Prof. Kawata's Cyber lab.

Started in April 1992 by Professor Kawata in the Department of Applied Physics of Osaka University (Handai). Standing for the Laboratory for Scientific Instrumentation and Engineering, pronounced as "lazy" as lazy lab, lazy members, and lazy seminars. Currently, the LaSIE is managed with Osamu Nakamura (Professor, Frontier Biosciences), Yasushi Inouye (Associate Professor, Frontier Biosciences), Zouheir Sekkat (Professor, Frontier Research Center), and Hong-Bo Sun (Assistant Professor, Applied Physics). Five faculty members, six postdoctoral scientists, seven PhD students, 13 MSc course students, and four undergraduate students work together for developing the advanced nanophotonics sciences and technologies with five administrative staff. Succeeding to two national projects directed by Prof. Kawata, "Near-field Nano-optcs," Project, under the Ministry of Education from 1997 to 2000, and "Photonics Biomedical Sensing and Control" Project under JSPS, we have launched a new JST-CREST project, "Nonlinear Nanophotonics," Project in December 2001 for five years. Ai Shimode manages Professor Kawata's schedule; Aki Utsunomiya works for international relations of the laboratory.

CoCoNoSminar, Handai (Osaka University)

Established in April 2002 in the Department of Information and Physical Sciences of the newly started School of Information and Science at Osaka University. The official name for "CoCoNo" is Computation, Complexity and Nonlinearity. Professor Kawata directs this lab with his colleagues Yasuhiro Kasai and Etsushi Nakaguchi. The laboratory challenges the development of new nonlinear complex system science by fusing the modern physics, engineering and mathematics. We have three undergraduate and four graduate students.

RIKEN Nanophotonics Laboratory

Established in April 2002 in RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Sciences) in Wako. As seen in the name of the laboratory, we explore the future of nanoscience and nanotechnology using advanced photon technologies. Terabyte optical data storage, nanoprobe spectroscopy, and photon-controlled nanostructure are the three major projects of the laboratory. Besides Professor Kawata, Drs. Takayuki Okamoto, Jun-ichi Kato, Koichiro Shirota are working this new lab with a joint member from Osaka University, Engineering Science School, Dr. Takuo Tanaka, and two graduate students. Rieko Sato works for administration.

CREST Nonlinear Nanophotonics Project

A JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation) project, headed by Professor Kawata under the committee chairman, Dr. Koji Kajimura. Started in December 2001 for five years. The project name, "Nonlinear nanophotonics," was given by Professor Kawata to establish a new concept as the combination of nonlinear spectroscopy and near field spectroscopy. Under the project leaser, a number of scientists from Osaka University, Kyoto Prefectural Medical School, and RIKEN join to carry out this new scientific concepts as an advanced nanotechnology.
Four topics are selected as the objectives of this project, 1) molecular nanoimaging, 2) atom nanocontrol, 3) nanomachine and nanodevice development, and 4) cell stimulation and surgery.
http://www.nano-dev.jst.go.jp/

NanoPhoton Corporation

NanoPhoton Corporation is a nanotechnology venture company which develops cutting-edge scientific products utilizing light, and provides these products to research centers all around the world. Rather than studying the market and creating devices which will sell in large numbers, NanoPhoton Corporation creates products that are new devices unlike any existing in the world. As the founders of the company, we intend to remain at the forefront of our times, and to contribute to society through applied nanotechnology and photonics products.

Handai Frontier Research Center (FRC)

The Graduate School of Engineering of Osaka University (Osaka University is hereunder called the "Handai"), in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology established the "Frontier Research Center" (called FRC for short) on October 1st, 2001 as a "strategic research base" for the promotion of science and technology. The FRC is not merely a new research center which links the Institute with the community but is also a pilot laboratory which explores the operation of institute's next-generation research systems and their integration with the wider community. Prof. Kawata is the Director of this center since it has been established.

Frontier Associates (FRA)

FRA provides support by matching research themes from research institutions such as universities with the research needs in the world of industry. We also create research environments for researchers, and engage in activities which are aimed at transmitting the results of research to society and at creating new fields of industry. In these ways, we strive to achieve our number one goal – contributing to regional communities.

Optics Communications

Optics Communications, published by Elsevier, is one of the most prestigious international journals in the optics community. The journal aims to provide a rapid and high-quality publication to authors. Professor Kawata was appointed as an editor in May 2000 and his office handles over 400 submissions per year.