About Our Project

Project overview:

The ever-growing digital transformation (DX) calls for a new-generation data processing technology featuring orders of magnitude increased bandwidth while consuming minimal power. Optical technology is crucial for propagating high data rates with low power consumption, raising an urgent demand for microelectronics with bandwidth comparable to the transmission speed of light to achieve integrated optical interconnects. Our team uses its expertise in spintronics and photonics to create ultra-fast and ultra-low power photoelectric devices that can substitute energy-hungry intermediate electronics for data processing. We envision such a device to generate a great leap forward in optoelectronics and communication technology.

Satoru Nakatsuji

Project Leader
Professor, the University of Tokyo
Topological materials
Spintronics and thin film processing

Ryo Shimano

R&D Group Leader
Professor, the University of Tokyo
Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy
Light-induced quantum phenomena

Mitsuru Takenaka

R&D Group Leader
Professor, the University of Tokyo
Si Photonics
Electric-photonic integrated circuit

Takashi Koretsune

R&D Group Leader
Professor, Tohoku University
Computational material science
Device modeling and simulation

Ryotaro Arita

R&D Core Member
Professor, the University of Tokyo
Computational material science
Device modeling and simulation

Masamitsu Hayashi

R&D Core Member
Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo
Spintronics and magnetic memory
Light-spin interaction

Kouta Kondou

R&D Core Member
Senior Researcher, RIKEN
Spintronics and magnetic memory
Topological materials

Shinji Miwa

R&D Core Member
Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo
Spintronics and thin film processing
Topological materials

Makoto Okano

R&D Core Member
Chief researcher, AIST
Optoelectronics
Si Photonics

Arata Tsukamoto

R&D Core Member
Professor, Nihon University
Opto-spintronics
Nanodevice fabrication

Our projects and technologies

Material design and spintronics

  • Design of new topological magnetic materials for spintronics applications
  • Fabrication of ultrafast, low-power magnetic memory devices

THz magneto-optics

  • Ultrafast optical control of magnetization and magnetic domain wall motion
  • Development of new imaging technologies

Electric-photonic integration

  • Development of high-speed photelectric conversion devices
  • Writing information using picosecond-scale laser pulses