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Overview

Sunao Kurimura is affiliated with the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy and Engineering.

The scientist's work is especially concentrated in several subfields, including:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Spectroscopy
  • Ophthalmology

Main research topics covered by Sunao Kurimura include:

  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

Kurimura has co-authored publications with several frequent collaborators, such as Mamoru Hisamitsu, Katsuhiko Tokuda, Bo Cao, Ryo Okamoto, and Shigeki Takeuchi.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Optics Express
  • The Review of Laser Engineering
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Recent notable publications by Sunao Kurimura include:

  • Efficient generation of ultra-broadband parametric fluorescence using chirped quasi-phase-matched waveguide devices, 2021, Optics Express
  • Non-collinear generation of ultra-broadband parametric fluorescence photon pairs using chirped quasi-phase matching slab waveguides, 2023, Optics Express
  • Evaluation of Femtosecond Time-bin Qubits Using Frequency Up-conversion Technique, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Optimization of crystal length in a pulse-pumped up-conversion single-photon detector for decoding femtosecond time-bin qubits, 2024, Optics Express
  • Highly Efficient Broadband Frequency Entangled Photon Pair Sources for Optical Quantum Applications, 2020, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Best Publications

  • Optical properties and laser characteristics of highly Nd3+-doped Y3Al5O12 ceramics

    Ichiro Shoji;Sunao Kurimura;Yoichi Sato;Takunori Taira

  • Domain inversion in ferroelectric MgO:LiNbO3 by applying electric fields

    Atsuko Kuroda;Sunao Kurimura;Yoshiaki Uesu

  • Broadband quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in MgO-doped periodically poled LiNbO_3 at the communications band.

    Nan Ei Yu;Jung Hoon Ro;Myoungsik Cha;Sunao Kurimura

  • Optical second harmonic images of 90° domain structure in BaTiO3 and periodically inverted antiparallel domains in LiTaO3

    Y. Uesu;S. Kurimura;Y. Yamamoto

  • Powerful red-green-blue laser source pumped with a mode-locked thin disk laser.

    Felix Brunner;Edith Innerhofer;Sergio V. Marchese;Thomas Südmeyer

  • Quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide in LiNbO3

    Sunao Kurimura;Yuji Kato;Masayuki Maruyama;Yusuke Usui

  • Application of the second harmonic generation microscope to nondestructive observation of periodically poled ferroelectric domains in quasi-phase-matched wavelength converters

    Sunao Kurimura;Yoshiaki Uesu

  • Non-Gaussian operation based on photon subtraction using a photon-number-resolving detector at a telecommunications wavelength

    Naoto Namekata;Yuta Takahashi;Yuta Takahashi;Go Fujii;Go Fujii;Daiji Fukuda

  • Bright narrowband source of photon pairs at optical telecommunication wavelengths using a type-II periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide

    Go Fujii;Naoto Namekata;Masayuki Motoya;Sunao Kurimura

  • Thermal-birefringence-induced depolarization in Nd:YAG ceramics

    Ichiro Shoji;Yoichi Sato;Sunao Kurimura;Voicu Lupei

  • High Average Power Diode End-Pumped Composite Nd:YAG Laser Passively Q-switched by Cr4+:YAG Saturable Absorber

    Nicolaie Pavel;Jiro Saikawa;Sunao Kurimura;Takunori Taira

  • Thermal inhibition of high-power second-harmonic generation in periodically poled LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 crystals

    Oleg A. Louchev;Nan Ei Yu;Sunao Kurimura;Kenji Kitamura

  • High power continuous-wave green light generation by quasiphase matching in Mg stoichiometric lithium tantalate

    Sergey V. Tovstonog;Sunao Kurimura;Kenji Kitamura

  • Stable High-Power Green Light Generation with Thermally Conductive Periodically Poled Stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate

    Nan Ei Yu;Sunao Kurimura;Yoshiyuki Nomura;Kenji Kitamura

  • Thermal effects in high-power CW second harmonic generation in Mg-doped stoichiometric lithium tantalate.

    Sergey V. Tovstonog;Sunao Kurimura;Ikue Suzuki;Kohei Takeno

  • Time-resolved single-photon detection by femtosecond upconversion.

    Onur Kuzucu;Franco N. C. Wong;Sunao Kurimura;Sergey Tovstonog

  • High-power femtosecond fiber-feedback optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3.

    T. Südmeyer;E. Innerhofer;F. Brunner;R. Paschotta

  • Tunable frequency-doubled Yb:YAG microchip lasers

    Jiro Saikawa;Sunao Kurimura;Ichiro Shoji;Takunori Taira

  • Efficient optical parametric oscillation based on periodically poled 1.0 mol % MgO-doped stoichiometric LiTaO3

    Nan Ei Yu;Sunao Kurimura;Yoshiyuki Nomura;Masaru Nakamura

  • Rearrangement of ferroelectric domain structure induced by chemical etching

    V. Ya. Shur;A. I. Lobov;A. G. Shur;S. Kurimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Kitamura
Kenji Kitamura National Institute for Materials Science
Fabian Rotermund
Fabian Rotermund Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe Technical University of Denmark
Kazuya Terabe
Kazuya Terabe National Institute for Materials Science
Ursula Keller
Ursula Keller ETH Zurich
Shu Namiki
Shu Namiki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Uwe Griebner
Uwe Griebner Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Yoke Khin Yap
Yoke Khin Yap Michigan Technological University
Alfred Forchel
Alfred Forchel University of Würzburg
Masashi Yoshimura
Masashi Yoshimura Osaka University

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