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April 1, 2019
The TILA Consortium was launched.
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June 19, 2019
Consortium Inauguration Ceremony.
https://www.ims.ac.jp/news/2019/06/28_4377.html
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June 25, 2019
A new concept in laser technology could generate narrow-bandwidth, high-energy terahertz waves.
This will be a milestone towards compact particle accelerators.
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June 28, 2019
Professor Takunori Taira has been elected as a Fellow of the Laser Society of Japan
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July 18, 2019
The 5th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
(Click here to download materials (members only)) - August 23, 2019
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September 24, 2019
Patent briefing for consortium members (1st).
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October 11, 2019
The 6th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
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October 15, 2019
The TILA Consortium website open.
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November 11, 2019
Patent Briefing for Consortium Members (2nd).
- December 2, 2019
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December 19, 2019
The 7th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
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December 26, 2019
Prof. Taira’s interview is featured in Sheetmetal Jan 2020.
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January 20, 2020
Dr. Nicolaie PAVEL of Romania, formerly at Taira G, has made a donation to The Optical Society (OSA) for Prof. Taira’s work to date.
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February 20, 2020
The 8th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
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July 8, 2020
The 9th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
(Click here to download materials (members only)) - August 28, 2020
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September 17, 2020
The 10th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
(Click here to download materials (members only)) - October 13, 2020
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November 26, 2020
Prof. Taira gave a keynote lecture at the 94th Laser Processing Society of Japan Conference.
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December 1, 2020
The Division of Research Innovation and Collaboration and the consortium were featured in the December 2020 issue of Okazaki Shinkin Bank’s “MONTHLY REPORT”.
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December 11, 2020
Prof. Taira gave an invited lecture at the 5th Ultrafast Optoelectronics Technical (UFO) Conference.
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December 17, 2020
The 11th “Ubiquitous Power Laser” Technical Committee Meeting
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January 7, 2021
Mr. Partner Publishing Division, 2021 Edition, “This is the Boom of 2021! ” the Division of Research Innovation and Collaboration, Institute for Molecular Science is introduced in the following website.
http://www.mrpartner.co.jp/boom2021/
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January 15, 2021
Promotional resources featuring Professor Taira’s comments are available for download on the JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) website. (You can download it after entering your affiliation and contact information in the form on the following page.)
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January 18, 2021
The TILA Consortium and tiny integrated lasers were introduced in Laser Focus World Japan.
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January 18-20, 2021
Prof. Taira, Program manager Sano, and Assoc. Prof. Yoshida will give an invited talk at the 41st annual meeting of Laser Society of Japan.
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/lsj41/session/1801-03/category
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/lsj41/subject/C05-19p-III-01/advanced
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/lsj41/subject/C05-19p-III-02/advanced -
18 February, 2021
The 12th Technical Committee Meeting on “Ubiquitous Power Laser” was held at Institute for Molecular Science (Web conference simultaneously).
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20 February, 2021
A full-page advertisement of the TILA Consortium will appear in the Sankei Shimbun dated Feb. 20.
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March 5, 2021
Prof. Taira’s article, [Tiny integrated high-field laser using micro-solid-state photonics:Innovation from big science to social implementation of “giant micro-photonics”] appeared in the Journal of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.
OYO BUTURI, Vol. 90, No. 3, p. 155-161 (2021)
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March 6-11, 2021
Professor Taira will be the Symposium Chair for PHOTONICS WEST LASE 2021.
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April 1, 2021
The new year has begun, and I look forward to working you again this year.
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April 23, 2021
Call for Research Proposals for FY2021 JST.
〇 ACT-X “Hardware in Future for Resilience of Real Space” area
https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-x/en/research_area/ongoing/area2021-1.html〇 Overview of ACT-X
https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-x/en/about/index.html〇 Call for Research Proposals page for FY2021
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May 6, 2021
The Division of Research Innovation and Collaboration has moved to a new location. The new location of the office is in Joint Research Bldg. D.
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June 1, 2021
The Amada Foundation has started accepting grant applications for fiscal year 2021.
For more information, please visit
https://www.amada-f.or.jp/prog
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June 11, 2021
Molecular Science Forum “Molecular Evolution in the Universe and the Role of Ice Particles” will be held from 18:00.
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June 25, 2021
The Symposium on JST Mirai Program will be held online. Prof. Taira will give a presentation.
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June 30, 2021
13:00～15:30 The 4th Laser Processing Grant-in-Aid Research Results Presentation will be held at Pacifico Yokohama in a hybrid (venue + online) lecture format.
