Prof.Furusawa received Medal with Purple Ribbon!!

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2024

We participated in "UTokyo-ANU Workshop on Quantum Control and Electronic Materials and Devices" at The Australian National University!! (April 2024)

T. Hoshi is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! In addition, he receives Dean's Award in the faculty of engineering as the most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (March 2024)

We visited KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational wave detector, Large-scale Cryogenic Gravitational wave Telescope)! (March 2024)

Furusawa lab was introduced in "Nature Focal Point on Quantum computing in Japan" of Nature (February 29, 2024 issue). (Feb. 2024)

2023

Prof. Dr. Rajveer Nehra (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) gave a seminar!! (Nov. 2023)

Prof. Furusawa participated as a panelist in the Japan-Denmark workshop on quantum technology!! (Oct. 2023)

T. Suzuki is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis!! (Mar. 2023)

Establishment of the technology for 43GHz-clock and 100 multi-core super quantum computer!! (Mar. 2023)

2022

Prof. Furusawa gave a seminar at Niels Bohr Institute!!

Title:"Optical quantum computers with quantum teleportation" (2022.12)

Press conference with NTT on Quantum arbitrary waveform generator (Q-AWG)!(2022.10)

●The University of Tokyo・School of Engineering

Dr. K. Takase is chosen as a prize winner for Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan!! (3rd year PhD student at the time of presentation) (4.2022)

Dr. W. Asavanant and H. Nagayoshi will give a seminar at YITP!!

Title:"Practical optical quantum computation on continuous-variable programmable measurement-based quantum computing platform" (4.2022)

F. Hanamura is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !!(2.2022)

2021

Press conference with NTT on Module Squeezer!(12.2021)

●The University of Tokyo・Nano Quine ●The University of Tokyo・School of Engineering

K. Takase (3rd year PhD student) and S. Konno (2nd year PhD student) have been selected as "OSA Foundation Best Student Presentation Grants" at CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 !! (4.2021)

H. Nagayoshi is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! In addition, he receives Dean's Award in the faculty of engineering as the most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2021)

2020

Hironari Nagayoshi (undergraduate student) won "The IBM Quantum Challenge Fall 2020"!

Akito Kawasaki (Master student) is also the 16th scorer! (12.2020)

N. Takanashi, A. Inoue, T. Kashiwazaki, T. Kazama, K. Enbutsu, R. Kasahara, T. Umeki, and A. Furusawa, "All-optical phase-sensitive detection for ultra-fast quantum computation" was highlighted as an Editor's Pick in Optics Express !! (11.2020)

T. Nakamura is chosen as a prize winner for excellent presentation award at JPS 2020 in autumn!!(10.2020)

T. Kashiwazaki, N. Takanashi, T. Yamashima, T. Kazama, K. Enbutsu, R. Kasahara, T. Umeki, and A. Furusawa, "Continuous-wave 6-dB-squeezed light with 2.5-THz-bandwidth from single-mode PPLN waveguide" was featured in Scilight !! (3.2020)

"Continuous-wave 6-dB-squeezed light with 2.5-THz-bandwidth from single-mode PPLN waveguide" was selected as FEATURED ARTICLE of APL Photonics!! (3.2020)

The articles about "Continuous-wave 6-dB-squeezed light with 2.5-THz-bandwidth from single-mode PPLN waveguide" are on the websites!! (3.2020)

●Faculty of Engineering Press Release ●School of Engineering Press Release ●NTT ●AIP Scilight

B. Charoensombutamon won the excellence award in the qualifying examination of Program of Excellence in Photon Science !!(3.2020)

Associate Prof. Shuntaro Takeda, who is an alumnus, has released the video introducing his research.(2.2020)

2019

The articles about "Generation of time-domain-multiplexed two-dimensional cluster state" are on the websites!! (10.2019)

