Research that recreates cosmic phenomena such as collisionless shock waves in the laboratory in order to study them. It can also be described as research that creates a miniature universe.
- Laser fusion
- An approach in which high-power lasers instantaneously compress and heat hydrogen fuel to trigger a fusion reaction.
- Quantum beams
- Beams of high-energy electrons and ions, and of neutrons generated from them.
- Graphene
- A material in which carbon atoms are bonded in a hexagonal lattice to form a sheet.
NewsLab news
In joint research with QST and others, laser-driven carbon ion acceleration reached 1 gigaelectronvolt (GeV)
A doctoral student won a Poster Award at OPTO2026
A master's student won the M2 Student Award at the FY2025 Laser Institute Year-End Report Meeting
A student won the FY2024 Engineering Award
A student won the FY2024 SICE Outstanding Student Award
ResearchResearch themes
Using the principles of particle acceleration and nuclear fusion that actually occur in space as clues, the lab studies plasma with high-power lasers. Its work is wide-ranging, from solving the mysteries of the universe to applications in energy, medicine, and sensing.
*Illustrative imageLaboratory astrophysics
The lab recreates cosmic phenomena such as collisionless shock waves and magnetic reconnection in the laboratory and observes the plasma and X-rays they emit. It investigates them by combining experiments with simulations on supercomputers.
*Illustrative imageLaser fusion (fast ignition)
The lab studies laser fusion, in which high-power lasers instantaneously compress and heat hydrogen fuel to trigger fusion reactions. It focuses on an approach called "fast ignition" and investigates it through both experiments and simulations.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment and applications of quantum beams
Using the principle of accelerating particles with lasers, the lab aims to make conventional accelerators smaller. Toward applying quantum beams such as electron, ion, and neutron beams to medicine and diagnostic imaging, it is working on ion acceleration using graphene.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Extreme Plasma Engineering Lab (Kuramitsu Lab) consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasuhiro Kuramitsu
- Associate ProfessorHideaki Habara
- Assistant ProfessorYuki Abe
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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: “The moment a high-power laser pulse interacts with a target to produce a plasma is captured at the Vulcan PW facility ( )” Science and Technology Facilities Council / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Laboratory astrophysics: “Magnetic reconnection zones in the earth's magnetosphere Science 1 th” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Laser fusion (fast ignition): “VULCAN target chamber 2003” Colin N. Danson et al. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Development and applications of quantum beams: “Later stage of the CLARA Accelerator, Daresbury Laboratory” Mystery Ray / CC0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Advanced Beam Systems Engineering Lab): “Plasma de laboratoire et magnétisme” Josselin Doc / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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