Prof. Taira will give a keynote lecture.
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July 9, 2021
The 1st Technical Committee Meeting on “Tiny Integrated Lasers” of the Laser Society of Japan was held at the Institute for Molecular Science (＆Web Conference).
(postponed from June 16)
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July 14, 2021
Laser peening results of Prof. Taira and PM Sano will be exhibited at “Society 5.0 Science Expo”.
IMS Press https://www.ims.ac.jp/news/2021/07/society_5.html
Society 5.0 Science Expo” HP https://society5expo.jp -
August 4, 2021
In the July 2021 issue of Photonics Spectra, an optical technology newspaper, an article on a laser plug for engine ignition developed by the Taira Group, which appeared in the magazine’s July issue 10 years ago, was introduced as “This month in history.
For the subject, please click here (p15 right chronology).
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September 22, 2021
The 2nd Laser Society of Japan “Tiny Integrated Lasers” Technical Committee Meeting was held at Institute for Molecular Science (hybrid conference).
Click here for the program（PDF） Click here to download materials (members only) - September 30, 2021
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October 3-7, 2021
Three presentations were given at Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL 2021).
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October 21, 2021
We invited Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Murata of Mie University and held a seminar.
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October 22-23, 2021
We exhibited at SDGs AICHI EXPO 2021.
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October 28, 2021
Prof. Taira and Dr. Sato will give a lecture in the joint symposium “Optoceramics” at Optics & Photonics Japan 2021.
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November 12, 2021
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association (OITDA).
http://www.oitda.or.jp/
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November 17-19, 2021
We will exhibit at Science and Photonics Fair 2021.
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November 22-24, 2021
Dr. Lim presented at the 59th Symposium on Combustion .
Presentation number: E122
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December 3, 2021
Institute for Molecular Science Forum will be held.
Dr. Shigeyuki Masaoka of Osaka University will talk about “Challenges to Artificial Photosynthesis – Valuable Molecules from Air and Water”.
https://www.ims.ac.jp/research/seminar/2021/08/27_5149.html -
December 15, 2021
The 3rd Laser Society of Japan “Tiny Integrated Lasers” Technical Committee Meeting (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) was held.
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January 12-14, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the Chubu Laser Application Technology Research Association.
https://ngylaser.com/index.html
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January 18, 2022
Safety seminar on lasers “Safe handling of laser equipment (Lecturer: Dr Yoichi Sato (RIKEN))” was held.
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January 22-27, 2022
Two results of the Division of Research Innovation and Collaboration will be presented at Photonics West 2022 (LASE Chair: Prof. Taira).
https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west/program/conferences/lase
https://spie.org/photonics-west/presentation/40-MW-peak-power-Nd-YAG-Cr4-YAG-unstable-resonator/11980-48
https://spie.org/photonics-west/presentation/Large-aperture-manually-poled-LiNbO3-and-KTP-for-high-energy/11985-29 -
February 28 – March 1, 2022
IMS Workshop “Frontiers of Energy Science: Toward a Cross-Hierarchical Understanding” will be held.
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture there.
NINS Networked Research Acceleration Project “Cross-Hierarchical Understanding of Materials and Life through Molecular Observation
Materials Science Collaboration (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku Univ.; ISSP, Univ. of Tokyo; RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science; NINS Institute for Molecular Science; Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto Univ.)
Place: Online via Zoom
Admission: Free
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March 8, 2022
Symposium on “Day of Light” (organized by Prof. Taira) will be held.
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March 16, 2022
The 4th Laser Society of Japan “Tiny Integrated Lasers” Technical Committee Meeting (organized by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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March 23-25, 2022
2022 OSA High Brightness Congress (MICS Committee: Prof Taira) was held.
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April 1, 2022
The new year has started. We look forward to working with you in the new year.
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April 12, 2022
Mr. Joël MOREIRA from Chimie ParisTech came for an internship.
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April 20-22, 2022
The 8th Tiny Integrated Laser and Laser Ignition Conference 2022 (LIC2022) (Committee: Prof. Taira, Sato) was held, and four invited lectures were given.
https://opicon.jp/opic2022/wp-content/themes/opic2022_temp/download/OPIC2022_congressbook.pdf -
April 21, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition 2022 (OPIE’22)
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April 22, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition 2022 (OPIE’22).
https://www.optronics.co.jp/ex-seminar/projects/semi/64/600#seminar_id_1104 -
April 26, 2022
[ACT-X Hardware for Resilience] Applications for the year 2022 are now open.
