We are dedicated to advancing the field of optical science through cutting-edge research at the Institute for Photon Science and Technology (IPST) and the Department of Physics in the Graduate School of Science at The University of Tokyo. Our lab specializes in developing innovative optical techniques with advanced lasers to explore physical and biological phenomena and uncover the mysteries of our world. We are also actively transferring our developed technology to industry.

News

• Welcome to a new member Zicong Xu! (2024.10)
• [Award] Makoto Shoshin has won the Best Student Paper Award Second Prize in CLEO-PR. Congratulations! (2024.8)
• [Award] Takuro Ideguchi has won the Masao Horiba Award. (2024.7)
• [Award] Shotaro Kawano has won the Best Student Presentation Award Rsing Stars (Roger Kelly Awards) in the 8th Venice International School on Lasers in Materials Science (SLIMS). Congratulations! (2024.7)
• [New Paper] "Compressive time-stretch spectroscopy with pulse-by-pulse intensity modulation" published in Optics Letters. (2024.6)
• [New Paper] "Mid-infrared optical coherence tomography with MHz axial line rate for real-time non-destructive testing" published in APL Photonics. (2024.5)
• [New Paper] "Mid-infrared wide-field nanoscopy" published in Nature Photonics. (2024.4) Press release　Optics & Photonics News　Wiley Analytical Science　Phys.org　Science Daily　Technology Networks　Labonline　optics.org　SciTechDaily　List23　Statnano　
• [Award] Keiichiro Toda has won the Young Scientist Presentation Award in the JSAP Spring Meeting 2024. Conglatulations! (2024.3)
• [New paper] "Single-image phase retrieval for off-the-shelf Zernike phase-contrast microscopes" published in Optics Express. (2024.1)
• A webinar presentation "Mid-Infrared Photothermal Quantitative PhaseI imaging (MIP-QPI)" uploaded on YouTube.
• [Award] Shotaro Kawano has won the  Young Scientist Presentation Award in the JSAP Autumum Meeting 2023. Congratulations! (2023.11)
• [Award] Keiichiro Toda and Kohki Horie have won the best poster award in UTokyo Biophotonics Workshop. Congratulations! (2023.11)
• Welcome to a new member Zinan Zhou! (2023.10)
• [New paper] "Label-free mid-infrared photothermal live-cell imaging beyond video rate" published in Light: Science & Applications. (2023.7) Press release
• [New paper] "Thermo-optical measurements using quantitative phase microscopy" published in Optics Letters. 
• Welcome to new members Yusei Sugawara and Masato Fukushima! (2023.4)