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- [Photonics Synergy] Year Started : 2024
Associate Professor
School of Engineering
Institute of Science Tokyo
Kenji Iida | Group Leader R&D Center Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. |
Satoshi Shiraga | CEO R&D Cellid, Inc. |
Soichiro Yoshida | Assoc. Professor Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Institute of Science Tokyo |
By replacing the diffraction gratings used in waveguide AR glasses with a metamaterial structure, various performances including FOV will be improved to develop AR glasses specialized for medical applications. The alliance of the four groups in different fields will develop a comprehensive R&D program from material development, optical design, establishment of manufacturing technology, implementation including application software, and verification at clinical sites.
Professor
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Saitama University
Tetsuya Asai | Professor Faculty of Information Science and Technology Hokkaido University |
Satoshi Sunada | Professor Institute of Science and Engineering Kanazawa University |
Gouhei Tanaka | Professsor Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya Institute of Technology |
We develop innovative technologies in photonic in-sensor computing by integrating optical sensing and photonic computing. We investigate photonic reservoir computing to achieve fast feature extraction of optical sensing signals for machine learning. We also develop high-speed and high-functional visual sensing technologies by maximizing the total performance of optical sensing and photonic computing.
Chief Senior Researcher
Platform Photonics Resarch Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Michihiro Koibuchi | Professor National Institute of Informatics Research Organization of Information and Systems |
Hiroki Matsutani | Professor Faculty of Science and Engineering Keio University |
Tomoaki Yamada | Professor Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University |
In this project, we propose for the first time an optical Streaming Processing Unit (SPU) that leverages brain-inspired advanced multidimensional computing operators including differentiation, integration, projection operations, low-resolution inference which are realized by photonic integrated circuits and integrates them with photonic neural networks. This optical SPU completes AI processing instantaneously through optical propagation, enabling energy-efficient optical streaming computations. It provides a new analog processor that balances versatility and scalability for constructing large-scale AI models through chiplet-based interconnect networking.
Professor
Faculty of Science and Technology
Keio University
Hideyuki Kawashima | Associate Professor Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Keio University |
Hidetaka Nishi | Senior Research Engineer NTT Device Technology Laboratories NTT Corporation |
We are developing a photonic tensor core capable of executing large-scale matrix multiplication, a critical operation in AI computation, with high speed and energy efficiency. To ensure accurate matrix calculations, preventing signal interference between elements is essential. By utilizing microcomb technology and heterogeneous material integration, we aim to achieve multiplexing across “wavelength × time × space,” enabling large-scale matrix computations.
Associate Professor
Institute for Chemical Research
Kyoto University
Takuya Satoh | Professor School of Science Institute of Science Tokyo |
Masahiro Sato | Professor Graduate School of Science Chiba University |
Masakazu Matsubara | Associate Professor Graduate School of Science Tohoku University |
Takahiro Moriyama | Professor Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya University |
For the realization of next-generation information processing at terahertz rates, optoelectronic interfaces for spin manipulation and spin state read-out that use terahertz wave should be useful. In this project, we attempt to develop a technology based on a magnetic spectroscopy technique that uses the most strong terahertz wave sources in the world and a metallic metamaterial resonator structure to generate and control magnon and spin current in magnets. By combining the efforts of experimentalists and theorists, we consider that it is possible to develop a new fundamental technology for terahertz spintronics.