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  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to integrated photonic devices

Overview

Yasuo Kokubun is affiliated with Yokohama National University in Japan, focusing primarily on engineering, specifically within electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics related to optical and photonic devices as well as advanced network technologies.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Their publication record illustrates a focus on optical fibers, photonic devices, and optical communication systems. Frequently appearing in the journal IEICE Electronics Express, they have also published in the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and the Journal of Lightwave Technology.

Recent publications include:

  • "Behavior of intercore crosstalk in square-layout uncoupled four-core fibers," 2022, IEICE Electronics Express
  • "Predictable and unpredictable phenomena in optical fibers for space-division/mode-division multiplexing transmission: statistical analysis of coupling and mysterious behavior of modes," 2020, IEICE Electronics Express
  • "Proposal of ultra-low voltage quantum well optical modulator for optical interconnection in superconducting integrated circuit systems," 2020, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • "Switchable All-Optical Flip-Flop and Inverter Operations in Quantum Well Microring Laser," 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • "Erratum: Predictable and unpredictable phenomena in optical fibers for space-division/mode-division multiplexing transmission: statistical analysis of coupling and mysterious behavior of modes," 2020, IEICE Electronics Express

Collaborations are notable with several co-authors appearing multiple times alongside Kokubun, including Masanori Koshiba, Taro Arakawa, Mao Yamauchi, Shoichiro Matsuo, and Mayu Nakagawa. These collaborations likely contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of their research in photonics and optical communication.

Their work spans publication venues such as:

  • IEICE Electronics Express
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Extended Abstracts of the 2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials

In 2010, Yasuo Kokubun was named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to integrated photonic devices, recognizing their role within the engineering and photonics communities. This designation reflects involvement in advancing integrated photonic device technologies and related optical communication systems.

Best Publications

  • Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides in SiO2‐Si multilayer structures

    M. A. Duguay;Y. Kokubun;T. L. Koch;Loren Pfeiffer

  • An eight-channel add-drop filter using vertically coupled microring resonators over a cross grid

    S.T. Chu;B.E. Little;W. Pan;T. Kaneko

  • Heterogeneous multi-core fibers: proposal and design principle

    Masanori Koshiba;Kunimasa Saitoh;Yasuo Kokubun

  • Vertically coupled glass microring resonator channel dropping filters

    B.E. Little;S.T. Chu;W. Pan;D. Ripin

  • Microring resonator arrays for VLSI photonics

    B.E. Little;S.T. Chu;W. Pan;Y. Kokubun

  • Stacked planar optics: an application of the planar microlens

    Kenichi Iga;Masahiro Oikawa;S. Misawa;Junichi Banno

  • Box-like filter response and expansion of FSR by a vertically triple coupled microring resonator filter

    Y. Yanagase;S. Suzuki;Y. Kokubun;Sai Tak Chu

  • Fabrication technologies for vertically coupled microring resonator with multilevel crossing busline and ultracompact-ring radius

    Y. Kokubun;Y. Hatakeyama;M. Ogata;S. Suzuki

  • Second-order filter response from parallel coupled glass microring resonators

    Sai Tak Chu;B.E. Little;Wugen Pan;T. Kaneko

  • Dispersion and radiation loss characteristics of antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides-numerical results and analytical expressions

    T. Baba;Y. Kokubun

  • Realizing a 36-core, 3-mode fiber with 108 spatial channels

    J. Sakaguchi;W. Klaus;J.-M. D. Mendinueta;B.J. Puttnam

  • Vertically coupled optical resonator devices over a cross-grid waveguide architecture

    Brent E. Little;Wugen Pan;Yasuo Kokubun;Sai T. Chu

  • Athermal waveguides for temperature-independent lightwave devices

    Y. Kokubun;N. Funato;M. Takizawa

  • Wavelength trimming of a microring resonator filter by means of a UV sensitive polymer overlay

    S.T. Chu;W. Pan;S. Sato;T. Kaneko

  • Novel multi-core fibers for mode division multiplexing : proposal and design principle

    Yasuo Kokubun;Masanori Koshiba

  • Cascaded microring resonators for crosstalk reduction and spectrum cleanup in add-drop filters

    Sai Tak Chu;B.E. Little;Wugen Pan;T. Kaneko

  • Large Spatial Channel (36-Core × 3 mode) Heterogeneous Few-Mode Multicore Fiber

    Jun Sakaguchi;Werner Klaus;Jose Manuel Delgado Mendinueta;Benjamin James Puttnam

  • Precise control of wavelength channel spacing of microring resonator add-drop filter array

    S. Suzuki;Y. Hatakeyama;Y. Kokubun;Sai Tak Chu

  • A wavelength-selective add-drop switch using silicon microring resonator with a submicron-comb electrostatic actuator

    Kazunori Takahashi;Yoshiaki Kanamori;Yasuo Kokubun;Kazuhiro Hane

  • Temperature-independent optical filter at 1.55 [micro sign]m wavelength using a silica-based athermal waveguide

    Y. Kokubun;S. Yoneda;S. Matsuura

  • Fast and stable wavelength-selective switch using double-series coupled dielectric microring resonator

    Y. Goebuchi;T. Kato;Y. Kokubun

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenichi Iga
Kenichi Iga Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshihiko Baba
Toshihiko Baba Yokohama National University
Nobuyuki Yoshikawa
Nobuyuki Yoshikawa Yokohama National University
Shoichiro Matsuo
Shoichiro Matsuo Fujikura (Japan)
Masataka Nakazawa
Masataka Nakazawa Tohoku University
Naoya Wada
Naoya Wada National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Naoki Kobayashi
Naoki Kobayashi University of Electro-Communications
Kunimasa Saitoh
Kunimasa Saitoh Hokkaido University
Ryutaro Maeda
Ryutaro Maeda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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