戸田 泰則 (トダ ヤスノリ)

工学研究院 応用物理学部門 固体量子物理工学分野教授
高等教育推進機構教授
Last Updated :2024/12/06

■研究者基本情報

学位

  • 博士(工学), 東京工業大学

Researchmap個人ページ

研究キーワード

  • 光渦
  • コヒーレント分光
  • 時間分解分光
  • 高温超伝導
  • 励起子

研究分野

  • 自然科学一般, 半導体、光物性、原子物理
  • ナノテク・材料, 光工学、光量子科学

■経歴

経歴

  • 2012年04月 - 現在
    北海道大学 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授
  • 1999年 - 2011年
    北海道大学 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授
  • 1996年04月 - 1999年08月
    東京大学 生産技術研究所, Institute of Industrial Science, 学振特別研究員、助手

学歴

  • 1993年04月 - 1996年03月, 東京工業大学 大学院総合理工学研究科, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
  • 1991年04月 - 1993年03月, 東京工業大学 大学院総合理工学研究科, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
  • 1987年04月 - 1991年03月, 東京工業大学 工学部 有機材料工学科, School of Engineering, Dept. of Organic and Polymeric Materials

委員歴

  • 2022年04月 - 現在
    応用物理学会北海道支部, 支部評議員, 学協会
  • 2020年04月 - 2022年03月
    応用物理学会, 理事(北海道支部長), 学協会
  • 2015年03月 - 2019年03月
    応用物理学会, 代議員, 学協会

■研究活動情報

受賞

  • 2015年, 応用物理学会, 第37回優秀論文賞               
    戸田泰則

論文

  • Photoinduced quasiparticle dynamics of single CuO2 -layer Bi-based cuprates with out-of-plane disorder
    T. Akiba, Y. Toda, S. Tsuchiya, M. Oda, T. Kurosawa, D. Mihailovic, T. Mertelj
    Physical Review B, 109, 1, American Physical Society (APS), 2024年01月09日
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Ultrafast Pump–Probe Spectroscopy in Organic Dirac Electron Candidate α-(BETS)2I3
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Masato Katsumi, Ryuhei Oka, Toshio Naito, Yasunori Toda
    Condensed Matter, 8, 4, 88, 88, MDPI AG, 2023年10月10日
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Photo-induced carrier dynamics were measured in the organic Dirac electron candidate α-(BETS)2I3 to investigate why resistivity increases below TMI = 50 K. We found a change in carrier dynamics due to an insulating gap formation below T′ = 50 K. On the other hand, the relaxation time and polarization anisotropy of the observed dynamics differ from those in the charge-ordering (CO) state of the isostructural salt α-(ET)2I3. Based on the difference, it can be concluded that the insulating phase has a different origin than the CO state.
  • Effects of Molecular Substitution in Organic Conductors α-(ET)2I3 and α-(STF)2I3 Studied by Polarized Femtosecond Spectroscopy
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Naoki Kanai, Ryuhei Oka, Toshio Naito, Yasunori Toda
    Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 92, 9, 094703/1, 7, Physical Society of Japan, 2023年09月15日, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Optical vortex induced spatio-temporally modulated superconductivity in a high-Tc cuprate
    Yasunori Toda, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Keisaku Yamane, Ryuji Morita, Migaku Oda, Tohru Kurosawa, Tomaz Mertelj, Dragan Mihailovic
    Optics Express, 31, 11, 17537, 17537, Optica Publishing Group, 2023年05月10日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), We report an experimental approach to produce spatially localized photoinduced superconducting state in a cuprate superconductor using optical vortices with ultrafast pulses. The measurements were carried out using coaxially aligned three-pulse time-resolved spectroscopy, in which an intense vortex pulse was used for coherent quenching of superconductivity and the resulting spatially modulated metastable states were analyzed by the pump-probe spectroscopy. The transient response after quenching shows a spatially localized superconducting state that remains unquenched at the dark core of the vortex beam for a few picoseconds. Because the quenching is instantaneously driven by photoexcited quasiparticles, the vortex beam profile can be transferred directly to the electron system. By using the optical vortex-induced superconductor, we demonstrate spatially resolved imaging of the superconducting response and show that the spatial resolution can be improved using the same principle as that of super-resolution microscopy for fluorescent molecules. The demonstration of spatially controlled photoinduced superconductivity is significant for establishing a new method for exploring novel photoinduced phenomena and applications in ultrafast optical devices.
  • Probing uniform and nonuniform charge ordering with polarized femtosecond optical pulses in geometrically frustrated θ−(BEDT−TTF)2MZn(SCN)4(M = Rb,Cs )
    K. Nakagawa, S. Tsuchiya, H. Taniguchi, Y. Toda
    Physical Review Research, 5, 1, American Physical Society (APS), 2023年01月19日, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Publisher Correction: Ultrafast beam pattern modulation by superposition of chirped optical vortex pulses.
    Asami Honda, Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Scientific reports, 12, 1, 18674, 18674, 2022年11月04日, [国際誌]
    英語
  • Ultrafast beam pattern modulation by superposition of chirped optical vortex pulses.
    Asami Honda, Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Scientific reports, 12, 1, 14991, 14991, 2022年09月02日, [国際誌]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), As an extension of pulse shaping techniques using the space-time coupling of ultrashort pulses or chirped pulses, we demonstrated the ultrafast beam pattern modulation by the superposition of chirped optical vortex pulses with orthogonal spatial modes. The stable and robust modulations with a modulation frequency of sub-THz were carried out by using the precise phase control technique of the constituent pulses in both the spatial and time/frequency domains. The performed modulations were ultrafast ring-shaped optical lattice modulation with 2, 4 and 6 petals, and beam pattern modulations in the radial direction. The simple linear fringe modulation was also demonstrated with chirped spatially Gaussian pulses. While the input pulse energy of the pulses to be modulated was 360 [Formula: see text]J, the output pulse energy of the modulated pulses was 115 [Formula: see text]J with the conversion efficiency of [Formula: see text] 32%. Demonstrating the superposition of orthogonal spatial modes in several ways, this ultrafast beam pattern modulation technique with high intensity can be applicable to the spatially coherent excitation of quasi-particles or collective excitation of charge and spin with dynamic degrees of freedom. Furthermore, we analyzed the Poynting vector and OAM of the composed chirped OV pulses. Although the ring-shaped optical lattice composed of OV pulse with topological charges of [Formula: see text] is rotated in a sub-THz frequency, the net orbital angular momentum (OAM) averaged over one optical period is found to be negligible. Hence, it is necessary to require careful attention to the application of the OAM transfer interaction with matter by employing such rotating ring-shaped optical lattices.
  • Ultrafast snapshot imaging at sub-GHz framerate by using recirculation filtering of ultrashort optical pulses
    Asami Honda, Ryota Tamemoto, Keisaku Yamane, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Takashige Omatsu, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, 2022年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We successfully demonstrated ultrafast snapshot imaging based on time-to-frequency mapping method with four frames and ∼ 5.5 ns time interval (i.e. sub-GHz framerate) by using our newly-developed recirculation system without ultrafast image sensor.
  • Ultrafast snapshot imaging at sub-GHz framerate by using recirculation filtering of ultrashort optical pulses
    Asami Honda, Ryota Tamemoto, Keisaku Yamane, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Takashige Omatsu, Ryuji Morita
    2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2022 - Proceedings, 2022年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We successfully demonstrated ultrafast snapshot imaging based on time-to-frequency mapping method with four frames and ∼ 5.5 ns time interval (i.e. sub-GHz framerate) by using our newly-developed recirculation system without ultrafast image sensor.
  • Coherent quench of superconducting state using optical vortex pulses
    Y. Toda, S. Tsuchiya, K. Yamane, R. Morita, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, D. Mihailovic
    Proceedings of the 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, Optica Publishing Group, 2022年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Recently, topological lightwaves, represented by optical vortices, have become easily generated and are expected to have many novel applications. In this work, we report on coherent quench spectroscopy of a cuprate superconductor using optical vortex pulses to reveal the spatially modulated superconducting (SC) state. The transient response after quenching by the optical vortex pulse shows the spatially localized SC response that remains unquenched around the dark spot of the optical vortex. The spatially resolved imaging of the optical vortex-induced SC improves the spatial resolution in a similar principle to super-resolution microscopy.
  • Development of sub-Gfps ultrafast snapshot imaging system based on recirculation filtering of ultrashort optical pulses
    Asami Honda, Keisaku Yamane, Masato Suzuki, Jin Kawaguchi, Yasunori Toda, Takashige Omatsu, Ryuji Morita
    2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2022 - Proceedings, 2022年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrated ultrafast snapshot imaging with a sub-GHz framerate on the basis of our newly proposed recirculation-filtering method, which enables us to generate a wavelength-division multiplexed pulse train with a time interval in nanosecond regime.
  • Enhancement of polarization anisotropy in ultrafast carrier dynamics by intramolecular excitation in the organic conductor κ-(BEDT- TTF)2Cu(NCS)2
    K. Nakagawa, T. Sato, S. Tsuchiya, J. Yamada, Y. Toda
    Europhysics Letters, 136, 5, 57001, 57001, IOP Publishing, 2021年12月01日
    研究論文(学術雑誌), Abstract

