Kenji Ohmori Explained
is a Japanese physicist and chemist. National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan (NIMS), Institute for Molecular Science (IMS)
Education and career
- 1987 Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
- 1992 Ph. D, The University of Tokyo
- 1992 Research Associate, Tohoku University
- 2001 Associate Professor, Tohoku University
- 2003 Full Professor, IMS
- 2007–2010 Director, Laser Research Center for Molecular Science, IMS
- 2010–present Chairman, Department of Photo-Molecular Science, IMS
- 2004–2005 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University
- 2007–2008 Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2009–2011 Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2014–2016 Visiting Professor, University of Strasbourg
- 2012–present Visiting Professor(Humboldt Awardee), University of Heidelberg
Research
Kenji Ohmori has succeeded in designing and visualizing spatiotemporal images given by the interference of matter waves of atoms in a molecule with picometer and femtosecond resolution [1,2]. The precision of this processing is the highest to date, higher than that of the current nanotechnology by three orders of magnitudes. This ultrahigh-precision processing has been implemented with the temporal oscillations of laser electric fields engineered with attosecond precision and imprinted on the matter waves of atoms and electrons in a molecule. He has utilized this technique to develop a molecular computer in which a single 0.3-nanometer-size molecule can calculate 1000 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer [3,4]. He has also developed an ultrafast quantum simulator that can simulate non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems in one nanosecond, introducing a novel concept where he has combined his ultrafast coherent control with attosecond precision and ultracold atoms cooled down to temperatures close to absolute zero[5].
Honors and awards
References
- Katsuki . H. . Visualizing Picometric Quantum Ripples of Ultrafast Wave-Packet Interference . Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . 311 . 5767 . 2006-03-17 . 0036-8075 . 10.1126/science.1121240 . 1589–1592. 16543456 . 2006Sci...311.1589K . 31015979 .
- Katsuki . Hiroyuki . Chiba . Hisashi . Meier . Christoph . Girard . Bertrand . Ohmori . Kenji . Actively Tailored Spatiotemporal Images of Quantum Interference on the Picometer and Femtosecond Scales . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 102 . 10 . 2009-03-11 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.102.103602 . 103602. 19392112 . 2009PhRvL.102j3602K .
- Hosaka . Kouichi . Shimada . Hiroyuki . Chiba . Hisashi . Katsuki . Hiroyuki . Teranishi . Yoshiaki . Ohtsuki . Yukiyoshi . Ohmori . Kenji . Ultrafast Fourier Transform with a Femtosecond-Laser-Driven Molecule . Physical Review Letters . American Physical Society (APS) . 104 . 18 . 2010-05-03 . 0031-9007 . 10.1103/physrevlett.104.180501 . 180501. 20482157 . 2010PhRvL.104r0501H . free.
- Goto . Haruka . Katsuki . Hiroyuki . Ibrahim . Heide . Chiba . Hisashi . Ohmori . Kenji . Strong-laser-induced quantum interference . Nature Physics . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 7 . 5 . 2011-04-10 . 1745-2473 . 10.1038/nphys1960 . 383–385. 2011NatPh...7..383G . free .
- Takei . Nobuyuki . Sommer . Christian . Genes . Claudiu . Pupillo . Guido . Goto . Haruka . Koyasu . Kuniaki . Chiba . Hisashi . Weidemüller . Matthias . Ohmori . Kenji . 5. Direct observation of ultrafast many-body electron dynamics in an ultracold Rydberg gas . Nature Communications . 7 . 1 . 2016-11-16 . 2041-1723 . 10.1038/ncomms13449 . 13449. 27849054 . 5116092 . 1504.03635 . 2016NatCo...713449T . free.
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