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Research Director

Toshihiko Baba

(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University)

1990　Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University
1990　Research Associate, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1994　Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yokohama National University
2005　Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University

Program Manager

Kohroh Kobayashi

(ACCEL Program Manager, Japan Science and Technology Agency)

1970　Master in Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1970　Researcher, NEC Corporation
1977　Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1991　Director, Optoelectronics Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation
1994　Director, Basic Research Laboratory, NEC Corporation
1999　Vice President, R&D Group, NEC Corporation
2002　Professor, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2008　Director of Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2010　Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2010　Board Member, FiBest Inc.
2015　ACCEL FS Program Manager, JST
2016　ACCEL Program Manager, JST

Outline of R&D Project

This JST ACCEL Project is developing a high-resolution, non-mechanical LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system. It is based on the achievement of the former project, JST CREST, which studied “slow light” in photonic crystal waveguides. The CREST Project established its fundamental theory and succeeded in demonstrating slow-light-based dispersion compensators, optical correlators and beam steering devices. Then, ACCEL integrates the beam steering device with other optical components using silicon photonics and III-V epitaxy technologies to build an ultra-compact LIDAR chip. The final target is to realize a high-performing, stable, cost-effective and practical system toward the 3D space recognition in automobiles, robots, and so on. The design and fabrication techniques, which will be accumulated during the project, are expected to produce the significant evolution in optoelectronics and related fields.