    In this work, in order to investigate the origin of the anomalous polarization dynamics observed in the normal conducting state of the organic superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, we performed optical pump probe measurements by varying the probe pulse energy from $\hbar\omega_{pr} = 1.44$ to 1.59 eV. We found that the polarization-dependent transient signal was most enhanced at ${\sim}1.51\ \text{eV}$ , which was close to the intramolecular excitation energy ${\sim}1.41\ \text{eV}$ of the BEDT-TTF molecules but is not exactly matched. This difference is linked to the formation of an energy gap at the Fermi energy at low temperatures, which results in an increase or decrease in pump-induced absorption between the states near the Fermi energy and the intramolecular excited states depending on probe polarization. In other words, the intramolecular excitation at 1.41 eV, which has a strong polarization dependence, serves as a probe of the dynamics involved in gap formation. A simple calculation shows that the size of the gap is ${\sim}0.20\ \text{eV}$ , which is close to that of the BEDT-TTF based Mott insulators. It is suggested that the gap arises from the phase-separated Mott state caused by photoinduced modulation of effective electron correlation.
  • Ultrafast dynamics of Mott-state quench and formation in strongly correlated BEDT-TTF molecular conductors observed by three-pulse pump probe spectroscopy
    S. Tsuchiya, H. Taniguchi, J. Yamada, Y. Toda, D. Mihailovic, T. Mertelj
    Physical Review B, 104, 11, American Physical Society (APS), 2021年09月24日, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Ultrafast transient reflectivity measurements of optimally doped Bi2+xSr2−xCaCu2O8+δ with disorder
    Y. Toda, S. Tsuchiya, M. Oda, T. Kurosawa, S. Katsumata, M. Naseska, T. Mertelj, D. Mihailovic
    Physical Review B, 104, 9, American Physical Society (APS), 2021年09月07日, [査読有り], [筆頭著者, 責任著者]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in an Organic Superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br by Spectrally Resolved Pump-Probe Spectroscopy
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Tomaz Mertelj, Dragan Mihailovic, Jun-ichi Yamada, Yasunori Toda
    Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 33, 8, 2299, 2303, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In this work, spectrally resolved optical pump-probe measurements were carried out on strongly correlated organic superconductor.-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br. We find two different types of carrier relaxation dynamics, one of which appears at 1.82 eV and 1.94 eV, and another at 2.17 eV. The former is characterized by short decay time similar to 1-2 ps and appears below similar to 60 K. From the comparison with the previous studies, the dynamics arises from the photo-induced pseudogap (PG) formation of the partially appeared Mott phase. The latter has long relaxation time similar to 9 ps at 5 K and developed as temperature decreases below 30 K. The slow dynamics is consistent with appearance of superconducting (SC) gap. Such separate observation of PG and SC dynamics enables us to proceed further investigation of a relationship between them.
  • Electronic Inhomogeneity in Organic Charge Transfer Salt κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]I Probed by Polarized Femtosecond Spectroscopy
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Ryota Kuwae, Takumi Kodama, Yusuke Nakamura, Megumi Kurihara, Takashi Yamamoto, Toshio Naito, Yasunori Toda
    Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89, 6, 064712, 064712, Physical Society of Japan, 2020年06月15日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In this study, to investigate the electronic state of organic molecular crystal kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]I (kappa-1), polarized pump probe spectroscopy was conducted. From the observation of photoinduced carrier relaxation dynamics, we found that the carrier dynamics in kappa-I are qualitatively different from those in other kappa-type salts and inhomogeneous electronic states are realized in the single crystal. As temperature decreases, the transient polarization anisotropy along the c axis associated with a charge order develops below T-MI = 40K, which is consistent with the metal insulator transition observed in the resistivity measurement. Moreover, we found the position where the transient polarization anisotropy is enhanced along the 1/2 (a + c) direction. Remarkably, this signal shows no clear changes at T-MI = 40 K; instead, it shows an anomalous increase in the signal amplitude at T similar to 8 K. A possible origin of this anomaly is the locally induced superconducting state.
  • Polarized Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of Electronic Phase Separation in a Dimer-Mott Organic Insulator
    Koichi Nakagawa, Satoshi Tsuchiya, Hiromi Taniguchi, Yasunori Toda
    JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM, 33, 2427, 2433, SPRINGER, 2020年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The electronic state of the organic single crystal kappa - [ (d-BEDT-TTF)(0.5) (h-BEDT-TTF)(0.5)](2) Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br, in which similar to 50 percent of the BEDT-TTF molecules are substituted by fully deuterated molecules (d-BEDT-TTF), has been characterized by resistance and polarized time-resolved spectroscopy measurements. We found that while the resistance shows no sign of a superconducting transition, the polarized time-resolved spectroscopy reveals a slow decay dynamics associated with the superconducting phase at a low temperature. The result suggests phase separation between the insulating and superconducting phases in the vicinity of the first-order Mott transition. In addition, we found that this slow component shows a steep increase below similar to 18 K, suggesting a fluctuating superconductivity in the conducting domains. Furthermore, the component persists up to at least similar to 50 K, which is almost consistent with the onset temperature of the anomalous magnetic-field-dependent signals observed by the previous Nernst effect measurements (Nam et al. Sci. Rep.3:3390, 2013) of the alloy kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Cl0.27Br0.73. While interpretation of these anomalies is still debatable, there exists a possibility of the onset of superconducting paring at a very high temperature.
  • Laguerre-Gaussian vortex mode generation from astigmatic semiconductor microcavity               
    K. Nakagawa, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Toda
    Appl. Phys. Express, 13, 042001/1, 5, 2020年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Ultrafast azimuth rotation of linearly polarized beam by use of a chirped optical pulse pair
    Rin Sasaki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Takashige Omatsu, Ryuji Morita
    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11522, 2020年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrated that ultrafast azimuth rotation of linearly polarized beam by use of a chirped optical pulse pair, and the rotational frequency of sub-THz was realized.
  • Polarization-resolved Ultrafast Spectroscopy in an Organic Mott Insulator kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Cl
    Tsuchiya Satoshi, Nakagawa Koichi, Taniguchi Hiromi, Toda Yasunori
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 88, 7, 2019年07月15日, [査読有り]
  • Comprehensive quantitative analysis of vector beam states based on vector field reconstruction
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2019年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We demonstrate a comprehensive quantitative analysis of vector beam states (VBSs) by using a vector field reconstruction (VFR) technique integrating interferometry and imaging polarimetry, where the analysis is given by a cylindrically polarized Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode expansion of VBSs. From test examples of cylindrically polarized LG mode beams, we obtain the complex amplitude distributions of VBSs and perform their quantitative evaluations both in radial and azimuthal directions. The results show that we generated (l, p) = (1, 0) LG radially polarized state with a high purity of 98%. We also argue that the cylindrically polarized LG modal decomposition is meaningful for the detail discussion of experimental results, such as analyses of mode purities and mode contaminations. Thus the VFR technique is significant for analyses of polarization structured beams generated by lasers and converters.
  • Development of high-efficiency beam converter for ultrafast spatio-temporal control of light waves
    Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Rin Sasaki, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, 2019年06月
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), When two optical vortices with different topological charges mutually interfere, azimuthally periodic structure called a ring-shaped optical lattice is formed [1]. The petal-like beam profile can be flexibly rotated by controlling the intermodal phase difference, which offers us rotational degree of freedom in applications such as optical manipulations of micro/nano particles and micro machines. However, their maximum rotational frequency has been limited to GHz regime owing to their response time or bandwidth. Recently, we succeeded in drastically increasing the rotational frequency up to THz regime by introducing a new technique based on spatial mode multiplexing of chirped optical-vortex pair [2].
  • Improvement of resolution in orbital angular momentum decomposition based on beam duplication by using a sagnac interferometer
    Keisaku Yamane, Yuho Watanabe, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, 2019年06月
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Recently, the spatial mode multiplexing based on optical vortices (OVs) attracts much attentions as a promissing technology for high-capacity optical communications. For such OV-based telecommunications, optical components for mode decomposition with respect to azimuth mode indices (topological charges) - so-called orbital angular momentum (OAM) sorters - are key devices, and various kinds of OAM sorters have been demonstrated such as computer-generated holograms as far. Among them, the geometric transformation (GT) technique has great advantages that the insertion loss is quite low and it supports inverse transformation (multiplexing) [1]. In earlier studies, GT-based OAM sorters have been realized by using spatial light modulators (SLMs) [1], and more recently, transparent refractive elements produced by using such as diamond machining [2] and Pancharatnam Berry phase [3] have been demonstrated. However, the GT-based method has the serious disadvantage of relatively large crosstalk between the neighboring modes. In order to overcome the problems, the beam copying technique by using diffractive optics was demonstrated [4]. The novel technique can greatly reduce the crosstalk between the OAM modes, but spoils the advantage that the OAM sorter can support the low-loss inverse transformation. In this paper, we demonstrate the new beam duplication technique by using a Sagnac interferometer, which can improve the resolution in the OAM mode decomposition and also support low-loss inverse transformation.
  • Efficient generation of intense spatio-temporally controlled light waves
    Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Rin Sasaki, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11141, 2019年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We developed the high-efficiency beam converter for ultrafast spatio-temporal control of light waves based on Sagnac interferometer. The flexible control both in the azimuth and radial directions in the ultrafast regime was also realized.
  • Development of high-efficiency beam converter for ultrafast spatio-temporal control of light waves
    Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Rin Sasaki, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019, 2019年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), When two optical vortices with different topological charges mutually interfere, azimuthally periodic structure called a ring-shaped optical lattice is formed [1]. The petal-like beam profile can be flexibly rotated by controlling the intermodal phase difference, which offers us rotational degree of freedom in applications such as optical manipulations of micro/nano particles and micro machines. However, their maximum rotational frequency has been limited to GHz regime owing to their response time or bandwidth. Recently, we succeeded in drastically increasing the rotational frequency up to THz regime by introducing a new technique based on spatial mode multiplexing of chirped optical-vortex pair [2].
  • Vortex mode emission properties of vertical cavity surface emitting laser with external optical feedback
    Y. Toda, K. Nakagawa, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Awaji
    Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11141, 2019年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Based on our previous work, in which we demonstrated single orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode emissions from a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) with an external optical feedback, the conditions of the vortex mode emission are investigated in terms of feedback efficiency and polarization. There are two orthogonal polarization configurations for efficient single OAM mode emission, one of which corresponds to the dominant polarization in freerunning VCSEL. Nearly identical emission properties of the two polarizations indicate an independence between the spin and OAM. On the other hand, the stability of the OAM mode emission, which is characterized by the dependencies of the feedback efficiency and injection current, is changed between the two polarizations, suggesting different contributions of the broken rotational symmetry to the spin and OAM.
  • Improvement of resolution in orbital angular momentum decomposition based on beam duplication by using a Sagnac interferometer
    Keisaku Yamane, Yuho Watanabe, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F140-CLEO_Europe 2019, 2019年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Recently, the spatial mode multiplexing based on optical vortices (OVs) attracts much attentions as a promissing technology for high-capacity optical communications. For such OV-based telecommunications, optical components for mode decomposition with respect to azimuth mode indices (topological charges) - so-called orbital angular momentum (OAM) sorters - are key devices, and various kinds of OAM sorters have been demonstrated such as computer-generated holograms as far. Among them, the geometric transformation (GT) technique has great advantages that the insertion loss is quite low and it supports inverse transformation (multiplexing) [1]. In earlier studies, GT-based OAM sorters have been realized by using spatial light modulators (SLMs) [1], and more recently, transparent refractive elements produced by using such as diamond machining [2] and Pancharatnam Berry phase [3] have been demonstrated. However, the GT-based method has the serious disadvantage of relatively large crosstalk between the neighboring modes. In order to overcome the problems, the beam copying technique by using diffractive optics was demonstrated [4]. The novel technique can greatly reduce the crosstalk between the OAM modes, but spoils the advantage that the OAM sorter can support the low-loss inverse transformation. In this paper, we demonstrate the new beam duplication technique by using a Sagnac interferometer, which can improve the resolution in the OAM mode decomposition and also support low-loss inverse transformation.
  • Fluctuating superconductivity in kappa-type organic compounds probed by polarized time-resolved spectroscopy
    Nakagawa Koichi, Tsuchiya Satoshi, Yamada Jun-ichi, Toda Yasunori
    EPL, 122, 6, 2018年06月, [査読有り]
  • Generation of arbitrary axisymmetrically polarized pulses by using the combination of 4-f spatial light modulator and common-path optical system
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Moritsugu Sakamoto, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 26, 3, 2584, 2598, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2018年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We proposed and constructed a system to realize broadband generation of arbitrary axisymmetrically polarized (AP) pulses with spatial complex amplitude modulation. This system employs the combination of a spatial light modulator in the 4-f configuration (4-f SLM), and a space variant wave plate as a common path interferometer. The 4-f SLM and the common path interferometer offer compensation for spatial dispersion with respect to wavelength and stability to perturbation, respectively. We experimentally demonstrated the various AP pulses generation by applying modulations of fundamental and higher-order Laguerre-Gauss modes, whose radial indices were, respectively, p = 0 and 1, with high purity, which showed that we were able to generate arbitral AP pulses with spatial complex amplitude modulation. This technique is expected to be applied in both classical and quantum communications with higher-order modes. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
