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Akihiko Shinya

Akihiko Shinya

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
11302
World Ranking
4014
National Ranking
154

Overview

Akihiko Shinya is a researcher affiliated with NTT in Japan, specializing primarily in the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their work focuses extensively on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with significant contributions to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Additional involvement spans Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics encompass a variety of themes in photonics and advanced materials, including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Among the recent publications attributed to Akihiko Shinya are several papers from 2020 and 2022, reflecting active engagement in optical physics and nanotechnology:

  • "All-Optical InAsP/InP Nanowire Switches Integrated in a Si Photonic Crystal," 2020, ACS Photonics
  • "Ultrashort low-loss Ψ gates for linear optical logic on Si photonics platform," 2020, Communications Physics
  • "Hybrid Nanowire Photodetector Integrated in a Silicon Photonic Crystal," 2020, ACS Photonics
  • "Highly nitrogen-vacancy doped diamond nanostructures fabricated by ion implantation and optimum annealing," 2020, APL Materials
  • "Imaginary couplings in non-Hermitian coupled-mode theory: Effects on exceptional points of optical resonators," 2022, Physical review. A/Physical review, A

Frequent co-authors in Shinya's publications include the following researchers, indicating ongoing collaborations:

  • Masaya Notomi (34 publications)
  • Hisashi Sumikura (13 publications)
  • Masato Takiguchi (12 publications)
  • Eiichi Kuramochi (10 publications)
  • Shota Kita (10 publications)

Shinya's work is published across several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to some key journals and platforms:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 5 publications
  • NTT technical review - 4 publications
  • ACS Photonics - 3 publications
  • Physical review. A/Physical review, A - 2 publications
  • Optics Express - 2 publications

This research portfolio highlights Shinya's focus on advanced photonic systems, nanowire technologies, and optical device integration within silicon-based platforms. Their interdisciplinary approach bridges core areas of physics, optics, and engineering, contributing to developments in both theoretical and applied domains.

Best Publications

  • Extremely Large Group-Velocity Dispersion of Line-Defect Waveguides in Photonic Crystal Slabs

    M. Notomi;K. Yamada;A. Shinya;J. Takahashi

  • Sub-femtojoule all-optical switching using a photonic-crystal nanocavity

    Kengo Nozaki;Takasumi Tanabe;Akihiko Shinya;Shinji Matsuo

  • Ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal nanocavities realized by the local width modulation of a line defect

    Eiichi Kuramochi;Masaya Notomi;Satoshi Mitsugi;Akihiko Shinya

  • Optical bistable switching action of Si high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavities

    Masaya Notomi;Akihiko Shinya;Satoshi Mitsugi;Goh Kira

  • Waveguides, resonators and their coupled elements in photonic crystal slabs.

    M. Notomi;A. Shinya;S. Mitsugi;E. Kuramochi

  • Trapping and delaying photons for one nanosecond in an ultrasmall high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavity

    Takasumi Tanabe;Masaya Notomi;Eiichi Kuramochi;Akihiko Shinya

  • All-optical switches on a silicon chip realized using photonic crystal nanocavities

    Takasumi Tanabe;Masaya Notomi;Satoshi Mitsugi;Akihiko Shinya

  • Fast bistable all-optical switch and memory on a silicon photonic crystal on-chip.

    Takasumi Tanabe;Masaya Notomi;Satoshi Mitsugi;Akihiko Shinya

  • High-speed ultracompact buried heterostructure photonic-crystal laser with 13 fJ of energy consumed per bit transmitted

    Shinji Matsuo;Akihiko Shinya;Takaaki Kakitsuka;Kengo Nozaki

  • Large-scale integration of wavelength-addressable all-optical memories on a photonic crystal chip

    Eiichi Kuramochi;Kengo Nozaki;Akihiko Shinya;Koji Takeda

  • Ultralow-power all-optical RAM based on nanocavities

    Kengo Nozaki;Akihiko Shinya;Shinji Matsuo;Yasumasa Suzaki

  • Disorder-induced scattering loss of line-defect waveguides in photonic crystal slabs

    E. Kuramochi;M. Notomi;S. Hughes;A. Shinya

  • Few-fJ/bit data transmissions using directly modulated lambda-scale embedded active region photonic-crystal lasers

    Koji Takeda;Tomonari Sato;Akihiko Shinya;Kengo Nozaki

  • Structural tuning of guiding modes of line-defect waveguides of silicon-on-insulator photonic crystal slabs

    M. Notomi;A. Shinya;K. Yamada;J.-I. Takahashi

  • Fast all-optical switching using ion-implanted silicon photonic crystal nanocavities

    Takasumi Tanabe;Katsuhiko Nishiguchi;Akihiko Shinya;Eiichi Kuramochi

  • Ultralow-energy and high-contrast all-optical switch involving Fano resonance based on coupled photonic crystal nanocavities.

    Kengo Nozaki;Akihiko Shinya;Shinji Matsuo;Tomonari Sato

  • Singlemode transmission within photonic bandgap of width-varied single-line-defect photonic crystal waveguides on SOI substrates

    M. Notomi;A. Shinya;K. Yamada;J. Takahashi

  • Nonlinear and adiabatic control of high-Q photonic crystal nanocavities.

    M. Notomi;Takasumi Tanabe;A. Shinya;E. Kuramochi

  • Photonic crystal lasers using wavelength-scale embedded active region

    Shinji Matsuo;Tomonari Sato;Koji Takeda;Akihiko Shinya

  • Room-temperature continuous-wave operation of lateral current injection wavelength-scale embedded active-region photonic-crystal laser

    Shinji Matsuo;Koji Takeda;Tomonari Sato;Masaya Notomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaya Notomi
Masaya Notomi NTT (Japan)
Eiichi Kuramochi
Eiichi Kuramochi NTT (Japan)
Shinji Matsuo
Shinji Matsuo NTT (Japan)
Takasumi Tanabe
Takasumi Tanabe Keio University
Satoki Kawanishi
Satoki Kawanishi NTT (Japan)
Toshiaki Tamamura
Toshiaki Tamamura NTT Electronics
Hidehiko Takara
Hidehiko Takara NTT (Japan)
Kazuhiro Ikeda
Kazuhiro Ikeda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shu Namiki
Shu Namiki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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