Main research topics:

1. Development of high-performance terahertz wave source or detector

2. Terahertz spectroscopy and measurement applications in organic and biomolecules

3. Development of terahertz wave imaging technology

4. Solution/condensed matter system terahertz spectroscopy

5. Computational simulation of materials for THz generation/emission

Equipment (Experiment):

1. Spectra-Physics Tsunami Mode-Locked Ti:Sapphire Laser

2. Spectra-Physics Spitfire Pro ultrafast regenerative Amplifer pumped with Mai Tai Ti:Saphhire laser and Empower pulsed DPSS

3. Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Cascade™ Cavity-Dumped Ti:sapphire Laser pumped with a 5-W Coherent Verdi DPSS laser

4. A highly-compact THz-TDS system using an IMRA Femtolite C-20-SP femtosecond fiber laser

5. Lotis TII LS-2136 LP LS-2136 High repetition rate Q-switched nanosecond Nd: YAG Laser with 2nd Harmonic module

6. Femtosecond Fiber Laser coupled to an Erbium-doped fiber optical amplifier

7. AISPEC THz-TDS System and a home-built THz transmission spectroscopy setup

8. THz-TDS systems to study helical metal structures and to study various THz emitters

Equipment (Computational):

1. High Performance Computing Cluster Fukui (HPCCF)

2. Access to Kyoto University Supercomputer