  • Development of high-precision mode decomposition devices for optical vortices
    Keisaku Yamane, Yuho Watanabe, Isamu Wakisaka, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Part F114-FIO 2018, 2018年
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), New mode decomposition devices for optical vortices were developed. Their performances were experimentally verified and in good agreement with the corresponding simulations, showing precise spatial-phase control based on Pancharatnam-Berry phase.
  • Generation of arbitrary axisymmetrically polarized pulses with a broadband spectrum
    Morita Ryuji, Suzuki Masato, Yamane Keisaku, Oka Kazuhiko, Toda Yasunori
    COMPLEX LIGHT AND OPTICAL FORCES XII, 10549, 2018年, [査読有り]
    研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Subsequently to the previous generation of ultrashort and ultra-broadband optical-vortex (OV) pulses (pulse energy: several tens of μJ) in few-cycle regime, we performed the generation of axisymmetrically polarized pulses with spatial complex amplitude modulation, which is suitable for a broadband spectrum. The generation system employs the combination of spatial light modulators in the 4-f configuration and a space variant wave plate as a common path interferometer. The spatial light modulators in the 4-f configuration offer the spatial dispersion compensation with respect to wavelength; in addition, the common path interferometer provides the stability to perturbation. We experimentally demonstrated the generation of various axisymmetrically polarized pulses by applying modulations of fundamental and higher-order Laguerre-Gauss modes with high purity. The experimental results show that we are able to generate arbitral axisymmetrically polarized pulses with spatial complex amplitude modulation.
  • Dynamics of superconducting order parameter through ultrafast normal-to-superconducting phase transition in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta from multipulse polarization-resolved transient optical reflectivity
    I. Madan, V. V. Baranov, Y. Toda, M. Oda, T. Kurosawa, V. V. Kabanov, T. Mertelj, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 96, 18, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), A systematic temperature-dependent study of the femtosecond optical superconducting (SC) state destruction and recovery in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta cuprate superconductor by means of the all-optical polarization-sensitive multipulse spectroscopy is presented. At low temperatures and a partial SC state suppression, an anisotropic SC-gap recovery time scale is suggested by the data. The SC state destruction and recovery dynamics are compared to the recent TR-ARPES-inferred SC-gap dynamics and a qualitative agreement is found. Using a phenomenological response function, the experimental data are also compared to time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau model simulations.
  • Nonequilibrium Quasiparticle Dynamics in Bi-Based Superconductors Measured by Modulation Photoexcitation Spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, H. Mochizuki, S. Tsuchiya, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, D. Mihailovic
    Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 31, 3, 1, 4, Springer New York LLC, 2017年10月11日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We develop an orbital angular momentum (OAM) excitation pump-probe (Pp) spectroscopy and perform experiments on a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi2212) superconductor. The OAM modulation for the pump is realized by using a transverse mode conversion technique which allows to modulate the chirality of the optical OAM with a fixed polarization. The result reveals a difference of the OAM-dependent transient reflectivity changes below Tc, indicating that the pump OAM can break the chiral symmetry of the superconducting (SC) state. The OAM dependences of the transient signal imply that the quasi-particle (QP) excitation with OAM enhances the SC with opposite chirality and/or suppress the SC with equal chirality. The temperature dependence of the OAM dynamics shows virtually no pairing fluctuation that usually appears in the QP dynamics observed by conventional Pp, suggesting that the nonequilibrium OAM dynamics is sensitive to the delocalized OAM associated with long range order.
  • Photoinduced phase separation with local structural ordering in organic molecular conductors
    S. Tsuchiya, K. Nakagawa, J. Yamada, H. Taniguchi, Y. Toda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 96, 13, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In this work, polarized pump-probe spectroscopy was carried out to investigate the effects of a structural ordering of molecules on photoinduced phase separation (PIPS) in the organic conductors k-(BEDT-TTF)(2)X [X = Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br (k-Br) and Cu(NCS)(2) (k-NCS)]. We found that the anisotropic response for the probe polarization appeared at around T-g, where the glasslike structural transition occurs. The anisotropy can be a result of a transient destruction of the local ordering of molecules, indicating a connection between the glasslike transition and PIPS. Moreover, we found that the PIPS response gradually develops with decreasing temperature in k-Br, whereas it steeply increases in k-NCS. This qualitative difference suggests that the structural ordering caused by a PIPS is more crucial in k-NCS than in k-Br.
  • Single orbital angular mode emission from externally feed-backed vertical cavity surface emitting laser
    Y. Toda, A. Moriya, K. Yamane, R. Morita, K. Shigematsu, Y. Awaji
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 111, 10, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2017年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The single orbital angular momentum mode emission from a commercially available broad-area vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) is realized with an optical feedback technique using a spatial light modulator, where a computer generated hologram (CGH) is optimized by taking into account the mode properties of the external cavity VCSEL. The flexibility with which the chirality of the orbital angular momentum mode can be selected is also demonstrated simply by changing the chirality of the CGH. The technique is very simple and easily applicable to other VCSELs without processing. (C) 2017 Author(s).
  • Amplification of ultrafast-rotating ring-shaped optical lattices
    Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Kohei Kakizawa, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE & EUROPEAN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC), IEEE, 2017年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Single orbital angular momentum mode emission from vertical cavity surface emitting laser by optical feedback
    Y. Toda, H. Moriya, K. Shigematsu, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Awaji
    OPTICAL MANIPULATION CONFERENCE, 10252, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2017年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Single angular momentum (OAM) mode emissions from a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) were demonstrated by an external optical feedback using computer generated holograms, which are optimized on the OAM modal gain of the free-running VCSEL. Side-mode suppression ratio of more than 23 dB was achieved for the OAM modes with l = +/- 1.
  • Generation of intense ultrafast-rotating ring-shaped optical lattices with programmable control of rotational symmetry
    Keisaku Yamane, Kohei Iwasa, Kohei Kakizawa, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICAL MANIPULATION CONFERENCE, 10252, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2017年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), A new method for the ultrafast rotation of ring-shaped optical lattices based on frequency-chirping of optical pulses was demonstrated in THz regime, which is three orders of magnitude faster than those by the conventional methods. Our optical lattice generator with a spatial light modulator is robust thanks to the 4-f configuration and enables us to flexibly control their rotational symmetry. The generated ultrafast-rotating ring-shaped optical lattices with a rotational frequency of 0.59 THz were successfully boosted from 5 mu J up to 125 mu J by using a home-built 4-pass Ti:sapphire amplifier without any limitation by optical damage to the spatial light modulator.
  • Snap-shot optical polarization spectroscopy using radially polarized pulses
    Kyohhei Shigematsu, Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Ryuji Morita, Yasunori Toda
    APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS, 9, 12, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2016年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), By using radially polarized pulses for excitation in degenerate four-wave mixing (DFWM) spectroscopy, we realize highly sensitive snap-shot measurement of optical anisotropies in semiconductor films. Because the radially polarized pulses exhibit spatially varying linear polarizations, the optical anisotropies in samples can be evaluated from the spatial distributions of DFWM signals without rotating the polarization of the excitation pulses. We measure the excitons in GaN layers and evaluate the energies of uniaxial strain and the spin-exchange interaction constant. Our results prove both the accuracy and sensitivity of the snap-shot measurement. (C) 2016 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
  • Pump- and Probe-polarization Analyses of Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Organic Superconductors
    K. Nakagawa, S. Tsuchiya, J. Yamada, Y. Toda
    JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM, 29, 12, 3065, 3069, SPRINGER, 2016年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigated photo-excited carrier relaxation dynamics in the strongly correlated organic superconductors kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) and kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br, using different polarizations of pump and probe pulses. Below the glasslike transition temperature (T (g)) anisotropic responses for probe polarization were observed in both compounds. Decomposing the data into anisotropic and isotropic components, we found the anisotropic component shows no pump polarization dependence, meaning that dissipative excitation process was dominant for the anisotropic carrier relaxation. This behavior indicates that the appearance of anisotropic responses can be associated with spatial symmetry breaking due to structural change of BEDT-TTF molecules.
  • Carrier Relaxation Dynamics in the Organic Superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) Under Pressure
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Koichi Nakagawa, Jun-ichi Yamada, Yasunori Toda
    JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM, 29, 12, 3071, 3074, SPRINGER, 2016年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Photo-induced carrier relaxation dynamics have been investigated for the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) with different probe polarization under 1.3 kbar at low temperatures. We successfully observed the isotropic and anisotropic responses for the probe polarization, which were found to appear at 56 K. By comparing the responses with and without applying pressure, we found that those were slightly changed, indicating that the application of pressure has effect on the carrier relaxation dynamics.
  • Analysis of the Pancharatnam-Berry phase of vector vortex states using the Hamiltonian based on the Maxwell-Schrödinger equation
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 94, 2016年10月26日
    © 2016 American Physical Society.We derived the Berry connection of vector vortex states (VVSs) from the "true" Hamiltonian obtained through the Maxwell-Schrödinger equation for an inhomogeneous anisotropic (IA) medium, and we experimentally demonstrated measurement of the corresponding Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) geometrical phase of VVSs. The PB phase (PBP) of VVSs can be divided into two phases: homogeneous and inhomogeneous PBPs. Homogeneous and inhomogeneous PBPs are related to the conventional PBP and the spatially dependent geometric phase given by an IA medium such as a polarization converter, respectively. We theoretically detected that inhomogeneous PBP accumulation originates from the gauge dependence of the index of the hybrid-order Poincaré sphere, which provides an alternate method for understanding optical spin-orbital angular momentum conversion. The homogeneous PBP, which is explicitly observed, has implications for quantum-state manipulation and information processing.
  • Analysis of the Pancharatnam-Berry phase of vector vortex states using the Hamiltonian based on the Maxwell-Schrodinger equation
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 94, 4, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2016年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We derived the Berry connection of vector vortex states (VVSs) from the "true" Hamiltonian obtained through the Maxwell-Schrodinger equation for an inhomogeneous anisotropic (IA) medium, and we experimentally demonstrated measurement of the corresponding Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) geometrical phase of VVSs. The PB phase (PBP) of VVSs can be divided into two phases: homogeneous and inhomogeneous PBPs. Homogeneous and inhomogeneous PBPs are related to the conventional PBP and the spatially dependent geometric phase given by an IA medium such as a polarization converter, respectively. We theoretically detected that inhomogeneous PBP accumulation originates from the gauge dependence of the index of the hybrid-order Poincare sphere, which provides an alternate method for understanding optical spin-orbital angular momentum conversion. The homogeneous PBP, which is explicitly observed, has implications for quantum-statemanipulation and information processing.
  • Development of an optical time-resolved measurement system under high-pressure and low-temperature with a piston-cylinder pressure cell
    Satoshi Tsuchiya, Yohei Kino, Koichi Nakagawa, Daisuke Nakagawa, Jun-ichi Yamada, Yasunori Toda
    REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 87, 4, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2016年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), To perform the femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy under high pressure and low temperature, we constructed a measurement system with a piston cylinder type pressure cell installing an optical fiber bundle. The applied pressure was achieved to 6 kbar and the cell was cooled down to 15 K. Several demonstrations revealed that broadening and change of polarization of pulse (duration of similar to 120 fs) owing to the dispersions in the fiber bundle are much small indicating that those have little influence on the measurement of carrier relaxation dynamics. In the measurements of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu(NCS)(2) under 1.3 kbar at 43 K, we have successfully detected the polarization anisotropy of the carrier relaxation dynamics and estimated the decay time in the same way as the normal measurement. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.
  • Coherent dynamics of exciton orbital angular momentum transferred by optical vortex pulses
    K. Shigematsu, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Toda
    Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 93, 2016年01月15日
    © 2016 American Physical Society. The coherent dynamics of the exciton center-of-mass motion in bulk GaN are studied using degenerate four-wave-mixing (FWM) spectroscopy with Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode pulses. We evaluate the exciton orbital angular momentum (OAM) dynamics from the degree of OAM, which is derived from the distributions of OAM (topological charge) of the FWM signals. When excitons are excited with two single-mode LG pulses, the exciton OAM decay time significantly exceeds the exciton dephasing time, which can be attributed to high uniformity of the exciton dephasing in our bulk sample because the decoherence of the exciton OAM is governed by the angular variation in the exciton dephasing. We also analyze the topological charge (ℓ) dependence of the OAM decay using a multiple-mode LG pump pulse, which allows us to simultaneously observe the dynamics of the exciton OAM for different ℓ values under the same excitation conditions. The OAM decay times of the ℓ=1 component are usually longer than those of the ℓ=0 component. The ℓ-dependent OAM decay is supported by a phenomenological model which takes into account the local nonuniformity of the exciton dephasing.
  • ポアンカレビームパルスを用いたGaN励起子スピンのコヒーレントダイナミクス観測
    内古閑 隆太郎, 重松 恭平, 山根 啓作, 森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則
    日本物理学会講演概要集, 71, 1414, 1414, 一般社団法人 日本物理学会, 2016年
    日本語,

