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A Message from the Program Leader |
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Our proposed program for Innovation in Coherent Optical Science has been chosen for the COE program of the 21st century in the category of mathematics, physics and earth science. We embrace this appointment with great honor, expectation and responsibility. We perceive the COE program as an opportunity to add new education and research activities at UEC and we hope that receiving COE designation will call attention to the significance of the University as a venue for academic challenge and creation of culture. At the same time, we are ready to bend ourselves to the responsibility of being named a Center of Excellence for research.
Coherent Optical Science is a relatively new field that originated with the invention of the laser. In the past decade, however, enormous development has been achieved by blazing a trail in completely new areas such as quantum electronics, laser physics, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and optoelectronics. Today, various methodologies established in these new areas are considered indispensable to applied sciences, such as optical processing and optical communications, and to basic sciences such as physics, chemistry and life science. The recent development of Coherent Optical Science is also noteworthy as is demonstrated by the Nobel Prizes awarded to laser cooling technology in 1997, femtosecond ultrahigh-speed phenomena in 1999, and Bose-Einstein condensation in 2001.
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The UEC optical science group has been making extensive contributions to the field of Coherent Optical Science, ranging from basic to applied science, particularly since establishment of the Institute for Laser Science in 1980. The group has been leading research activities in fields including atom optics, quantum nonlinear optics, ultra-stabilized lasers, optical interferometers, ceramic lasers, and multiply-charged ion nanoprocessing. The COE proposal derives from our future plan to promote further development of the research and education activities of the optical science group.
Activities in this program are undertaken as part of the graduate school. We hope to educate a new generation of researchers who will pioneer the frontiers of optical science through our leading-edge research.
Implementation of the COE program so as to realize the valuable educational and research benefits requires a strong commitment and innovative actions on our part. We are determined to make every effort in this endeavor. We ask for your continued support and cooperation.
Professor Kohzo HAKUTA
Program Leader of COE Program,
Innovation in Coherent Optical Science
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