Prof. Takunori Taira
Group Director / Professor at Institute for Molecular Science
SPIE Involvement:
Conference Chair | Author | Editor
Area of Expertise:
micro solid-state photonics , solid-state lasers , nonlinear optics , laser ceramics , spectroscopy , laser ignition
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Profile Summary

Takunori Taira (M’93) was born in Fukui, Japan, in 1960. He received the B.E. and M.E. degrees in electrical engineering from Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, in 1983 and 1985, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in communication engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1996. From 1989 to 1998, he was a Research Associate at Fukui University, a Visiting Researcher at Stanford University, during 1993 to 1994. He is currently an Associate Professor with the National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Okazaki, Japan, and an Invited Professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), Paris, France, in 2006, and Universite Joseph Fourier, France, in 2011.
Prof. Taira was a member of the Program Committee of Advanced Solid-State Photonics (ASSP) OSA from 2005 to 2009 (Program Chair of ASSP 2008, General Chair of ASSP 2009), while serving as a member of the CLEO Subcommittee #4, of Application Nonlinear Optics (2006-2008), Program Committee of Nonlinear Optics (NLO) on OSA from 2006 to 2011 (Program Chair of NLO 2009, General Chair of NLO 2011), the board of Associate Editors for Optical Materials (OPTMAT), ELSEVIER, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and the board of Senior Associate Editors of the Journal of Optical Materials Express, Optical Society of America (OSA), Washington D.C., USA. He received the “2004 Commendation” Award of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, for scientific and technological research merits (Japan) in 2004, “OSA Fellow” in 2010 (USA), “IEEE Senior Member” in 2011 (USA), "SPIE Fellow" in 2012 (USA), and "IEEE Fellow" in 2014 (USA)..
Publications (40)

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Poster
Proceedings Volume PC12864, PC128640K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002882
KEYWORDS: Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, Resonators, Mirrors, Medium wave, Laser resonators, Reflection, Q switched lasers, Pulsed laser operation, Picosecond phenomena, Molecular bridges

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
C. Rentschler, N. Matlis, U. Demirbas, Z. Zhang, M. Pergament, A. Zukauskas, C. Canalias, H. Ishizuki, V. Pasiskevicius, F. Laurell, T. Taira, F. Kärtner
Proceedings Volume 12869, 128690M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003195
KEYWORDS: Terahertz radiation, Crystals, Education and training, Pulse signals, Pulsed laser operation, Laser frequency, Cryogenics, Second harmonic generation, Laser radiation, Interferometers, Nonlinear frequency conversion, Nonlinear crystals, Terahertz sources, Terahertz technology, Ultrafast lasers

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper
Florent Cassouret, Takunori Taira
Proceedings Volume 12864, 128640N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3003293
KEYWORDS: Crystals, Thermal effects, Sapphire, Temperature distribution, High power lasers, Diode pumped solid state lasers

Proceedings Article | 9 March 2023 Presentation
Proceedings Volume PC12399, PC123990B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649477
KEYWORDS: Laser processing, Laser applications, YAG lasers, Picosecond phenomena, Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, Medium wave, Rockets, Robotics, Q switched lasers, Plasma

Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation
Halil Olgun, Mikhail Pergament, Takunori Taira, Hideki Ishizuki, Franz Kärtner, Nicholas Matlis
Proceedings Volume PC11985, PC119850J (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2614416
KEYWORDS: Terahertz radiation, Ferroelectric materials, Crystals, Nonlinear crystals, Laser crystals, Semiconducting wafers, Photorefraction, Pulsed laser operation, Lithium niobate, Laser energy

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Proceedings Volume Editor (3)

SPIE Conference Volume | 18 December 2019

SPIE Conference Volume | 16 August 2016

SPIE Conference Volume | 15 May 2014

Conference Committee Involvement (24)
Tiny Integrated Laser and Laser Ignition Conference 2024 (TILA-LIC 2024) Abstract Digest
22 April 2024 | Yokohama, Japan
Components and Packaging for Laser Systems IX
30 January 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Components and Packaging for Laser Systems VIII
24 January 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
SPIE LASE
22 January 2022 | San Francisco, United States
Components and Packaging for Laser Systems VII
6 March 2021 | Online Only, California, United States
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