    ビーム断面上の偏光分布が二回対称で、直線偏光と円偏光を同時に持つポアンカレビームパルスを励起光に用いると、異なるスピン状態を持つ励起子の同時励起が可能である。本研究では、縮退四光波混合分光を用いたバルクGaN励起子励起およびストークス分解検出を行い、励起子スピンのコヒーレントダイナミクス測定を実現した。得られた信号光の空間偏光分布はT2時間内で励起光を良く反映しており、励起子スピンのコヒーレント状態保持を示すことができた。

  • 銅酸化物高温超伝導体の超伝導ギャップ・擬ギャップダイナミクス
    戸田 泰則, 黒澤 徹, 小田 研
    日本物理学会誌, 71, 12, 830, 835, 一般社団法人 日本物理学会, 2016年
    日本語, <p>超伝導は物理学における最も魅力的な現象の一つであり,カマリング・オネスによる発見から今日に至るまで多くの研究者を魅了してきた.なかでも液体窒素温度をはるかに上回る転移温度を示す銅酸化物は,いわゆる高温超伝導体のプロトタイプとして数多くの研究がなされ,今も新たな知見や問題提起が次々と報告されている.</p><p>超伝導状態では電子間に有効な引力が作用して電子対(クーパー対)が形成され,複数の電子対が位相をそろえて量子凝縮する.凝縮が起こると,フェルミ面近傍の電子スペクトルには,対演算子の期待値(ギャップ関数)によって特徴づけられるエネルギーギャップが開く.Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) の理論によって説明される従来型超伝導では,格子振動(フォノン)を介した引力で形成される電子対がフェルミ面上に等方的なs波対称性を持つギャップを形成する.これに対して電子間に強い斥力の働く銅酸化物高温超伝導体のギャップは,有効な引力を獲得するために異方的なギャップ関数を持つと考えられており,フェルミ面上にギャップの節(ノード)を持つd波対称性を示す.また超伝導転移温度(<i>T</i><sub>c</sub>)以上でフェルミ面の一部に擬ギャップと呼ばれるギャップ構造が形成されることが知られており,特に反強磁性絶縁相に近いアンダードープ(UD)試料では<i>T</i><sub>c</sub>よりはるかに高温から観測される.擬ギャップの存在は銅酸化物高温超伝導体の最大の特徴であり,古くから精力的な研究がなされているが,超伝導の前駆現象から超伝導と共存/ 競合する秩序相など様々な解釈があり,結論を見ていない.また物質や測定手法に応じて多様な性質を示すため,ギャップの起源や形成メカニズムを決定するには,多面的かつ系統的な物性観測が必要とされている.</p><p>このように多彩な顔を持つ擬ギャップおよび超伝導ギャップと両者の関係性について,従来の実空間や運動量空間の観測手法に加え,超短光パルスを使った時間領域からのアプローチが行われるようになってきた.本稿では物性観測に広く使われる時間分解ポンププローブ分光をベースに,この手法が,これまで観測できなかった高温超伝導体のバルク性質を反映した対称性解析,および秩序形成の相関スケール解析へと拡張可能であることを示す.本稿で扱うポンププローブ分光では,ポンプ光を用いてギャップを形成する電子または正孔(キャリア)を瞬時的に破壊し,高エネルギー状態へと励起する.キャリアのエネルギー緩和に伴って生成される非平衡な準粒子やフォノンは(超伝導・擬ギャップに対応する)ギャップ関数の変化を反映し,ポンプ光に対して遅延時間を持つプローブ光の反射率変化として測定される.励起に使用する光子エネルギーはギャップエネルギーよりもはるかに大きいが,結晶内部への侵入長を大きく取れるため,バルク性質を反映する.拡張されたポンププローブ分光は,それぞれ超伝導ギャップおよび擬ギャップに起因する準粒子応答を一意に決定可能であり,超伝導前駆現象を反映する揺らぎ状態を含め,超伝導ギャップと擬ギャップの個性および両者の関係性をダイナミクスの観点から明らかにする.偏光応答に着目した対称性解析では,擬ギャップの形成温度<i>T </i><sup>*</sup>以下で自発的な回転対称性破れが生じることが示される.他方,秩序形成ダイナミクスからは,擬ギャップが長距離相関のない局在状態を反映することが明らかとなる.</p>
  • Coherent dynamics of exciton orbital angular momentum transferred by optical vortex pulses
    K. Shigematsu, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Toda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 93, 4, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2016年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The coherent dynamics of the exciton center-of-mass motion in bulk GaN are studied using degenerate four-wave-mixing (FWM) spectroscopy with Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode pulses. We evaluate the exciton orbital angular momentum (OAM) dynamics from the degree of OAM, which is derived from the distributions of OAM (topological charge) of the FWM signals. When excitons are excited with two single-mode LG pulses, the exciton OAM decay time significantly exceeds the exciton dephasing time, which can be attributed to high uniformity of the exciton dephasing in our bulk sample because the decoherence of the exciton OAM is governed by the angular variation in the exciton dephasing. We also analyze the topological charge (l) dependence of the OAM decay using a multiple-mode LG pump pulse, which allows us to simultaneously observe the dynamics of the exciton OAM for different l values under the same excitation conditions. The OAM decay times of the l = 1 component are usually longer than those of the l = 0 component. The l-dependent OAM decay is supported by a phenomenological model which takes into account the local nonuniformity of the exciton dephasing.
  • Full Quantitative Analysis of Arbitrary Cylindrically Polarized Pulses by Using Extended Stokes Parameters
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2015年12月
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Cylindrically polarized (CP) modes are laser beam modes which have rotational symmetry of the polarization distribution around the beam axis. Considerable attention has been paid to CP modes for their various applications. In this paper, by using the extended Stokes parameters and the degree of polarization defined for the spatial distribution (DOP-SD), we fully-quantitatively characterize the spectrally-resolved polarization states of arbitrary CP (axisymmetrically polarized and higher-order cylindrically polarized) broadband pulses generated by coherent beam combining. All the generated pulse states were fully-quantitatively analyzed for the first time and proved to have high symmetry (DOP-SD greater than or similar to 0.95) and low spectral dependence of polarization states. Moreover, we show the DOP-SD, which cannot be defined by the conventional higher-order and hybrid Stokes parameters, enables us to make a quantitative evaluation of small degradation of rotational symmetry of polarization distribution. This quantitative characterization with high precision is significant for applications of precise material processing, quantum information processing, magneto-optical storage and nonlinear spectroscopic polarimetry.
  • Time-resolved polarimetry for photoexcited QP dynamics in Bi2212
    K. Watanabe, S. Tsuchiya, Y. Toda, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, I. Madan, V. V. Kabanov, D. Mihailovic
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B, 29, 25-26, WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD, 2015年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The dynamics of quasi-particle (QP) excitations with different symmetry is investigated in the superconducting (SC) and pseudogap (PG) states of the high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d (Bi2212) using a polarization-sensitive optical pump-probe measurement. The observation of distinct anisotropies for SC excitations and for PG excitations by the probe beam polarization and absence of any dependence on the pump beam polarization evidence the existence of a spontaneous spatial symmetry breaking in the PG state.
  • Symmetry-dependent carrier relaxation dynamics and charge-density-wave transition in DyTe3 probed by polarized femtosecond spectroscopy
    S. Tsuchiya, Y. Sugawara, S. Tanda, Y. Toda
    JOURNAL OF OPTICS, 17, 8, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2015年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Photo-induced quasi-particle (QP) relaxation dynamics with different symmetries have been investigated for the multiple charge-density-wave (CDW) compound DyTe3 by using ultrafast polarized pump-probe spectroscopy. By performing symmetry analysis, the QP dynamics with isotropic A(1g) and anisotropic B-2g symmetry were found to show unique anomalies at the first and second CDW transitions. Both the temperature dependence and pump fluence dependence indicate that the B-2g response is very sensitive to the underlying lattice deformation, which provides critical insight into the multiple CDW formations.
  • Evidence for carrier localization in the pseudogap state of cuprate superconductors from coherent quench experiments
    I. Madan, T. Kurosawa, Y. Toda, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, D. Mihailovic
    NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2015年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), A 'pseudogap' was introduced by Mott to describe a state of matter that has a minimum in the density of states at the Fermi level, deep enough for states to become localized. It can arise either from Coulomb repulsion between electrons, and/or incipient charge or spin order. Here we employ ultrafast spectroscopy to study dynamical properties of the normal to pseudogap state transition in the prototype high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta. We perform a systematic temperature and doping dependence study of the pseudogap photodestruction and recovery in coherent quench experiments, revealing marked absence of critical behaviour of the elementary excitations, which implies an absence of collective electronic ordering beyond a few coherence lengths on short timescales. The data imply ultrafast carrier localization into a textured polaronic state arising from a competing Coulomb interaction and lattice strain, enhanced by a Fermi surface instability.
  • Extended Stokes parameters for cylindrically polarized beams
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICAL REVIEW, 22, 1, 179, 183, OPTICAL SOC JAPAN, 2015年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The extended Stokes parameters for arbitrary cylindrically polarized beams are newly introduced to evaluate their quality. A set of the parameters, expressing a cylindrically polarized state, permits the definition of the degree of polarization that indicates the purity of the spatial symmetry of polarization of a light beam. In addition, the Pancharatnam-Berry phase related to the cylindrically polarized states is described by the new Stokes parameters.
  • 17aCF-5 高温超伝導擬ギャップの準粒子ダイナミクス
    戸田 泰則
    日本物理学会講演概要集, 70, 1210, 1211, 一般社団法人日本物理学会, 2015年
    日本語
  • 22pBH-3 光渦レーザーを用いた飽和吸収分光における方位角方向ドップラー効果
    荒巻 光利, 吉村 信次, 森崎 友宏, 寺坂 健一郎, 戸田 泰則, 田中 雅慶
    日本物理学会講演概要集, 70, 875, 875, 一般社団法人日本物理学会, 2015年
    日本語
  • Quantitative characterization of polarization states of axisymmetrically polarized pulses generated by coherent beam combining
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2015 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), IEEE, 2015年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), By using the extended Stokes parameters and the degree of polarization defined for the spatial distribution (DOP-SD), we fully quantitatively characterize the polarization states of arbitrary (DOP-SD> 0.96) axisymmetrically-polarized femtosecond pulses generated by coherent beam combining. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
  • Spatiotemporal coherent spectroscopy using singular optical pulses
    TODA Yasunori, SHIGEMATSU Kyohhei
    Proc Hiroshima Int Symp Synchrotron Radiat, 19th, 116, 120, 2015年
    英語
  • Unified understanding of the electron-phonon coupling strength for nanocarbon allotropes
    S. Ono, Y. Toda, J. Onoe
    Physical Review B, 90, 155435, 2014年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Unified understanding of the electron-phonon coupling strength for nanocarbon allotropes
    Shota Ono, Yasunori Toda, Jun Onoe
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 90, 15, 155435.1-155435.5, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2014年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The electron-phonon coupling constant (lambda) of carbon nanotubes (lambda = 0.006) is much smaller than that of alkali-metal-doped C-60 crystals (lambda = 0.6). This difference may be due to the shape of the pi-electron conjugated system: the former has a flat, whereas the latter has a sphere. In order to confirm the shape effects in lambda, we have examined the magnitude of lambda for a one-dimensional (1D) uneven peanut-shaped C-60 polymer that has an intermediate shape of the pi-electron conjugated system between a carbon nanotube and a C-60 system, using femtosecond (fs) time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, because it can be expected to have an intermediate value of lambda between them. Theoretical analysis of fs-transient refractivity obtained experimentally found the magnitude of lambda of the 1D C-60 polymer film to be 0.02 as our expectation. This indicates that the shape of the pi-electron conjugated system affects the magnitude of lambda for nanocarbon allotropes significantly.
  • Rotational symmetry breaking in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta probed by polarized femtosecond spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, F. Kawanokami, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, I. Madan, T. Mertelj, V. V. Kabanov, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 90, 9, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2014年09月
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The quasiparticle (QP) dynamics with different symmetry is investigated in the superconducting (SC) and normal state of the high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (Bi2212) using optical pump-probe experiments with different light polarizations at different doping levels. The observation of distinct selection rules for SC excitations present in A(1g) and B-1g symmetries, and for the pseudogap (PG) excitations present in A(1g) and B-2g symmetries by the probe, and absence of any dependence on the pump beam polarization leads to the unequivocal conclusion of the existence of a spontaneous spatial symmetry breaking in the PG state not limited to the sample surface.
  • Coherent dynamics of uniaxially-strained GaN excitons excited by cylindrically polarized pulses               
    K. Shigematsu, S. Morimoto, M. Suzuki, K. Yamane, R. Morita, Y. Toda
