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Shinji Matsuo

Shinji Matsuo

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
38
Citations
6647
World Ranking
4874
National Ranking
197

Overview

Shinji Matsuo is affiliated with NTT in Japan and is an active researcher primarily in the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research portfolio includes substantial contributions to Photonic and Optical Devices as well as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices. They have also worked on Optical Network Technologies, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Their recent publication record illustrates a concentration on directly modulated lasers and membrane laser technologies, often integrating advanced materials such as silicon carbide and silicon dioxide. Notable papers include:

  • Directly modulated membrane lasers with 108 GHz bandwidth on a high-thermal-conductivity silicon carbide substrate (2020) published in Nature Photonics
  • Multiwavelength membrane laser array using selective area growth on directly bonded InP on SiO₂/Si (2020) published in Optica
  • 60 GHz Bandwidth Directly Modulated Membrane III-V Lasers on SiO₂/Si (2022) published in Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • >100-GHz Bandwidth Directly-Modulated Lasers and Adaptive Entropy Loading for Energy-Efficient >300-Gbps/λ IM/DD Systems (2020) published in Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Uncooled 100-GBaud Directly Modulated Membrane Lasers on SiC Substrate (2023) published in Journal of Lightwave Technology

Matsuo's frequent coauthors include Takuro Fujii, Koji Takeda, Nikolaos-Panteleimon Diamantopoulos, Hidetaka Nishi, and Tatsurou Hiraki. Collaboration with these researchers appears recurrent across numerous publications.

The researcher's work is often published in venues that include:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • IET conference proceedings
  • NTT technical review
  • Optics Express

Their research contributions span multiple subfields, primarily Electrical and Electronic Engineering, with intersections into Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a broad scope within the engineering domain.

Best Publications

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

    Kengo Nozaki;Takasumi Tanabe;Akihiko Shinya;Shinji Matsuo

  • 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

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

    Koji Takeda;Tomonari Sato;Akihiko Shinya;Kengo Nozaki

  • 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

  • Directly modulated membrane lasers with 108 GHz bandwidth on a high-thermal-conductivity silicon carbide substrate

    Suguru Yamaoka;Nikolaos Panteleimon Diamantopoulos;Hidetaka Nishi;Ryo Nakao

  • Fast Purcell-enhanced single photon source in 1,550-nm telecom band from a resonant quantum dot-cavity coupling

    Muhammad Danang Birowosuto;Hisashi Sumikura;Shinji Matsuo;Hideaki Taniyama

  • Heterogeneously integrated III-V/Si MOS capacitor Mach-Zehnder modulator

    Tatsurou Hiraki;Takuma Aihara;Koichi Hasebe;Koji Takeda

  • 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

  • Fast Purcell-enhanced single photon source in 1,550-nm telecom band from a resonant quantum dot-cavity coupling

    M. D. Birowosuto;H. Sumikura;S. Matsuo;H. Taniyama

  • Directly modulated buried heterostructure DFB laser on SiO₂/Si substrate fabricated by regrowth of InP using bonded active layer.

    Shinji Matsuo;Takuro Fujii;Koichi Hasebe;Koji Takeda

  • Femtofarad optoelectronic integration demonstrating energy-saving signal conversion and nonlinear functions

    Kengo Nozaki;Shinji Matsuo;Takuro Fujii;Koji Takeda

  • On the Complexity Reduction of the Second-Order Volterra Nonlinear Equalizer for IM/DD Systems

    Nikolaos-Panteleimon Diamantopoulos;Hidetaka Nishi;Wataru Kobayashi;Koji Takeda

  • 20-Gbit/s directly modulated photonic crystal nanocavity laser with ultra-low power consumption

    Shinji Matsuo;Akihiko Shinya;Chin-Hui Chen;Kengo Nozaki

  • Photonic-crystal nano-photodetector with ultrasmall capacitance for on-chip light-to-voltage conversion without an amplifier

    Kengo Nozaki;Shinji Matsuo;Takuro Fujii;Koji Takeda

  • Bistable spatial light modulator using a ferroelectric liquid crystal.

    Seiji Fukushima;Takashi Kurokawa;Shinji Matsuo;Haruki Kozawaguchi

  • Microring-Resonator-Based Widely Tunable Lasers

    S. Matsuo;T. Segawa

  • All-optical on-chip bit memory based on ultra high Q InGaAsP photonic crystal

    Akihiko Shinya;Shinji Matsuo;Yosia;Takasumi Tanabe

  • Low-power nanophotonic devices based on photonic crystals towards dense photonic network on chip

    Masaya Notomi;Akihiko Shinya;Kengo Nozaki;Takasumi Tanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaya Notomi
Masaya Notomi NTT (Japan)
Akihiko Shinya
Akihiko Shinya NTT (Japan)
Eiichi Kuramochi
Eiichi Kuramochi NTT (Japan)
Yuzo Yoshikuni
Yuzo Yoshikuni Kitasato University
Takasumi Tanabe
Takasumi Tanabe Keio University
Fumio Koyama
Fumio Koyama Tokyo Institute of Technology
R Richard Nötzel
R Richard Nötzel South China Normal University
Ken-ichi Kitayama
Ken-ichi Kitayama Osaka University
Yutaka Miyamoto
Yutaka Miyamoto Harvard University

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