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June 7, 2022
The first symposium of the JST-Mirai Program “Development and demonstration of laser-driven quantum beam accelerators” was held.
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June 9, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the The International Conference on Laser, Plasma and Radiation-Science and Technology (ICLPR-ST 2022),Bucharest, Romania.
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June 16, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the The XXIII International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications (HPLS&A 2022) , Prague, Czech Republic.
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June 30, 2022
The 5th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’, organized by the Institute for Molecular Science.
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July 21, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the Technical Committee on Lasers and Quantum Electronics (LQE)(2022).
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Sept 5, 2022
Dr Lim presented a Post-Deadline Paper at the 25th Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO-25).
https://www.optica.org/en-us/events/global_calendar/events/2022/general_congress_of_the_international_commission_f/ -
Sept 20, 2022
2022年度 戦略的創造研究推進事業（ACT-X）の新規研究課題及び評価者について
https://www.jst.go.jp/kisoken/act-x/application/2022/220920/220920.html -
Sept 21, 2022
The 6th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’, (hosted by the Institute for Molecular Science) was held.
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Sept 22, 2022
TILA Consortium Annual Meeting 2022 was held.
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Sept 23, 2022
Prof. Taira presented an invited lecture at the The 83st Autumn Meeting 2020 of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.
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Sept 28, 2022
天田財団 2022年度（前期）助成先が決定しました。
https://www.amada-f.or.jp/
https://www.amada-f.or.jp/amada/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220930.pdf -
Oct 1, 2022
天田財団 2022年度後期助成先（後期は国際交流助成のみ）を募集します。2022年12月20日〆切、詳しくはリンク先を参照ください。
https://www.amada-f.or.jp/
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13, December 2022
An article in Optica introduces Dr. Nicolaie Pavel, who worked in the Taira Lab at the Institute for Molecular Research.
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22, December 2022
The 7th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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18-24 June 2023
Prof. Taira will lecture at 2023 Siegman International School on Lasers (Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland).
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February 2023
Professor Taira received a Certificate of Appreciation from SPIE for LASE Symposium Chair and Co-Chair.
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15 February 2023
The 8th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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8 March 2023
“Day of Light” Symposium (333rd Research Meeting) will be held at Morito Memorial Hall (hybrid with online).
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3 April, 2023
The new year has begun, and I look forward to working you again this year.
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17-21 April, 2023
Tiny Integrated Laser and Laser Ignition Conference 2023 (TILA-LIC2023) (Committee: Prof. Taira, PM Takigami, Dr. Sato) will be held.
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1 July, 2023
Prof. Taira was appointed Director of the Amada Foundation.
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5 July, 2023
The 9th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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July 28, 2023
Research Meeting “Frontiers of Room Temperature Bonding and Lasers” will be held.
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August 2, 2023
Symposium on the project “Development and demonstration of laser-driven quantum beam accelerators” of JST-Mirai Program will be held.
Click here for details. - Sep 12-13, 2023
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Sep 13, 2023
The 10th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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Dec. 20, 2023
The 11th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on “Tiny Integrated Lasers” (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) “What to do? Japanese Companies (tentative)” will be held.
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Dec. 28, 2023
We had our year-end party for 2023, thank you for all your hard work throughout the year.
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Feb. 14, 2024
The 12th Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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February 19-20th, 2024
The 4th meeting for 6 institutes in FY 2023 was held at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) for discussion and a tour.
Thank you very much for your busy schedule, NIMS professors.
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March 18th, 2024
We held a farewell party for Yamasaki-san. Thank you for your work, Ms. Yamasaki-san.
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April, 2024
The new year has begun, and I look forward to working you again this year.
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April 3rd, 2024
Mr. Mattin PERY came for an internship.
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July 4th, 2024
The 3rd term 1st meeting of the Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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Sep. 4th, 2024
The 3rd term 2st meeting of the Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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Nov. 5, 2024
Prof. Taira will give an invited lecture at the November Seminar of the Technical Committee on Microwave and Terahertz Photonics (MWPTHz).
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Dec. 18th, 2024
The 3rd term 3rd meeting of the Laser Society of Japan Technical Committee on ‘Tiny Integrated Lasers (II)’ (hosted by Institute for Molecular Science) will be held.
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Dec. 18th, 2024
2024 TILA Consortium General Meeting will be held.