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, OSA - The Optical Society, 2014年07月21日
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Eigenmode expansion of optical vortices based on electric-field reconstruction in spatial domain               
    Keisaku Yamane, Shota Nakajima, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, OSA - The Optical Society, 2014年07月21日
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Nonlinear coupling between axisymmetrically-polarized ultrashort optical pulses in a uniaxial crystal
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Kazuhiko Oka, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 22, 14, 16903, 16915, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2014年07月
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Nonlinear propagation of focused axisymmetrically-polarized ultrashort optical pulses along the optic axis in a uniaxial crystal is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The energy transfer between an azimuthally-polarized pulse and a radially-polarized pulse is observed. To analyze the nonlinear propagation, a general paraxial equation with a third-order nonlinearity for axisymmetrically-polarized pulses in a uniaxial crystal is derived and the extended Stokes parameters (ESPs) based on cylindrical coordinates are newly-introduced. The simulation results by using this equation, providing the calculated ESPs, well explain our experimental observations: 1) the energy transfer is attributed to the four-wave-mixing effect, reflecting the overlapping between the axisymmetrically polarized modes, 2) the variations of the polarization defined from the ESPs are clarified to be affected by the self-and the cross-phase modulations, which make the effective propagation length long or short. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
  • Separating pairing from quantum phase coherence dynamics above the superconducting transition by femtosecond spectroscopy
    I. Madan, T. Kurosawa, Y. Toda, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, P. Kusar, D. Mihailovic
    SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 4, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2014年07月
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In classical superconductors an energy gap and phase coherence appear simultaneously with pairing at the transition to the superconducting state. In high-temperature superconductors, the possibility that pairing and phase coherence are distinct and independent processes has led to intense experimental search of their separate manifestations. Using femtosecond spectroscopy methods we now show that it is possible to clearly separate fluctuation dynamics of the superconducting pairing amplitude from the phase relaxation above the critical transition temperature. Empirically establishing a close correspondence between the superfluid density measured by THz spectroscopy and superconducting optical pump-probe response over a wide region of temperature, we find that in differently doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta crystals the pairing gap amplitude monotonically extends well beyond T-c, while the phase coherence shows a pronounced power-law divergence as T -> T-c, thus showing that phase coherence and gap formation are distinct processes which occur on different timescales.
  • Frequency-resolved measurement of the orbital angular momentum spectrum of femtosecond ultra-broadband optical-vortex pulses based on field reconstruction
    Keisaku Yamane, Zhili Yang, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 16, May, 053020, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2014年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We propose a high-precision method for measuring the orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectrum of ultra-broadband optical-vortex (OV) pulses from fork-like interferograms between OV pulses and a reference plane-wave pulse. It is based on spatial reconstruction of the electric fields of the pulses to be measured from the frequency-resolved interference pattern. Our method is demonstrated experimentally by obtaining the OAM spectra for different spectral components of the OV pulses, enabling us to characterize the frequency dispersion of the topological charge of the OAM spectrum by a simple experimental setup. Retrieval is carried out in quasi-real time, allowing us to investigate OAM spectra dynamically. Furthermore, we determine the relative phases (including the sign) of the topological-charge-resolved electric-field amplitudes, which are significant for evaluating OVs or OV pulses with arbitrarily superposed modes.
  • Strain-Induced Enhancement of the Electron Energy Relaxation in Strongly Correlated Superconductors
    C. Gadermaier, V. V. Kabanov, A. S. Alexandrov, L. Stojchevska, T. Mertelj, C. Manzoni, G. Cerullo, N. D. Zhigadlo, J. Karpinski, Y. Q. Cai, X. Yao, Y. Toda, M. Oda, S. Sugai, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICAL REVIEW X, 4, 1, 011056, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2014年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We use femtosecond optical spectroscopy to systematically measure the primary energy relaxation rate Gamma(1) of photoexcited carriers in cuprate and pnictide superconductors. We find that Gamma(1) increases monotonically with increased negative strain in the crystallographic a axis. Generally, the Bardeen-Shockley deformation potential theorem and, specifically, pressure-induced Raman shifts reported in the literature suggest that increased negative strain enhances electron-phonon coupling, which implies that the observed direct correspondence between a and Gamma(1) is consistent with the canonical assignment of Gamma(1) to the electron-phonon interaction. The well-known nonmonotonic dependence of the superconducting critical temperature T-c on the a-axis strain is also reflected in a systematic dependence T-c on Gamma(1), with a distinct maximum at intermediate values (similar to 16 ps(-1) at room temperature). The empirical nonmonotonic systematic variation of T-c with the strength of the electron-phonon interaction provides us with unique insight into the role of electron-phonon interaction in relation to the mechanism of high-T-c superconductivity as a crossover phenomenon.
  • Generation of ultra-broadband pulses with axially-symmetric polarization based on coherent beam combining of optical vortices
    Keisaku Yamane, Yasuyuki Shioda, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America (OSA), 2014年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrated the generation of ultra-broadband optical pulses with axiallysymmetric polarization, on the basis of a coherent beam combining technique. The high polarization purity (~95 %) ranging from 750 to 880 nm was obtained. © 2014 Optical Society of America.
  • Spatiotemporal coherence of GaN excitons excited by an optical vortex with multiple orbital angular momentum
    Kyohhei Shigematsu, Keisaku Yamane, Ryuji Morita, Yasunori Toda
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America (OSA), 2014年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), The spatiotemporal coherence of excitons is investigated by degenerate four-wavemixing using optical vortices with multiple orbital angular momentum (OAM). The OAMresolved signal indicates that the topological phase with large OAM is robust against spatial decoherence. © 2014 OSA.
  • Over 1-mJ intense ultrashort optical-vortex pulse generation with programmable topological-charge control by chirped-pulse amplification
    Keisaku Yamane, Asami Honda, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America (OSA), 2014年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrated the generation of over 1-mJ intense optical-vortex pulses of which topological charges were programmably controlled by computer-generated holograms. The pulse duration was characterized to be 27 fs by two-dimensional spectral shearing interferometry. © 2014 OSA.
  • Spatiotemporal coherence of GaN excitons excited by an optical vortex with multiple orbital angular momentum
    Kyohhei Shigematsu, Keisaku Yamane, Ryuji Morita, Yasunori Toda
    2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), IEEE, 2014年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), The spatiotemporal coherence of excitons is investigated by degenerate four-wavemixing using optical vortices with multiple orbital angular momentum (OAM). The OAM-resolved signal indicates that the topological phase with large OAM is robust against spatial decoherence.
  • Generation of ultra-broadband pulses with axially-symmetric polarization based on coherent beam combining of optical vortices
    Keisaku Yamane, Yasuyuki Shioda, Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), IEEE, 2014年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrated the generation of ultra-broadband optical pulses with axially-symmetric polarization, on the basis of a coherent beam combining technique. The high polarization purity (similar to 95 %) ranging from 750 to 880 nm was obtained. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America
  • Ultrafast and ultra-broadband optical-vortex pulse generation and characterization
    Ryuji Morita, Keisaku Yamane, Zhili Yang, Yasunori Toda
    COMPLEX LIGHT AND OPTICAL FORCES VIII, 8999, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2014年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Subsequently to the previous generation of ultrashort and ultra-broadband optical-vortex (OV) pulses (pulse energy: several tens of mu J) in few-cycle regime, we demonstrate high-power OV pulse generation with topological charge flexibility by employing a 4-f OV converter and pre- and main-amplifications. Our configuration overcomes the low-throughput drawback of the vortex converter, simultaneously compensating for the angular dispersion. It also gives flexibility of OAM- or topological-charge control. Thus, we succeed in generation of mJ-class ultra-broadband OV pulses (similar to 790-similar to 820 nm) with a programmably-controlled topological charge. Moreover, we experimentally exhibit a high-precision method for measuring frequency-resolved OAM spectrum of femtosecond ultra-broadband OV pulses on the basis of electric-field reconstruction in the spatial domain. In addition, we present the generation of ultrashort pulses with axially-symmetric polarization by coherent beam combining of OVs.
  • Impact of pseudogap on photoinduced superconducting phase transition in underdoped Bi2212
    Y. Toda, T. Mertelj, P. Kusar, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, M. Ido, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 493, 112, 113, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2013年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report nonequilibrium quasiparticle (QP) dynamics in underdoped Bi2212 crystals using ultrafast optical spectroscopy, which allows to analyze the dynamics associated with the superconducting (SC) and psuedogap (PG) QPs independently. In the saturation condition of the SC component, where the SC condensate is fully destroyed within the photoexcited volume, we found a delay of the SC state recovery associated with a transient normal state. The delay increases linearly with increasing the pump fluence. The QP dynamics also shows a contribution of the PG component, whose magnitude at the start of the SC state recovery was almost constant at various pump fluences, suggesting a critical level of PG order before the SC condensate can recover. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Exciton-Exciton Interactions in Tensile-Strained GaN
    Yasunori Toda, Kyohhei Shigematsu, Akira Hasegawa, Satoru Adachi
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52, 8, 08JL03, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2013年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report on the four-wave mixing (FWM) spectroscopy of excitons in tensile-strained GaN films. Three excitonic resonances (A-, B-, and C-excitons) were clearly observed with energy separations of Delta(AB) similar to 4.7 meV and Delta(BC) similar to 14.5 meV. Owing to tensile strain, these values are much smaller than those of free-standing GaN, allowing the simultaneous excitations of A-B and B-C excitons pairs. The time evolutions of the FWM in different polarization configurations resolved the differences in the simultaneous excitonic transitions; the excitation of A-B excitons showed an oscillation with a critical pi-phase shift in the orthogonal polarization configuration as expected in the quantum beat, and the oscillation of B-C excitons pair is independent of the polarization configuration, indicating polarization interference. The polarization-dependent FWM spectra of A-B excitons revealed peaks associated with biexciton transitions with binding energies of E-AA = 4.6 meV, E-AB = 2.1 meV, and E-BB = 1.7 meV. (C) 2013 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
