Last Update: March 17, 2025

Welcome to Sarukura Laboratory!

Our research themes are aimed at developing new optical materials useful in both science and engineering. With the use of lasers and spectroscopy techniques, we investigate the optical properties of different materials. We also implement other experimental and theoretical investigations regarding these materials with various collaborators both inside and outside Japan. Our studies on short-wavelength light-emitting materials have led to the advancement of new applications and next-generation industries.

 

NEWS 2024

 

Tribute for Dr. Georges Boulon
Professor Emeritus, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

 

   
January/21-23/2025 Associate Professor Shimizu, M1 student Akira Takikawa, and Yugo Akabe attended the 45th Annual Conference of the Laser Society of Japan (Hiroshima International Conference Center) and gave oral presentations in the sessions "Light Emitting Devices and Optical Materials" and "Infrared and Thermal Control Technology."
November/23-29/2024 Professor Sarukura visits Cyprus and participates in an international workshop
November/01-02/2024 Professor Sarukura attended the 9th Interdisciplinary Symposium: Exploring History with Quantum Beams - The Horizon of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Spun by Accelerators (Akihabara Convention Hall, Tokyo) and gave a lecture on spectroscopic measurements of pottery.
October/14-17/2024 Professor Sarukura attended the 13th International Conference on Photonics and Applications (ICPA-13, Ha Noi, Vietnam) as an international organizing committee member and gave an invited talk.
July/27-28/2024 Professor Sarukura, Associate Professor Shimizu, M2 student Kotaro Enomoto, and M2 student Jinketsu Rikuguo attended the 41st Conference of the Japanese Society for Cultural Heritage Science and gave a poster presentation on imaging spectroscopic analysis of cultural heritage.
June/24-26/2024 Prof. Sarukura, D1 student Kazuya Takahashi, and M1 student Yugo Akabe attended CGCT-9 The 9th Asian Conference on Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology (Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea) and gave oral presentations.
April/22-26/2024 Professor Sarukura, Associate Professor Shimizu, and Specially Appointed Associate Professor Marilou Cadatal Raduban attended theOPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2024 (OPIC2024 Yokohama), Conference on Laser and Synchrotron Radiation Combination Experiment 2024 (LSC2024). Associate Professor Shimizu served as the chairperson of LSC2024, and Project Associate Professor Raduban gave an invited lecture.
April/16-17/2024 Professor Sarukura visited Tohoku University.
April/14/2024 Professor Sarukura visited The University of Shiga Prefecture.
April/1/2024 New members D1 Kazuya Takahashi, M1 WANG Ziyao, Cheng Sizhe, and Akinori Takigawa have joined.