●Faculty of Engineering Press Release ●School of Engineering Press Release ●UNSW Canberra ●CQC2T ●RMIT University ●Photonics.com ●ZAP ●Optics & Photonics News ●SciTech Daily ●Long Room ●Phys.org ●Optics.org ●Galileonet ●Lab Manager ●Science Daily ●Inverse ●Opli ●The University of New Mexico

"Generation of time-domain-multiplexed two-dimensional cluster state" appeared in Science !! (10.2019)

S. Konno is chosen as a prize winner for excellent presentation award at JPS 2019 in autumn!!(9.2019)

S. Takeda and A. Furusawa, "Toward large-scale fault-tolerant universal photonic quantum computing" was featured in Scilight !! (6.2019)

The articles about "On-demand photonic entanglement synthesizer" are on the websites!! (5.2019)

●Faculty of Engineering Press Release ●School of Engineering Press Release ●Phys.org

"On-demand photonic entanglement synthesizer" appeared in Science Advances !! (5.2019)

Prof.Furusawa gave a public talk at the Australian National University !! (3.2019)

The article on "Solving Schrodinger’s Cat Paradox and Taking On the Challenge of the Photonic Quantum Computer"appeared in UTOKYO VOICES !! (3.2019)

K. Takase is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (2.2019)

2018

T.Serikawa "Excess loss in homodyne detection originating from distributed photocarrier generationin photodiodes" has been selected as an Editors' Suggestion of Phys. Rev. Applied !! (12.2018)

Interviews of Prof. Furusawa at The Optical Society of America 100 !! (9.2018)

1.Prof. Furusawa discusses his work at the Univ. of Tokyo

2.Prof. Furusawa talks about CLEO Conference

Prof. Akira Furusawa gave a seminar titled "A TIME-DOMAIN MULTIPLEXED MEASUREMENT-BASED LARGE-SCALE OPTICAL QUANTUM COMPUTER" at Caltech !! (5.2018)

W. Asavanant et. al, "Generation of highly pure Schrodinger's cat states and real-time quadrature measurements via optical filtering" has been chosen as a "Spotlight on Optics" !! (2.2018)

W. Asavanant is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (2.2018)

2017

Y. Shiozawa (2nd year Ph.D. student) is selected as a winner for Emil Wolf Student Paper Competition !! (9.2017)

"The article about "Universal quantum computing with measurement-induced continuous-variable gate sequence in a loop-based architecture" appears on Japan Times !! (9.2017)

Prof. Furusawa's invited talk at The Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop (Apr. 2017). (9.2017)

K. Takase is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (2.2017)

2015

Prof. Furusawa attended ENS-UT workshop. (11.2015)

Dr. S. Takeda (IMS/Research Assistant Professor) who graduated in 2014 received Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan !! (10.2015)

The review about "Advances in Quantum Teleportation" in Nature Photonics is on Opli !! (10.2015)

Prof. Furusawa made a speech at the guidance for international students !! (4.2015)

Prof. Furusawa received Toray Science and Technology Prize !! (3.2015)

The article about our paper in Nature Photinics is on the websites !! (3.2015)

●Opli ●Electronics Weekly.com ●UTokyo Research ●Asian Scientist

The articles about our paper in Nature Communications are on the websites !! (3.2015)

●Science Daily ●FACTOR ●Science News for Writers ●Engadget  ●Bilimfili ●UTokyo Research

T. Tohyama and R. Nakamura are chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (2.2015)

H. Ogawa is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (2.2015)

2014

The University of Tokyo’s Official Promotional Video (8.2014)

H. Ogawa (2nd year Master student) is selected as a Winner for Emil Wolf Student Paper Competition !! (10.2014)

Prof. Furusawa gave an invited talk at The Principles and Applications of Control in Quantum Systems 2014 (PRACQSYS 2014) held at Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences !! (8.2014)

Prof. Furusawa gave an invited talk at Quantum Control Engineering: Mathematical Principles and Applications held at Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences !! (8.2014)