  • Orbital Angular Momentum Spectral Dynamics of GaN Excitons Excited by Optical Vortices
    Kyohhei Shigematsu, Yasunori Toda, Keisaku Yamane, Ryuji Morita
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52, 8, 08JL08, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2013年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report on the coherent dynamics of the photoexcited orbital angular momentum (OAM) states of GaN excitons. The measurements were performed by a pump-probe four-wave mixing (FWM) using optical vortex (OV) pulses, where the pump OV pulse transfers its OAM to the center of mass momentum of excitons and the conversion of OAM via FWM with the probe pulse is detected. Especially, we performed analysis of the signal using an OAM-resolved spectroscopy, which allows us to evaluate the dephasing dynamics of excitons in time and space. The results indicate that near perfect conversion is achieved using the OV pulses with nonzero OAM and its spatial coherence remains high during the dephasing time, clearly indicating that the excitons keep the OAM transferred by the pump OV. In contrast, the component associated with the imperfect conversion becomes significant when one of the incident pulses intentionally includes an OAM-free component. The effect is clearly confirmed by the FWM excited by the pump with multiple OAM. (C) 2013 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
  • Revealing the anomalous nonequilibrium carrier relaxation dynamics in C60-related materials
    Shota Ono, Hiroyuki Shima, Yasunori Toda
    Trans. Mater. Res. Soc. Jpn., 38, 2, 283, 286, The Materials Research Society of Japan, 2013年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We theoretically demonstrate that the temperature (T)-dependence of photo-excited carrier relaxation time (τ) in energy-gapped systems strongly depends on the rate of energy transfer from a longitudinal to transverse acoustic phonon mode. By considering the anharmonic coupling between them, we resolve an ambiguity in how to interpret the T-dependence of τ in alkali-doped C60 superconductors.
  • Direct observation and interpretation of carrier dynamics of molecular magnetic superconductors
    T. Naito, S. Matsuo, T. Inabe, Y. Toda
    Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 26, 5, 1679, 1682, Springer New York LLC, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The temperature-dependent time-resolved reflectance spectra of the organic superconductors (OSs) κ- and λ- (BETS)2MCl4 (M = Fe, Ga) and κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br are reported. The π electrons of the organic molecules (BETS or ET) are responsible for the electrical conduction in these salts, while only the Fe-containing salts have localized spins on the d electrons in the Fe atoms (S = 5/2) with π–d interaction. Analysis of the spectra provided the relaxation time τ of the carriers, as well as information concerning the number of carriers at the Fermi energy N(EF). The carrier dynamics were classified in terms of high-TC and low-TC OSs. In these salts, the results indicate that (1) the electron-phonon interaction is important in the occurrence and stability of the superconducting phase, and (2) electron correlation can be related to the enhancement of TC.
  • Efficient Laguerre–Gaussian mode conversion for orbital angular momentum resolved spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, K. Shigematsu, K. Yamane, R. Morita
    Opt. Commun., 308, 147, 151, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The orbital angular momentum (OAM) resolved spectroscopy is being applied to various research fields associated with optical vortices or Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beams, in which the key technique is to convert LG beams to a fundamental Gaussian (HG≡HG00) beam. In this work, we propose a method to realize efficient mode conversion by using spiral phase modulations. Numerical simulations and experiments are carried out to compare our proposal with the standard technique using rotational phase modulations. The results reveal that our proposed method improves the uniformity of the conversion efficiency across various OAM, allowing us to obtain precise OAM spectra. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
  • Nonlinear Coupling Between Radially- And Azimuthally-Polarized Modes of Ultrashort Optical Pulses in an Anisotropic Crystal
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS PACIFIC RIM (CLEO-PR), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We investigate nonlinear propagation of ultrashort optical pulses with radially- and azimuthally-polarized modes in a uniaxial crystal. The energy exchange between the modes, ascribed to nonlinear four-wave-mixing effect with Gouy-phase shifts, is discussed.
  • Nonlinear Conversion between Ultrashort Radially- and Azimuthally-Polarized Pulses in an Anisotropic Media
    Masato Suzuki, Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS EUROPE AND INTERNATIONAL QUANTUM ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス)
  • Programmable Ultrashort Optical-vortex Pulse Generation Using Optical Parametric Amplification and 4-f Configuration
    Keisaku Yamane, Asami Honda, Kyohhei Shigematsu, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS PACIFIC RIM (CLEO-PR), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrate the optical parametric amplification of optical-vortex pulses with the programmable topological-charge control. Combination of optical-parametric amplification and 4-f configuration overcomes the low-throughput drawback of the vortex converter, simultaneously compensating for the angular dispersion.
  • Frequency-resolved Orbital Angular Momentum Spectrum Measurement of Ultra-broadband Optical Vortices
    Zhili Yang, Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS PACIFIC RIM (CLEO-PR), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We experimentally exhibit a high-precision method for measuring frequency-resolved orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectrum of femtosecond ultra-broadband optical-vortex pulses from fork-like interferograms. This method enables us to evaluate topological-charge dispersion of ultra-broadband optical-vortex pulses.
  • Quasi-real-time Measurement of Orbital Angular Momentum Spectra of Ultra-broadband Optical Vortices from Fork-like Interferograms
    Zhili Yang, Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We experimentally demonstrate a simple and high-precision method for measuring orbital angular momentum (OAM) spectra of femtosecond ultra-broadband optical-vortex pulses from fork-like interferograms. This method enables quasi-real-time OAM measurement for ultra-short or ultra-broadband optical vortices.
  • Amplification of ultrashort optical-vortex pulses with programmable topological-charge control
    Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2013 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), IEEE, 2013年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We demonstrate the amplification of ultrashort optical-vortex pulses through the optical parametric process, where optical-vortex seed pulses with computer-controlled topological charges are employed. In this scheme, the low-throughput drawback of the vortex converter is overcome. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
  • Direct observation and interpretation of carrier dynamics of molecular magnetic superconductors
    T. Naito, S. Matsuo, T. Inabe, Y. Toda
    Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 26, 5, 1679, 1682, Springer New York LLC, 2013年
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The temperature-dependent time-resolved reflectance spectra of the organic superconductors (OSs) κ- and λ- (BETS)2MCl4 (M = Fe, Ga) and κ-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br are reported. The π electrons of the organic molecules (BETS or ET) are responsible for the electrical conduction in these salts, while only the Fe-containing salts have localized spins on the d electrons in the Fe atoms (S = 5/2) with π–d interaction. Analysis of the spectra provided the relaxation time τ of the carriers, as well as information concerning the number of carriers at the Fermi energy N(EF). The carrier dynamics were classified in terms of high-TC and low-TC OSs. In these salts, the results indicate that (1) the electron-phonon interaction is important in the occurrence and stability of the superconducting phase, and (2) electron correlation can be related to the enhancement of TC.
  • Observation of Riemannian geometric effects on electronic states
    J. Onoe, T. Ito, H. Shima, Y. Toda, H. Yoshioka, S. Kimura
    Europhysics Letters, 98, 2, 27001, 2012年09月27日, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Einstein first applied Riemannian geometry to develop the general theory of relativity almost one hundred years ago and succeeded in understanding astronomical-scale phenomena such as the straining of time-space by a gravitational field. Whether or not Riemannian space affects the electronic properties of condensed matters on a much smaller scale is of great interest. Although Riemannian geometry has been applied to quantum mechanics since the 1950s, nobody has yet answered this question, because the electronic properties of materials with Riemannian geometry have not been examined experimentally. We report here the first observation of Riemannian geometrical effects on the electronic properties of materials such as Tomononaga-Luttinger liquids, which were previously theoretically predicted by our group. We present in situ high-resolution ultraviolet photoemission spectra of a one-dimensional metallic C60 polymer with an uneven periodic peanut-shaped structure. © Europhysics Letters Association, 2012.
  • Theory of photoexcited carrier relaxation across the energy gap of phase-ordered materials
    Shota Ono, Hiroyuki Shima, Yasunori Toda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 86, 10, 104512, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2012年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We develop a theory to describe the energy relaxation of photoexcited carriers in low-temperature ordered states with a band-gap opening. Carrier relaxation time tau near and below transition temperature T-c is formulated by examining the contributions from different carrier-phonon scatterings to the relaxation rate. Transverse acoustic phonon modes are found to play a crucial role in carrier relaxation; their heat capacity determines the tau divergence near T-c. Remarkable agreements with the theory and experimental data on two different materials which exhibit contrasting tau(T) behaviors are also demonstrated.
  • Ultrashort optical-vortex pulse generation in few-cycle regime
    Keisaku Yamane, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 20, 17, 18986, 18993, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2012年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We generated a 2.3-cycle, 5.9-fs, 56-mu J ultrashort optical-vortex pulse (ranging from similar to 650 to similar to 950 nm) in few-cycle regime, by optical parametric amplification. It was performed even by using passive elements (a pair of prisms and chirped mirrors) for chirp compensation. Spectrally-resolved interferograms and intensity profiles showed that the obtained pulses have no spatial or topological-charge dispersion during the amplification process. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first generation of optical-vortex pulses in few-cycle regime. They can be powerful tools for ultrabroadband and/or ultrafast spectroscopy and experiments of high-intensity field physics. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
  • High superconducting critical temperatures depend systematically on the electron-phonon interaction strength
    C. Gadermaier, V. V. Kabanov, A. S. Alexandrov, L. Stojchevska, T. Mertelj, C. Manzoni, G. Cerullo, N. D. Zhigadlo, J. Karpinski, Y. Q. Cai, X. Yao, Y. Toda, M. Oda, S. Sugai, D. Mihailovic
    2012年05月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), The origin of high critical temperature (Tc) superconductivity is still

