Kentaro Nakamura

Research.com Recognitions

• 2019 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to integrated circuits for digital imaging

Overview

Best Publications

• Analysis of the Transformation of Mechanical Impact Energy to Electric Energy Using Piezoelectric Vibrator

  Mikio Umeda;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  527
  Citations

• Energy Storage Characteristics of a Piezo-Generator using Impact Induced Vibration

  Mikio Umeda;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  299
  Citations

• Ultrahigh-speed distributed Brillouin reflectometry

  Yosuke Mizuno;Neisei Hayashi;Hideyuki Fukuda;Kwang Yong Song

  223
  Citations

• An ultrasonic motor using bending vibrations of a short cylinder

  M. Kurosawa;K. Nakamura;T. Okamoto;S. Ueha

  223
  Citations

• A High Power Ultrasonic Linear Motor Using a Longitudinal and Bending Hybrid Bolt-Clamped Langevin Type Transducer

  Cheol-Ho Yun;Takaaki Ishii;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  214
  Citations

• Characteristics of a hybrid transducer-type ultrasonic motor

  K. Nakamura;M. Kurosawa;S. Ueha

  199
  Citations

• An estimation of load characteristics of an ultrasonic motor by measuring transient responses

  K. Nakamura;M. Kurosawa;H. Kurebayashi;S. Ueha

  180
  Citations

• Ultrasonic transducers: Materials and design for sensors, actuators and medical applications

  Kentaro Nakamura

  176
  Citations

• Experimental study of Brillouin scattering in perfluorinated polymer optical fiber at telecommunication wavelength

  Yosuke Mizuno;Kentaro Nakamura

  168
  Citations

• The Measurement of High-Power Characteristics for a Piezoelectric Transducer Based on the Electrical Transient Response

  Mikio Umeda;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  162
  Citations

• An analysis of a noncontact ultrasonic motor with an ultrasonically levitated rotor

  Junhui Hu;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadauki Ueha

  136
  Citations

• Potential of Brillouin scattering in polymer optical fiber for strain-insensitive high-accuracy temperature sensing.

  Yosuke Mizuno;Kentaro Nakamura

  128
  Citations

• Design of a hybrid transducer type ultrasonic motor

  K. Nakamura;M. Kurosawa;S. Ueha

  123
  Citations

• An ultrasonic actuator with multidegree of freedom using bending and longitudinal vibrations of a single stator

  T. Amano;T. Ishii;K. Nakamura;S. Ueha

  120
  Citations

• Noncontact ultrasonic transportation of small objects over long distances in air using a bending vibrator and a reflector

  Daisuke Koyama;Kentaro Nakamura

  120
  Citations

• Sensing characteristics of plastic optical fibres measured by optical time-domain reflectometry

  Irwan Rawal Husdi;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  116
  Citations

• Holding characteristics of planar objects suspended by near-field acoustic levitation

  E. Matsuo;Y. Koike;K. Nakamura;S. Ueha

  113
  Citations

• Distributed polymer optical fiber sensors: a review and outlook

  Yosuke Mizuno;Antreas Theodosiou;Kyriacos Kalli;Sascha Liehr

  102
  Citations

• Effects of Vibration Stress and Temperature on the Characteristics of Piezoelectric Ceramics under High Vibration Amplitude Levels Measured by Electrical Transient Responses

  Mikio Umeda;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  100
  Citations

• Trial Construction of a Noncontact Ultrasonic Motor with an Ultrasonically Levitated Rotor

  Tohgo Yamazaki;Junhui Hu;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  92
  Citations

• A non-contact linear bearing and actuator via ultrasonic levitation

  Takeshi Ide;James Friend;Kentaro Nakamura;Sadayuki Ueha

  89
  Citations