The article on "Squeezing and unsqueezing of single photons" appears in Phys.org !! (7.2014)

Y. Miwa et al., "Exploring a new regime for processing optical qubits: Squeezing and unsqueezing single photons" has been selected as an Editor's Suggestion of Pysical Review Letters !! (7.2014)

Furusawa lab's former Project Lecturer, H. Yonezawa receives the young scientist prize from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology !! (4.2014)

A contributed article appeas on Highlights from the Asia Pacific Region of Asia Pacific Physics Newsletter !! (3.2014)

S. Takeda is chosen as a prize winner for excellent doctor thesis !! (3.2014)

M. Fuwa is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (3.2014)

T. Serikawa receives the dean of the facluty of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2014)

T. Serikawa is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (3.2014)

The article "Optical Hybrid Quantum Teleportation" appears in AAPPS Bulletin !! (2.2014)

Prof. Furusawa is featured in NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW !! (1.2014)

2013

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "canberra times" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "canberra times" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "French Tribune.com" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "ZD Net" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "THE CONVERSATION" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website "CIO" !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website of The Univ. of Sydney !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature Photonics is on the website of ANU !! (11.2013)

Succeeded in creating the largest cluster of quantum systems and the paper appears in Nature Photonics !! (11.2013)

The article about our paper in Nature is on the website "2 Physics" !! (9.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured in DIGINFO TV !! (9.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured in Opli !! (8.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured in Scienceω !! (8.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured on the website of University of Mainz !! (8.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured in gigaom !! (8.2013)

Our paper in Nature is featured in National Geographic !! (8.2013)

Complete scheme to “teleport” quantum information by photons !! The paper appears in Nature !! (9.2012)

We succeeded in Ultra-high precision optical-phase tracking and the paper appears in Science !! (9.2012)

Methodology of ultra-large-scale quantum entanglement generation

J. Yoshikawa gave an invited talk at Photon Beyond Qubits- Workshop on Quantum Information Processing at Palacky University(Czech) !! (4.2013)

Y. Hashimoto made a speech at the graduation ceremony as a representative of Department of Applied Physics !! (3.2013)

T. Kaji receives the dean of the facluty of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2013)

T. Kaji is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (3.2013)

R. Ukai receives the dean of the school of engineering prize !! (3.2013)

2012

The article about our success of "Ultra-high precision optical-phase tracking"appears in photonics.com !! (9.2012)

K. Makino (2nd year Master student) is selected as a finalist for Emil Wolf Student Paper Competition !! (9.2012)

S. Takeda's paper is introduced in Natue Photonics (7.2012)

A workshop on quantum control, PRACQSYS 2012 organized by Prof. Furusawa was held at The University of Tokyo, 10~13th September !! (9.2012)

S. Takeda receives the dean of the school of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2012)

M. Fuwa receives the dean of the facluty of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2012)

S. Takeda is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (2.2012)

M. Fuwa is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis!! (2.2012)

2011

Prof. Furusawa receives a medal from the Palacky University (Czech) for his contribution to the development of the Palacky University through the collaborative research on quantum optics and quantum information science between the Palacky University and the University of Tokyo !! (8.2011)

Movie(Winner's talk)

Our success of quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light was broadcasted on FOX NEWS, U.S.A !! (5.2011)

Our success of quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light was broadcasted on Russian State Television !! (5.2011)

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Our success of quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light was broadcasted on ABC News, Australia !! (5.2011)

H. Benichi have been selected as the 2011 Maiman Outstanding Student Paper Competition First Prize Winner !! (5.2011)

The book "Quantum Tleportation and Entanglement" by Prof. A. Furusawa and Dr. P. van Loock was published by Wiley !! (5.2011)

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Our success of quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light was featured in Perspective on Science !! (4.2011)

The article about our success of quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light appears in Live Science !! (4.2011)

We succeeded in quantum teleportation of Schrodinger's cat wave-packets of light and the paper appears in Science !! (4.2011)