    remarkably elusive. To gain insight into the high- Tc mechanism, we need

    experiments which identify the parameters that determine Tc and link them to

    the interaction(s) that establish the superconducting state. Here we show that

    for pnictides, cuprates, and bismuthates Tc depends systematically on the

    primary electron energy relaxation rate 1/tau_1. We find that 1/tau_1 is a

    direct experimental measure of the strength of the electron-phonon interaction

    (EPI) and correlates with structural parameters, in particular the l...
  • Unifying explanation for carrier relaxation anomaly in gapped systems
    Shota Ono, Hiroyuki Shima, Yasunori Toda
    2012年02月, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌), We develop a theory to describe energy relaxation of photo-excited carriers

    in low-temperature ordered states with band gap opening and formulate carrier

    relaxation time $\tau$ near and below transition temperature $T_{\mathrm{c } }$

    by quantifying contributions from different carrier-phonon scatterings to the

    relaxation rate. The theory explains anomalous experimental observations of

    $\tau$ in gapped systems. Transverse acoustic (TA) phonon modes play a crucial

    role in carrier relaxation; their heat capacity determines $\tau$-divergence

    near $T_{\mathrm{c } }$. The theory is validated by fitti...
  • Theory of photoexcited carrier relaxation across the energy gap of phase-ordered materials
    Shota Ono, Hiroyuki Shima, Yasunori Toda
    Phys. Rev. B, 86, 10, 104512, 2012年, [査読有り]
  • One-Dimensional Uneven Peanut-Shaped C-60 Polymer: A Quantum Electronic System in Riemannian Space
    Jun Onoe, Takahiro Ito, Shin-Ichi Kimura, Hiroyuki Shima, Yasunori Toda, Hideo Yoshioka
    FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES, 20, 1, 1, 16, TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2012年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), When a C-60 film is irradiated with a 3 kV electron-beam in an ultrahigh vacuum (base pressure: 10(-7) Pa), C-60 molecules are coalesced to form a one-dimensional (1D) uneven peanut-shaped C-60 polymer. From a topological viewpoint, since the polymer has both positive and negative Gaussian curvatures, it can be regarded as a new allotrope of nanocarbons different from graphene, fullerenes, and nanotubes. We will present our recent results of the electronic, optical, and electron-transport properties of the 1D uneven peanut-shaped C-60 polymer and discuss its novel electronic properties on the basis of quantum mechanics in Riemannian space.
  • Carrier Dynamics in a Series of Organic Magnetic Superconductors
    Toshio Naito, Saori Matsuo, Tamotsu Inabe, Yasunori Toda
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 116, 3, 2588, 2593, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Understanding how electrons behave, i.e., carrier dynamics, in superconductors is indispensable for understanding the mechanism of superconductivity. Recently we have reported the carrier dynamics of kappa- and lambda-(BETS)(2)MCl4 (BETS = bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene, M = Ga, Fe) based on ultrafast spectroscopy, but the interpretation of the results remains an open question. In this paper we interpreted the results with the aid of newly measured magnetic susceptibility, X-ray single crystal structural analysis, and band calculation. Observation of coherent phonons only in the lambda-type salts indicated that e-ph interaction should be characteristically strong in the A-type salts. By comparison of the observed carrier dynamics with a two-temperature model, the temperature-dependence of carrier dynamics is consistently explained by the different strengths of the e-ph interaction between the lambda- and the kappa-type salts. The difference in strength of the e-ph interactions is related to their crystal structures. In conclusion, their carrier dynamics is consistently interpreted and classified by their crystal structures.
  • Carrier Dynamics in a Series of Organic Magnetic Superconductors
    Toshio Naito, Saori Matsuo, Tamotsu Inabe, Yasunori Toda
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 116, 3, 2588, 2593, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Understanding how electrons behave, i.e., carrier dynamics, in superconductors is indispensable for understanding the mechanism of superconductivity. Recently we have reported the carrier dynamics of kappa- and lambda-(BETS)(2)MCl4 (BETS = bis(ethylenedithio)tetraselenafulvalene, M = Ga, Fe) based on ultrafast spectroscopy, but the interpretation of the results remains an open question. In this paper we interpreted the results with the aid of newly measured magnetic susceptibility, X-ray single crystal structural analysis, and band calculation. Observation of coherent phonons only in the lambda-type salts indicated that e-ph interaction should be characteristically strong in the A-type salts. By comparison of the observed carrier dynamics with a two-temperature model, the temperature-dependence of carrier dynamics is consistently explained by the different strengths of the e-ph interaction between the lambda- and the kappa-type salts. The difference in strength of the e-ph interactions is related to their crystal structures. In conclusion, their carrier dynamics is consistently interpreted and classified by their crystal structures.
  • One-dimensional uneven peanut-shaped C60 polymer: a quantum electronic system on Riemannian space
    J. Onoe, T. Ito, S. Kimura, H. Shima, Y. Toda, H. Yoshioka
    Fullerene, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures, 20, 1, 1-16, 2012年, [査読有り], [招待有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • 位相・偏光特異性を持つ極限光パルスの発生とその応用
    森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則, 尾松 孝茂
    表面科学 : hyomen kagaku = Journal of the Surface Science Society of Japan, 32, 12, 748, 754, The Surface Science Society of Japan, 2011年12月10日
    日本語, Together with the introduction of topological light waves (light with phase or polarization singularities), their generation and applications were described. Using a photonic crystal, axially-symmetric polarizer or mirror, 1) supercontinuum optical vortex generation ranging ∼500 to ∼800 nm without spatial nor topological-charge dispersions, 2) generation of ultrabroadband axially-symmetric polarization modes ranging ∼600 to ∼800 nm without polarization dispersion, and 3) a high power radially-polarized light generation directly from a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 bounce amplifier were experimentally demonstrated. As applications of generated topological light waves, 4) laser ablation of Ta plates using nanosecond optical vortex pulses and, in particular, using spin-orbit interactions of light, microneedle fabrication on a metal surface by laser ablation were performed.
  • Quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ by two-color pump-probe spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, T. Mertelj, P. Kusar, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, M. Ido, D. Mihailovic
    Phys. Rev. B, 84, 17, 174516, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2011年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigate the relaxation dynamics of photoexcited quasiparticles (QPs) in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (T-c = 78 K). By changing the excitation energy and polarization of the probe beam, two different types of relaxation dynamics, associated with superconducting (SC) and pseudogap (PG) QPs, are quantitatively analyzed independently. From the temperature dependencies, we obtained the SC gap, Delta(SC)(0) = 24 meV, using BCS-type temperature-dependent gap and the pseudogap, Delta(PG) = 41 meV. The pump fluence (F) dependence of the SC-dominated transients shows a contribution of the PG component above the saturation condition of the SC component (F-th = 16 mu J/cm(2)), where Cooper pairs with long-range order are fully destroyed within the photoexcited volume. Assuming a temperature-independent PG decay time, we successfully isolate the native SC transient even above F-th by subtracting the PG response from the original data. In the saturation regime, the exponential decay (recovery of SC) is fast (tau(SC) similar to 2-3 ps), suggesting an efficient nonequilibrium phonon relaxation in this compound. We also find a flat-top response preceding the exponential decay at F > F-th, which appears as a delay of SC recovery in the original data. This response is visible over the whole temperature range below T-c and its duration increases with increasing F. The response is attributable to a photoinduced SC to non-SC phase transition arising from excitation by the nonthermal QPs and/or high-frequency phonons. The consistently near-constant magnitude of the PG response at the start of the SC state recovery from the non-SC phase suggests a correlation between the SC and PG QPs.
  • Femtosecond Carrier Relaxation Dynamics and Photoinduced Phase Separation in κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]X (X=Br,Cl)
    Y. Toda, T. Mertelj, T. Naito, D. Mihailovic
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 22, 227002, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2011年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigate the relaxation dynamics of nonequilibrium carriers in organic conductors kappa-(BEDT-TTF)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]X (X = Br and Cl) using ultrafast time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The dynamics for both salts show similar temperature dependences, which is well characterized by the carrier relaxation across the pseudogap (PG) of the magnitude Delta(PG) approximate to 16 meV for Br salt and 7.0 meV for Cl salt. On the other hand, only the Br salt shows an abrupt increase of the decay time at low temperature, indicating an additional decay component associated with the superconducting (SC) gap below T-c. The fluence dependent dynamics at low temperature evidences the superposition of the SC component onto the PG component. These results indicate a metallic-insulating phase separation in the Br salt triggered by photoexcited nonequilibrium carriers.
  • Mechanisms of nonthermal destruction of the superconducting state and melting of the charge-density-wave state by femtosecond laser pulses
    L. Stojchevska, P. Kusar, T. Mertelj, V. V. Kabanov, Y. Toda, X. Yao, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 84, 18, 180507, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2011年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The processes leading to nonthermal condensate vaporization and charge-density-wave (CDW) melting with femtosecond laser pulses is systematically investigated in different materials. We find that vaporization is relatively slow (tau(v)1 ps) and inefficient in superconductors, exhibiting a strong systematic dependence of the vaporization energy U(v) on T(c). In contrast, melting of CDW order proceeds rapidly (tau(m) = 50-200 fs) and more efficiently. A quantitative model describing the observed systematic behavior in superconductors is proposed based on a phonon-mediated quasiparticle (QP) bottleneck mechanism. In contrast, Fermi-surface disruption by hot QPs is proposed to be responsible for CDW state melting.
  • Quasiparticle relaxation dynamics in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta by two-color pump-probe spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, T. Mertelj, P. Kusar, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, M. Ido, D. Mihailovic
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 84, 17, 174516, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2011年11月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigate the relaxation dynamics of photoexcited quasiparticles (QPs) in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (T-c = 78 K). By changing the excitation energy and polarization of the probe beam, two different types of relaxation dynamics, associated with superconducting (SC) and pseudogap (PG) QPs, are quantitatively analyzed independently. From the temperature dependencies, we obtained the SC gap, Delta(SC)(0) = 24 meV, using BCS-type temperature-dependent gap and the pseudogap, Delta(PG) = 41 meV. The pump fluence (F) dependence of the SC-dominated transients shows a contribution of the PG component above the saturation condition of the SC component (F-th = 16 mu J/cm(2)), where Cooper pairs with long-range order are fully destroyed within the photoexcited volume. Assuming a temperature-independent PG decay time, we successfully isolate the native SC transient even above F-th by subtracting the PG response from the original data. In the saturation regime, the exponential decay (recovery of SC) is fast (tau(SC) similar to 2-3 ps), suggesting an efficient nonequilibrium phonon relaxation in this compound. We also find a flat-top response preceding the exponential decay at F > F-th, which appears as a delay of SC recovery in the original data. This response is visible over the whole temperature range below T-c and its duration increases with increasing F. The response is attributable to a photoinduced SC to non-SC phase transition arising from excitation by the nonthermal QPs and/or high-frequency phonons. The consistently near-constant magnitude of the PG response at the start of the SC state recovery from the non-SC phase suggests a correlation between the SC and PG QPs.
  • Effects of inter-molecular charge-transfer excitons on the external quantum efficiency of zinc-porphyrin/C-60 heterojunction photovoltaic cells
    Sou Ryuzaki, Toshihiro Kai, Yasunori Toda, Satoru Adachi, Jun Onoe
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 44, 14, 145103, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2011年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have examined the structural effects of zinc-octaethylporphyrin [Zn(OEP)] films used as a donor on the external quantum efficiency (EQE) of organic heterojunction photovoltaic (OPV) cells [ITO/Zn(OEP)/C-60/Al], and investigated what exactly causes the improvement of EQE. When the structure of the Zn(OEP) films changed from amorphous to crystalline, the maximum EQE increased from 36% to 42%, which is greater than that of around 35% for previously reported OPV cells using buffer materials (Peumans and Forrest 2001 Appl. Phys. Lett. 79 126). The crystallization of Zn(OEP) films is found to increase the number of inter-molecular charge-transfer (IMCT) excitons and to enlarge the mobility of carriers and IMCT excitons, thus significantly improving the EQE of the photoabsorption band under illumination due to the IMCT excitons.
  • Nonlinear propagation effects on high-power optical-vortex pulses in anisotropic crystals
    Masato Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
    2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011, 2011年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Having a helical wavefront, a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) mode or optical vortex is one of the modes of paraxial solutions to wave equation. The optical vortex has unique properties. The beam has a phase singularity on its center, which shows a dark part on its center of intensity profile, and carries an orbital angular momentum of light well defined by the topological charge ℓ[1]. These characteristics recently attracted much attention. For more versatile applications, high power optical-vortex pulses are desired. Typically, optical vortices are generated by using a spiral plate [2], a spatial light modulator (SLM) [3], a photonic-crystal axially-symmetric polarizer/waveplate [4] or a uniaxial crystal [5]. Among them, the most flexible method is by SLM. However, this method using SLM is power-limited owing to its damage threshold. Hence, as an alternative to generate high power optical-vortex pulses, we choose the method using a uniaxial crystal, which is rather flexible. In this scheme, the nonlinear effects have not been clarified in detail. In the present paper, we investigate nonlinear effects on optical-vortex pulse generation through the spin-orbit interaction and its propagation in an anisotropic crystal. © 2011 IEEE.
