Labs in The University of Electro-Communications, School of Informatics and Engineering, Class III (Science and Engineering)

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A lab that explores quantum physics through experiments that manipulate light and atoms.

The Morinaga Lab studies quantum physics and quantum electronics. Its work includes developing single-photon sources using optical fibers, atom optics, which uses atomic waves instead of light, and precision spectroscopy and laser cooling of hydrogen atoms. The lab pursues its research on hydrogen atoms in collaboration with the Katsuragawa Lab, the Ohae Lab, and the Iwakuni Lab. The lab accepts lab visits at any time.

#Quantum electronics #Atom optics #Single-photon sources

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A lab that builds its own ultra-high magnetic field experimental equipment to explore how matter changes.

The Ikeda Lab studies how matter changes in extremely strong magnetic fields, aiming to clarify the role that magnetic fields play in the world. To generate strong magnetic fields, the lab builds its own pulsed magnetic field equipment, which creates a field by sending a large current through a coil in an instant. Using this equipment, the lab investigates phase transitions and changes in crystal structure in solid oxygen and strongly correlated electron systems. The lab's website says that even students can aim to achieve a new world-best result.

#Ultrahigh magnetic fields #Pulsed magnetic fields #Strongly correlated electron systems

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A lab that controls light one particle (photon) at a time, aiming at applications in quantum measurement and quantum communication.

The Shimizu Lab does experimental research on generating and controlling light as individual particles (photons). In the regime of extremely weak light, where the quantum nature of light appears prominently, the lab develops techniques for generating, controlling, and detecting photons. Using quantum connections between photons, the lab aims to reveal unknown properties of light and to apply them to quantum measurement and sensing and to optical quantum information and communication. Research on optical quantum information and communication is carried out jointly with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT).

#Entangled photons #Quantum metrology and sensing #Photonic quantum information and communication

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A condensed matter theory lab that explores superconductivity and thermoelectric effects through electronic-structure calculations.

The Usui Lab studies condensed matter theory focused on electronic states in solids. The keyword of its research is "theory-driven materials design," and one of its major goals is to propose new functional materials that have not yet been discovered. Its current targets are "superconductivity" and "thermoelectric effects," and the lab clarifies physical phenomena through computer simulations. The lab communicates closely with researchers who mainly do experiments, and even students with no programming experience can learn Python in the lab's rotating textbook-reading sessions.

#Superconductivity #Thermoelectric effects #Theoretical materials design

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A lab that explores one-dimensional superfluidity in liquid helium confined in nanopores.

The Taniguchi Lab works in low-temperature physics (quantum fluids), studying systems in which liquid helium is confined in nanoscale spaces. The lab has investigated one-dimensional quantum systems, long considered difficult to realize experimentally, using liquid helium inside nanopores. At extremely low temperatures, every substance other than helium freezes, making it possible to maintain an extremely clean system for a long time. Taking advantage of this, the lab is also advancing research in nanotribology, which examines interfacial friction from a microscopic perspective, using pure physisorbed films as the subject.

#Superfluidity #Low-dimensional quantum systems #Nanotribology

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A lab that explores quantum mechanical theory using ultracold atoms and atomic nuclei.

The Quantum Few- and Many-Body Theoretical Physics Lab conducts theoretical research on quantum mechanics, the laws of physics in the microscopic world, using mathematical formulas and computer simulations. Guided by the question "What intriguing phenomena emerge when the Schrödinger equation is solved?", the lab focuses mainly on ultracold atomic gases and atomic nuclei. It is a new lab, established in October 2023. The lab welcomes inquiries and lab visits from students who are considering lab assignment or graduate school.

#Quantum few-body systems #Ultracold atomic gases #Atomic nuclei

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A lab that studies silicon photonics and crystal growth technology for diamond.

The Isshiki Lab studies silicon photonics and diamond crystal growth technology. On the lab's website, the research as a whole is described as "Hybrid & Heterogeneous Integration Research." The website lists silicon photonics, diamond power devices and modules, complex metal oxides, nanocrystalline diamond powder, and integrated quantum photonics as keywords.

#Silicon photonics #Diamond crystal growth #Mixed metal oxides

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A lab that designs nanoscale materials and devices through theory and computation.

The Nakamura Lab investigates the properties of nanoscale materials and devices through theory and simulation, and works on designing new catalysts and materials. The lab belongs to the Electronic Engineering Program in Class III (Science and Engineering) of the School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, and to the Department of Engineering Science in the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering. The research page lists a wide range of themes, including catalysts that reduce carbon dioxide, ultrafast semiconductor devices, thermoelectric materials, and interactions between nanocarbon and molecules. Results of joint research with a technical university in Mexico and the National Institute for Materials Science have been published as papers.

#CO2 reduction catalysts #Hybrid CMOS #Thermoelectric materials

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A lab that explores how light propagates in polymer optical fibers and how they can detect strain.

The Furukawa Lab studies the materials of polymer optical fibers, which are made of polymers, and sensors that use them. The lab works with fibers whose cores have suppressed birefringence, and investigates the relationship between core composition and the properties of light. It also works on polymer optical fiber sensors that detect strain, and on materials that combine polymers with helical carbon microstructures.

#Optical fiber sensors #Optical fibers #Photofunctional polymers

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坂本 克好　研究室 (introduction coming soon)

Optoelectronic devices / surface and interface physics