Link to Full Text (PDF) is here

N. Iwata is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (2.2011)

2010

S. Takeda receives President award of The University of Tokyo!!
He also receives an excellent graduation thesis prize and the dean of the faculty of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2010)

●Winner ●Medal ●Ceremony

R. Ukai is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (3.2010)

The article about "Adaptive optical phase estimation using time-symmetric quantum smoothing" appears in American Physical Society website !! (3.2010)

The article about "Adaptive optical phase estimation using time-symmetric quantum smoothing" appears in PhysOrg.com. (3.2010)

2009

H. Yonezawa receives an incentive award from the Laser Society of Japan!!
This prize is for research on laser which is extremely suggestive, inventive and potential.

The article about "Demonstration of a quantum nondemolition sum gate" appears in PhysOrg.com !! (5.2009)

N. Lee was selected as a finalist for Maiman Student Paper Competition!!
It honors Theodore Maiman for his amazing invention, the first working laser, and his other outstanding contributions to optics and photonics. It recognizes the innovation and research excellence in the areas of laser technology and electro-optics of a student. (3.2009)

2008

Prof. Akira Furusawa receives International Quantum Communication Award!! The International Quantum Communication Award for outstanding achievements in quantum communication research is presented at each QCMC. That award is sponsored by the Tamagawa University.

Furusawa lab's former research associate, T. Aoki receives the young scientist prize from Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology!!
This prize is for young scientists who are under 40years of age and recognized that they have advanced research and development capacity !! (4.2008)

R. Ukai receives the dean of the faculty of engineering prize as a most excellent student of the department of applied physics !! (3.2008)

R. Ukai is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (2.2008)

2007

Hugo Benichi who studied at Furusawa lab. from Apr. ~Aug., 2007 receives the distinguished student prize from Ecole Polytechnique !! (11.2007)

Prof. A. Furusawa received the Japan Academy Medal 2006 !! (2.2007)

The Japan Academy Medal is given to 5 excellent young researchers of the winners of the JSPS prize.

2006

Prof. A. Furusawa receives the JSPS prize 2006 !! (12.2006)

The JSPS prize・・・Nominees must have Japanese citizenship or permanent residence status in Japan. They must have published papers or articles in scientific journals and other publications in Japan and/or abroad, and obtained excellent scientific research achievements. As of 1 April 2005, they must be under 45 years of age and have obtained a doctorate degree (or possess an equivalent level of scientific research expertise). -from JSPS web page-

Prof. A. Furusawa received the Japan Academy Medal 2006 !! (2.2007)

The Japan Academy Medal is given to 5 excellent young researchers of the winners of the JSPS prize.

The article about our quantum telecloning experiment appears in The Japan Journal !! (8.2006)

The article about our laboratory appears in Nature !! (7.2006)

The article about "Demonstration of quantum telecloning of optical coherent states" appears in Physics Web !! (2.2006)

D. Moriyama and N. Lee are chosen as prize winners for excellent graduation thesis !! (2.2006)

The article about "Demonstration of quantum telecloning of optical coherent states" appears in New Scientist !! (2.2006)

The article about "Demonstration of quantum telecloning of optical coherent states" appears in Physics News Update !! (2.2006)

2005

Prof. A. Furusawa receives the Ryogo Kubo Award 2005 !! (9.2005)

The Ryogo Kubo Award is given to a young researcher under 45 years old who makes outstanding achievement in statistical physics or physical scienses.

Prof. A. Furusawa is awarded for a gold medal at Tokyo Techno Forum 21 !! (4.2005)

S. Koike is chosen as a prize winner for excellent master's thesis !! (3.2005)

Our paper on "Quantum teleportation network" appears in Nature!!

H. Yonezawa, T. Aoki, and A. Furusawa, Nature 431, 430 (2004)

Y. Mori is chosen as a prize winner for excellent graduation thesis !! (2.2004)