Faculty
Takashige Omatsu
Chair professor
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Experience
Expertise
Interest
Publications
Awards
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
Editor in Chief, Journal of Nanophotonics, SPIE, 4/2024 –
Founding Editor in Chief, Optics Continuum, Optica, 3/2018 – 12/2023
Director, The Photonics Division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, 3/2017 – 3/2019
Director at Large, The Optical Society, 3/2015 – 12/2018
Deputy Editor, Optics Express, The Optical Society, 12/2013 – 3/2018
Associate Editor, Research Photonics, The Optical Society, 6/2013 – 3/2018
Associate Editor, Optics Express, The Optical Society, 2006 – 2012
Steering Committee Chair, CLEO - Pacific Rim
Conference General Chair, CLEO - Pacific Rim 2022
Conference General Chair, SPIE Structured Light 2017 - present
Conference General Chair, OPJ - OSA joint symposium 2016
Conference General Chair, JSAP - SPIE joint symposium 2018
Conference General Chair, The Optical Manipulation and Structure Materials Conference 2014 - present

Singular Optics
Solid-State Lasers
Nanophotonics

Structured Light

Laser Processing

Optical quasiparticles

  1. “Three-dimensional projection of optical hopfion textures in a material,” R. Tamura, S. R. Allam, N. M. Litchinitser, Omatsu, ACS Photonics 11 (11), 4958-4965 (2024).
  2. “Optical skyrmion laser using a wedged output coupler,” W. R. Kerridge-Johns, A. S. Rao, Omatsu, Optica 11, 769-775 (2024).
  3. “Using optical vortex laser induced forward transfer to fabricate a twisted ferrite microcrystal array,” A. Kaneko, M. Iwata, R. Wei, K. Yuyama, Omatsu, APL Materials 12, 061116 (2024).
  4. “Direct imprint of optical skyrmions in azopolymers as photoinduced relief structures,” R. Tamura, P. Kumar, A. S. Rao, K. Tsuda, F. Getzlaff, K. Miyamoto, M. Litchinitser, T. Omatsu, APL Photonics 9, 046104 (2024).
  5. “High-definition direct-print of metallic microdots with optical vortex induced forward transfer,” R. Wei, H. Kawaguchi, K. Sato, S. Kai, K. Yamane, R. Morita, K. Yuyama, S. Kawano, K. Miyamoto, N. Aoki, Omatsu, APL Photonics 9, 036108 (2024).
  6. “Chiral crystallization manipulated by orbital angular momentum of light,” K. Toyoda, H. T. Su, K. Miyamoto, T. Sugiyama, Omatsu, Optica 10, 332-338 (2023).
  7. “Watt-Level 1173 nm Laguerre-Gaussian Mode Generation From a Self-Raman Nd:GdVO4 Laser,” Y. Ma, H. Sugahara, A. J. Lee, H. M. Pask, K. Miyamoto, Omatsu, J. Lightwave Tech. 41, 2087-2093 (2022).
  8. “Direct generation of 523 nm orbital Poincaré mode from a diode-pumped Pr3+:LiYF4 laser with an off-axis optical needle pumping geometry,” A. S. Rao, T. Miike, K. Miamoto, Omatsu, Opt. Express 29, 30409-30418 (2021).
  9. “Photopolymerization with high-order Bessel light beams,” Y. Arita, J. H. Lee, H. Kawaguchi, R. Matsuo, K. Miyamoto, K. Dholakia, Omatsu, Opt. Lett. 45, 4080-4083 (2020).
  10. “A New Twist for Materials Science: The Formation of Chiral Structures Using the Angular Momentum of Light,” Omatsu, K. Miyamoto, K. Toyoda, R. Morita, Y. Arita, K. Dholakia, Adv. Opt. Materials 7, 1801672 (2019).
  11. “Photopolymerization with light fields possessing orbital angular momentum: Generation of helical microfibers,” J. Lee, Y. Arita, S. Toyoshima, K. Miyamoto, P. Panagiotopoulos, E. Wright, K. Dholakia, Omatsu, ACS Photonics 5, 4156–4163 (2018).
  12. “Azo-polymer film twisted to form a helical surface relief by illumination with a circularly polarized Gaussian beam,” K. Masuda, S. Nakano, D. Barada, M. Kumakura, K. Miyamoto, Omatsu, Opt. Express 25, 12499-12507 (2017).
  13. “Octave-band tunable optical vortex parametric oscillator,” A. Ablikemu, Y. Taximaiti, R. Mamuti, S. Araki, K. Miyamoto, T. Omatsu, Express 24, 15204-15211 (2016).
  14. “Transfer of light helicity to nanostructures,” K. Toyoda, F. Takahashi, S. Takizawa, Y. Tokizane, Miyamoto, R. Morita, T. Omatsu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 143603 (2013).
  15. “Using optical vortex to control the chirality of twisted metal nanostructures,” K. Toyoda, K. Miyamoto, N. Aoki, R. Morita, Omatsu, Nano Lett. 12, 3645−3649 (2012).
The Best Paper Prize, Japan Society of Abrasive Technology (2024)
Taizan Award (Institute of Laser Technology Award) (2022)
The Best Paper Prize, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) (2020)
Futaba Electronics Memorial Foundation Award (2016)
Prize for Science and Technology, MEXT (2016)
APEX/JJAP Editorial Contribution Award, Japan Society of Applied Physics (2014)
The Best Paper Prize, Japan Mining Industry Association (2004)
Fellow, SPIE (2019)
Fellow, Optica (2016)
Fellow, JASP (2013)