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Osamu Matoba

Osamu Matoba

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
43
Citations
7782
World Ranking
6124
National Ranking
119

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - OSA Fellows Osamu Matoba Kobe University, Japan For pioneering contribution in information optics, including invention of new techniques in digital holography and optical security
  • 2015 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Osamu Matoba is affiliated with Kobe University in Japan and has an extensive body of research primarily situated within the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Their work spans a range of subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Media Technology; Biophysics; Biomedical Engineering; and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The primary focus of Matoba's research involves Digital Holography and Microscopy, with additional interests in Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies, Image Processing Techniques and Applications, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques. Other notable topics include Random lasers and scattering media, Optical measurement and interference techniques, and Optical Coherence Tomography Applications.

Frequent coauthors featured in Matoba's research collaborations include Yasuhiro Awatsuji, Manoj Kumar, Xiangyu Quan, Naru Yoneda, and Sudheesh K. Rajput. Matoba has published numerous articles across several well-known venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Optics Express
  • Applied Optics
  • Optics and Lasers in Engineering
  • Optics Letters
  • Journal of Biomedical Optics

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Matoba include:

  • "Roadmap on holography," 2020, Journal of Optics
  • "Common-path multimodal three-dimensional fluorescence and phase imaging system," 2020, Journal of Biomedical Optics
  • "Pain induces stable, active microcircuits in the somatosensory cortex that provide a therapeutic target," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Digital Holographic Multimodal Cross-Sectional Fluorescence and Quantitative Phase Imaging System," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Single-shot common-path off-axis digital holography: applications in bioimaging and optical metrology [Invited]," 2020, Applied Optics

Matoba's contributions have been recognized through distinctions such as election as an OSA Fellow in 2019, acknowledging pioneering contributions in information optics, notably in digital holography and optical security. Additionally, Matoba was named an SPIE Fellow in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Encrypted optical memory system using three-dimensional keys in the Fresnel domain.

    Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Optical Techniques for Information Security

    O. Matoba;T. Nomura;E. Perez-Cabre;M.S. Millan

  • Optoelectronic information encryption with phase-shifting interferometry

    Enrique Tajahuerce;Osamu Matoba;Steven C. Verrall;Bahram Javidi

  • Real-time three-dimensional object reconstruction by use of a phase-encoded digital hologram.

    Osamu Matoba;Thomas J. Naughton;Yann Frauel;Nicolas Bertaux

  • Three-Dimensional Imaging and Processing Using Computational Holographic Imaging

    Y. Frauel;T.J. Naughton;O. Matoba;E. Tajahuerce

  • Parallel two-step phase-shifting digital holography

    Yasuhiro Awatsuji;Tatsuki Tahara;Atsushi Kaneko;Takamasa Koyama

  • Digital holography and its multidimensional imaging applications: a review.

    Tatsuki Tahara;Xiangyu Quan;Reo Otani;Yasuhiro Takaki

  • High-speed phase imaging by parallel phase-shifting digital holography

    Takashi Kakue;Ryosuke Yonesaka;Tatsuki Tahara;Yasuhiro Awatsuji

  • Parallel three-step phase-shifting digital holography

    Yasuhiro Awatsuji;Atsushi Fujii;Toshihiro Kubota;Osamu Matoba

  • Encrypted optical storage with angular multiplexing

    Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Shift-invariant three-dimensional object recognition by means of digital holography

    Enrique Tajahuerce;Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Transmissive optical imaging device with micromirror array

    Satoshi Maekawa;Kouichi Nitta;Osamu Matoba

  • Secure optical storage that uses fully phase encryption

    Xiaodi Tan;Osamu Matoba;Tsutomu Shimura;Kazuo Kuroda

  • Secure optical memory system with polarization encryption

    Xiaodi Tan;Osamu Matoba;Yoshiko Okada-Shudo;Masafumi Ide

  • Encrypted optical storage with wavelength-key and random phase codes

    Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Parallel phase-shifting digital holographic microscopy

    Tatsuki Tahara;Kenichi Ito;Takashi Kakue;Motofumi Fujii

  • Secure holographic memory by double-random polarization encryption.

    Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Real-time three-dimensional object recognition with multiple perspectives imaging.

    Osamu Matoba;Enrique Tajahuerce;Bahram Javidi

  • Optical retrieval of encrypted digital holograms for secure real-time display.

    Osamu Matoba;Bahram Javidi

  • Experimental demonstration of parallel two-step phase-shifting digital holography.

    Tatsuki Tahara;Kenichi Ito;Motofumi Fujii;Takashi Kakue

Frequent Co-Authors

Bahram Javidi
Bahram Javidi University of Connecticut
Thomas J. Naughton
Thomas J. Naughton National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Hiroaki Wake
Hiroaki Wake Kobe University
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Shinji Hayashi
Shinji Hayashi Kobe University
Rafael Yuste
Rafael Yuste Columbia University
Manuel Martínez-Corral
Manuel Martínez-Corral University of Valencia
Akira Hasegawa
Akira Hasegawa Osaka University
Haizheng Zhong
Haizheng Zhong Beijing Institute of Technology
Masanori Ozaki
Masanori Ozaki Osaka University

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