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  • 2006 - OSA Fellows For outstanding research and continuing strong leadership in the field of near-field optical phenomena, especially plasmon-based optical storage media.

Overview

Junji Tominaga is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research mainly focuses on materials science and engineering, with particular emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering subfields.

The scientist's work prominently covers topics including phase-change materials and chalcogenides, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, photonic and optical devices, nonlinear optical materials studies, topological materials and phenomena, 2D materials and applications, and quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Tominaga has contributed to several recent publications, illustrating ongoing research activity in related fields. Notable papers include:

  • "High-quality sputter-grown layered chalcogenide films for phase change memory applications and beyond" (2020), published in Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • "Roadmap on chalcogenide photonics" (2022), published in Journal of Physics Photonics
  • "Recent developments concerning the sputter growth of chalcogenide-based layered phase-change materials" (2021), published in Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
  • "Proposal of Low-Loss Non-Volatile Mid-Infrared Optical Phase Shifter Based on Ge₂Sb₂Te₃S₂" (2023), published in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • "Intermixing suppression through the interface in GeTe/Sb₂Te₃ superlattice" (2020), published in Applied Physics Express

Their frequent coauthors include Kotaro Makino, Noriyuki Miyata, Yuta Saito, Paul Fons, and Alexander V. Kolobov.

Tominaga publishes regularly in scientific journals with a concentration in applied physics. Frequent publication venues include Applied Physics A, Applied Physics Express, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, and Journal of Physics Photonics.

Among professional recognitions, Tominaga was named an OSA Fellow in 2006 for research and leadership in near-field optical phenomena, particularly in plasmon-based optical storage media.

Best Publications

  • A plasmonic photocatalyst consisting of silver nanoparticles embedded in titanium dioxide.

    Koichi Awazu;Makoto Fujimaki;Carsten Rockstuhl;Junji Tominaga

  • Understanding the phase-change mechanism of rewritable optical media.

    Alexander V. Kolobov;Paul Fons;Anatoly I. Frenkel;Alexei L. Ankudinov

  • Interfacial phase-change memory

    R. E. Simpson;P. Fons;A. V. Kolobov;T. Fukaya

  • An approach for recording and readout beyond the diffraction limit with an Sb thin film

    J. Tominaga;T. Nakano;N. Atoda

  • Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides

    Alexander V. Kolobov;Junji Tominaga

  • Toward the Ultimate Limit of Phase Change in Ge2Sb2Te5

    R. E. Simpson;M. Krbal;P. Fons;A. V. Kolobov

  • Raman scattering study of the a-GeTe structure and possible mechanism for the amorphous to crystal transition

    K S Andrikopoulos;K S Andrikopoulos;S N Yannopoulos;G A Voyiatzis;A V Kolobov;A V Kolobov

  • Raman scattering study of GeTe and Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change materials

    K.S. Andrikopoulos;K.S. Andrikopoulos;S.N. Yannopoulos;A.V. Kolobov;A.V. Kolobov;P. Fons

  • Distortion-triggered loss of long-range order in solids with bonding energy hierarchy

    A.V. Kolobov;M. Krbal;P. Fons;J. Tominaga

  • A Near-Field Recording and Readout Technology Using a Metallic Probe in an Optical Disk

    Hiroshi Fuji;Junji Tominaga;Liqiu Men;Takashi Nakano

  • Assays for aptamer-based platforms

    Marimuthu Citartan;Subash C.B. Gopinath;Junji Tominaga;Soo-Choon Tan

  • Topological insulating in GeTe/Sb2Te3 phase-change superlattice

    Baisheng Sa;Baisheng Sa;Jian Zhou;Zhimei Sun;Junji Tominaga

  • The Characteristics and the Potential of Super Resolution Near-Field Structure.

    Junji Tominaga;Hiroshi Fuji;Akira Sato;Takashi Nakano

  • Ferroelectric Order Control of the Dirac‐Semimetal Phase in GeTe‐Sb2Te3 Superlattices

    J. Tominaga;A. V. Kolobov;P. Fons;T. Nakano

  • Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) production in DNA aptamer generation

    Citartan Marimuthu;Thean-Hock Tang;Junji Tominaga;Soo-Choon Tan

  • Direct observation of nitrogen location in molecular beam epitaxy grown nitrogen-doped ZnO.

    Paul Fons;Hiroshi Tampo;Alexander V. Kolobov;Masataka Ohkubo

  • Rigid bubble pit formation and huge signal enhancement in super-resolution near-field structure disk with platinum-oxide layer

    T. Kikukawa;T. Nakano;T. Shima;J. Tominaga

  • Local structure of crystallized GeTe films

    A. V. Kolobov;J. Tominaga;P. Fons;T. Uruga

  • Pressure-induced site-selective disordering of Ge2Sb2Te5: a new insight into phase-change optical recording.

    Alexander Kolobov;Alexander Kolobov;Julien Haines;Annie Pradel;Michel Ribes

  • Intrinsic complexity of the melt-quenched amorphous Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 memory alloy

    M. Krbal;A. V. Kolobov;P. Fons;J. Tominaga

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Fons
Paul Fons Keio University
Alexander V. Kolobov
Alexander V. Kolobov Herzen University
Yoshimichi Ohki
Yoshimichi Ohki Waseda University
Carsten Rockstuhl
Carsten Rockstuhl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Henning Riechert
Henning Riechert Infineon Technologies (Germany)
Stephen R. Elliott
Stephen R. Elliott University of Oxford
Julien Haines
Julien Haines University of Montpellier
Raffaella Calarco
Raffaella Calarco Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Michael Hanfland
Michael Hanfland European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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