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59
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to micro solid-state photonics
  • 2012 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2010 - OSA Fellows For seminal contributions to solid-state lasers and nonlinear optics, especially for new materials, laser ceramics and pioneering work in high-brightness micro-photonics and their applications.

Overview

Takunori Taira is affiliated with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Solid State Laser Technologies
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Laser Material Processing Techniques
  • Laser Design and Applications
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials

Takunori Taira has published extensively in a variety of venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Optics Express
  • Laser Congress 2020 (ASSL, LAC)
  • Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022
  • Optics Letters

Some of the recent papers authored by or associated with Takunori Taira include:

  • "Development of a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system using a ceramic micro-laser for fiber-optic remote analysis," 2020, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • "Development of a portable laser peening device and its effect on the fatigue properties of HT780 butt-welded joints," 2022, Forces in Mechanics
  • "Radiation dose rate effects on the properties of a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy system developed using a ceramics micro-laser for fiber-optic remote analysis," 2020, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
  • "Effects of Laser Peening with a Pulse Energy of 1.7 mJ on the Residual Stress and Fatigue Properties of A7075 Aluminum Alloy," 2021, Metals
  • "Uncovering gold nanoparticle synthesis using a microchip laser system through pulsed laser ablation in aqueous solution," 2024, Industrial Chemistry and Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Takunori Taira include:

  • Hideki Ishizuki
  • Yoichi Sato
  • Hironori Ohba
  • Ikuo Wakaida
  • Vincent Yahia

Takunori Taira has received several recognitions, including the IEEE Fellow award in 2014 for contributions to micro solid-state photonics, SPIE Fellow status in 2012, and was named an OSA Fellow in 2010 for contributions related to solid-state lasers, nonlinear optics, laser ceramics, and micro-photonics applications.

Best Publications

  • PROGRESS IN CERAMIC LASERS

    Akio Ikesue;Yan Lin Aung;Takunori Taira;Tomosumi Kamimura

  • Single-mode oscillation of laser-diode-pumped Nd:YVO(4) microchip lasers.

    Takunori Taira;Akira Mukai;Yukihiro Nozawa;Takao Kobayashi

  • Modeling of quasi-three-level lasers and operation of cw Yb:YAG lasers

    Takunori Taira;William M. Tulloch;Robert L. Byer

  • >1 MW peak power single-mode high-brightness passively Q-switched Nd 3+ :YAG microchip laser

    Hiroshi Sakai;Hirohumi Kan;Takunori Taira

  • Ultrabright continuously tunable terahertz-wave generation at room temperature

    Shin'ichiro Hayashi;Kouji Nawata;Takunori Taira;Jun-ichi Shikata

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

    Ichiro Shoji;Sunao Kurimura;Yoichi Sato;Takunori Taira

  • Composite, all-ceramics, high-peak power Nd:YAG/Cr 4+ :YAG monolithic micro-laser with multiple-beam output for engine ignition

    Nicolaie Pavel;Masaki Tsunekane;Takunori Taira

  • Laser operation with near quantum-defect slope efficiency in Nd:YVO4 under direct pumping into the emitting level

    Y. Sato;T. Taira;N. Pavel;V. Lupei

  • High Peak Power, Passively $Q$ -switched Microlaser for Ignition of Engines

    M. Tsunekane;T. Inohara;A. Ando;N. Kido

  • Carrier-envelope-phase-stable, 1.2 mJ, 1.5 cycle laser pulses at 2.1 mu m

    Yunpei Deng;Alexander Schwarz;Hanieh Fattahi;Moritz Ueffing

  • The studies of thermal conductivity in GdVO 4 , YVO 4 , and Y 3 Al 5 O 12 measured by quasi-one-dimensional flash method

    Yoichi Sato;Takunori Taira

  • 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

  • High-energy quasi-phase-matched optical parametric oscillation in a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO 3 device with a 5?mm×5?mm aperture

    Hideki Ishizuki;Takunori Taira

  • Generation of carrier-envelope-phase-stable 2-cycle 740-μJ pulses at 2.1-μm carrier wavelength

    Xun Gu;Gilad Marcus;Yunpei Deng;Thomas Metzger

  • Highly efficient 1063-nm continuous-wave laser emission in Nd:GdVO4

    V. Lupei;N. Pavel;Y. Sato;T. Taira

  • The effect of Nd concentration on the spectroscopic and emission decay properties of highly doped Nd:YAG ceramics

    V. Lupei;A. Lupei;S. Georgescu;T. Taira

  • Laser emission under resonant pump in the emitting level of concentrated Nd:YAG ceramics

    V. Lupei;A. Lupei;N. Pavel;T. Taira

  • Domain-controlled laser ceramics toward Giant Micro-photonics [Invited]

    Takunori Taira

  • 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

  • High-power operation of diode edge-pumped, composite all-ceramic Yb:Y3Al5O12 microchip laser

    Masaki Tsunekane;Takunori Taira

  • High-power blue generation from a periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3 ridge-type waveguide by frequency doubling of a diode end-pumped Nd:Y3Al5O12 laser

    M. Iwai;T. Yoshino;S. Yamaguchi;M. Imaeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoichi Sato
Yoichi Sato University of Tokyo
Sunao Kurimura
Sunao Kurimura National Institute for Materials Science
Kodo Kawase
Kodo Kawase Nagoya University
Masaaki Fujii
Masaaki Fujii Tokyo Institute of Technology
Franz X. Kärtner
Franz X. Kärtner Universität Hamburg
Robert L. Byer
Robert L. Byer Stanford University
Kiminori Mizuuchi
Kiminori Mizuuchi Panasonic (Japan)
Yoonchan Jeong
Yoonchan Jeong Seoul National University
Kenji Kitamura
Kenji Kitamura National Institute for Materials Science

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