  • Time-resolved polarimetry for photoexcited QP dynamics in Bi2212
    K. Watanabe, S. Tsuchiya, Y. Toda, T. Kurosawa, M. Oda, T. Mertelj, I. Madan, V. V. Kabanov, D. Mihailovic
    Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 29, 1542031(1-7) (2015), 29, 1542031, 2011年, [査読有り]
    英語
  • Infrared phonon anomaly of one-dimensional metallic peanut-shaped C-60 polymer
    J. Onoe, A. Takashima, Y. Toda
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 97, 24, 241911, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2010年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The infrared (IR) phonon properties of one-dimensional (1D) metallic peanut-shaped C-60 polymers, which exhibit an energy gap below 60 K [Y. Toda et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 094102 (2008)] that is similar to the Peierls transition of quasi-1D metallic materials, have been examined in the temperature range of 30-300 K by high-resolution in-situ IR spectroscopy. We observed an IR phonon anomaly in which two new IR modes appear at 50 K and become increasingly anomalous with decreasing temperature in a similar manner as phase phonons associated with charge density waves in quasi-1D condensates. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3527961]
  • Chiral Charge-Density Waves
    J. Ishioka, Y. H. Liu, K. Shimatake, T. Kurosawa, K. Ichimura, Y. Toda, M. Oda, S. Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105, 17, 176401-1, 176401-4, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2010年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We discovered the chirality of charge-density waves (CDW) in 1T-TiSe(2) by using STM and time-domain optical polarimetry. We found that the CDW intensity becomes Ia(1):Ia(2):Ia(3) 1:0.7 +/- 0.1:0.5 +/- 0.1, where Ia(i) (i = 1, 2, 3) is the amplitude of the tunneling current contributed by the CDWs. There were two states, in which the three intensity peaks of the CDW decrease clockwise and anticlockwise. The chirality in CDW results in the threefold symmetry breaking. Macroscopically, twofold symmetry was indeed observed in optical measurement. We propose the new generalized CDW chirality H(CDW) equivalent to q(1) . (q(2) x q(3)), where q(i) are the CDW q vectors, which is independent of the symmetry of components. The nonzero H(CDW)-the triple-q vectors do not exist in an identical plane in the reciprocal space-should induce a real-space chirality in CDW system.
  • Chiral Charge-Density Waves
    J. Ishioka, Y. H. Liu, K. Shimatake, T. Kurosawa, K. Ichimura, Y. Toda, M. Oda, S. Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105, 17, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2010年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We discovered the chirality of charge-density waves (CDW) in 1T-TiSe(2) by using STM and time-domain optical polarimetry. We found that the CDW intensity becomes Ia(1):Ia(2):Ia(3) 1:0.7 +/- 0.1:0.5 +/- 0.1, where Ia(i) (i = 1, 2, 3) is the amplitude of the tunneling current contributed by the CDWs. There were two states, in which the three intensity peaks of the CDW decrease clockwise and anticlockwise. The chirality in CDW results in the threefold symmetry breaking. Macroscopically, twofold symmetry was indeed observed in optical measurement. We propose the new generalized CDW chirality H(CDW) equivalent to q(1) . (q(2) x q(3)), where q(i) are the CDW q vectors, which is independent of the symmetry of components. The nonzero H(CDW)-the triple-q vectors do not exist in an identical plane in the reciprocal space-should induce a real-space chirality in CDW system.
  • Dynamics of a paired optical vortex generated by second-harmonic generation
    Y. Toda, S. Honda, R. Morita
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 18, 17, 17796, 17804, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2010年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We study the dynamics of a paired optical vortex (OV) generated by second-harmonic generation (SHG) using sub-picosecond pulses. By changing the position of a thin nonlinear crystal along the propagation direction, we observe a rotation of two vortices with changing separation distance. The dynamics is well explained by SHG with a beam walk-off, which introduces a contamination of zero-order Laguerre-Gaussian beam (LG(0)) together with topological charge doubling. The quantitative analysis indicates that the rotation angle of the OVs manifests the Gouy phase while the splitting provides the walk-off angle of the crystal. We also show that the subtraction of LG(0) is realized by the superposition of LG(0) with an anti-balanced phase in the pump. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
  • Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics Studied in Underdoped Bi2212 by Polarized Optical Pump-Probe Spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, J. Sekiya, Y. H. Liu, N. Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido
    JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM, 23, 5, 871, 872, SPRINGER, 2010年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigate nonequilibrium quasiparticle dynamics measured by ultrafast optical spectroscopy on underdoped Bi2212 crystals, which provide direct evidence that superconducting (SC) and pseudogap (PG) quasiparticies coexist below T. We verify that the ratio of signals from SC and PG quasiparticles depends on both excitation energy and polarization of the probe beam due to the anisotropy of the probe transition matrix elements and the interband transition probability. Based on this property, we successfully separate the SC or PG component and precisely evaluate the temperature dependence of them across T-c.
  • Time-resolved optical study on BETS superconductors and related salts
    T. Naito, M. Fukusaku, S. Matsuo, K. Tajima, T. Inabe, Y. Toda
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, 405, 11, S269, S272, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2010年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In order to compare the carrier dynamics in lambda-(BETS)(2)MCl4 (M=Ga Fe) and kappa-(ET)(2)X (X=Cu(NCS)(2) Cu[N(CN)(2)]Br Cu[N(CN)(2)]Cl) their polarized reflectance spectra were measured by a pump-probe method Polarization-dependences were compared among the different materials at varying temperatures The result indicated that each salt had anisotropy in the conduction planes corresponding to its crystallographic axes at all the temperatures of measurements (C) 2009 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
  • Measurement of chirality of charge-density-waves in TiSe2 by using STM
    J. Ishioka, Y. H. Liu, K. Shimatake, T. Kurosawa, K. Ichimura, Y. Toda, M. Oda, S. Tanda
    PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, 405, 11, S214, S216, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2010年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report the chirality of charge density waves (COW) in 1T-TiSe2 by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements We found that the COW intensity becomes Ia(1) Ia(2) Ia(3) = 1 07 +/- 0 1 0 5 +/- 0 1 where Ia(1) (I = 1 2 3) is the amplitude of the tunneling current contributed by the CDWs We found two states in which the three intensity peaks of the CDW decrease clockwise and anticlockwise when we index each nesting vector in order of intensity in the Fourier transformation of the STM images We found that this difference arises from COW stacking along the c-axis at intervals of 2c(0)/3 This chirality is attributed to the helical stacking such as cholesteric liquid crystals (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
  • Carrier dynamics in an organic magnetic superconductor and related salts kappa, lambda-(BETS)(2)MCl4 (M = Fe, Ga)
    T. Naito, S. Matsuo, T. Inabe, Y. Toda
    JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 22, 18, 185701-1, 185701-7, IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2010年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), In order to compare the carrier dynamics and reveal the origin of differences in their electrical behaviour, time-resolved reflectivity changes were measured on single crystals of the title compounds. The observed relaxation behaviour explained well their electrical behaviour, and indicated that different conduction mechanisms dominated kappa-and lambda-type BETS salts, irrespective of local spins, at about 8-100 K; the electrical behaviour of the kappa-type salts is governed by relaxation times of carriers and/or density of states at the Fermi levels, while that of the lambda-type salts is dominated by the latter.
  • Demonstration of spatial mode division multiplexing using Laguerre-Gaussian mode beam in telecom-wavelength
    Yoshinari Awaji, Naoya Wada, Yasunori Toda
    2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, PHOTINICS 2010, 551, 552, 2010年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Spatial mode division multiplexing was performed by using Laguerre-Gaussian mode beam (Optical vortex). We demonstrated multiplexing of two channels of 10Gbit/s signal. Error free condition was successfully achieved. This technique can be utilized for free space and multi-mode fiber transmission. ©2010 IEEE.
  • 光波混合法による窒化ガリウム薄膜での励起子間相互作用の実空間マッピング
    足立智, 戸田泰則
    J. Vac. Soc. Jpn., 53, 6, 387, 392, The Vacuum Society of Japan, 2010年, [査読有り], [招待有り]
    日本語, By using four-wave-mixing technique, we demonstrated the possibility of the real space mapping of exciton-exciton interaction and strain in GaN films grown on various substrates. The image obtained from the evaluation of the quantum beats indicates that these reductions correspond to the phase changes between two exciton transitions, reflecting the spatial properties of exciton-exciton interactions. The line-localization suggests a contribution of line-defect to the anomalous interactions.
  • Infrared phonon anomaly of one-dimensional metallic peanut-shaped C60 polymer
    J. Onoe, A. Takashima, Y. Toda
    Appl. Phys. Lett., 97, 241911, 2010年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Global evaluation of closed-loop electron dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional conductors using polarization vortices
    Yu Tokizane, Katsuhiro Shimatake, Yasunori Toda, Kazuhiko Oka, Masakatsu Tsubota, Satoshi Tanda, Ryuji Morita
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 17, 26, 24198, 24207, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2009年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We evaluate the quasi-one-dimensional (1D) electron dynamics in a NbSe3 ring crystal using polarization vortex pulses with various azimuthal distributions. The single particle relaxation component reveals a large anisotropy on the crystal, indicating that the electrons in the ring maintain their 1D character. The results also suggest that the polarization vortex evaluates the global polarization property of the closed-loop electron that plays an important role in the quantum correlation phenomena such as the Aharonov-Bohm effect. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
  • Coherent Dynamics of Exciton Fine Structure in Uniaxially-Strained GaN
    Tetsuro Ishiguro, Yasunori Toda, Satoru Adachi
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 78, 10, 174018-1, 4, PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN, 2009年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We study the influence of the anisotropic exchange interaction (AEI) on exciton coherence by using four-wave-mixing spectroscopy. The exciton fine structure (FS) of uniaxially-strained GaN exhibits linearly-polarized FS-splitting at low temperatures, which enables us to resolve the difference between the coherent dynamics of the FS; the FWM transient in each FS exhibits extended/contracted dephasing compared with that obtained in uniformly-strained GaN. The origin of this asymmetry is associated with the anisotropic pseudospin induced by AEI.
  • Coherent transfer of orbital angular momentum to excitons by optical four-wave mixing
    Y. Ueno, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, R. Morita, T. Tawara
    OPTICS EXPRESS, 17, 22, 20567, 20574, OPTICAL SOC AMER, 2009年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We demonstrate the coherent transfer of optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) to the center of mass momentum of excitons in semiconductor GaN using a four-wave mixing (FWM) process. When we apply the optical vortex (OV) as an excitation pulse, the diffracted FWM signal exhibits phase singularities that satisfy the OAM conservation law, which remain clear within the exciton dephasing time (similar to 1ps). We also demonstrate the arbitrary control of the topological charge in the output signal by changing the OAM of the input pulse. The results provide a way of controlling the optical OAM through carriers in solids. Moreover, the time evolution of the FWM with OAM leads to the study of the closed-loop carrier coherence in materials. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
  • Optical selection of a multiple phase order in the charge density wave condensate o-TaS3 using a spectrally resolved nonequilibrium measurement
    Y. Toda, R. Onozaki, M. Tsubota, K. Inagaki, S. Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 80, 12, 121103, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2009年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We investigate the spectrally resolved transient reflectivity changes Delta R(T,tau,lambda) in the charge density wave (CDW) conductor o-TaS3. A distinct near-infrared resonance in this compound emphasizes the characteristic Delta R(lambda) resonances, and allows a selection of coexisting CDW phases with different nonequilibrium carrier dynamics. Furthermore, the spectrally resolved Delta R(tau) characterizes the collective oscillations associated with the individual states. We believe that this demonstration paves the way for the optical selection of the multiphase order that plays an important role in various macroscopic quantum systems.
  • Generation and Spatiotemporal Evolution of Optical Vortices in Femtosecond Laser Pulses
    Yasunori Toda, Koshi Nagaoka, Katsuhiro Shimatake, Ryuji Morita
    ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN JAPAN, 167, 4, 39, 46, WILEY, 2009年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Topology has become one of the key concepts allowing one to understand the intrinsic, qualitative properties of phenomena throughout various scientific fields. To date, this concept has been extended to the field of material science and technology. On the other hand, we can now utilize the spatially controlled light defined by the topology (so-called "optical vortices") in order to characterize the topological properties of materials. In particular, optical vortices in femtosecond pulses will be invaluable for advanced topological spectroscopy. In this work, the authors created femtosecond optical vortices using a spatial light modulator. Their spatiotemporal properties were evaluated using interferogram and correlation measurements. 0 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 167(4): 39-46, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.20791
  • Pump-probe measurement of closed loop coherence in a quasi one-dimensional ring crystal using polarization vortex
    Yu Tokizane, Katsuhiro Shimatake, Yasunori Toda, Kazuhiko Oka, Masakatsu Tsubota, Satoshi Tanda, Ryuji Morita
    The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Europe) 2009, 2009年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Electron in a quasi one-dimensional NbSe3 whisker crystal form a collective state at low temperature. It is called charge density wave (CDW) state. Under certain condition, NbSe3 grows as a ring crystal with closed loop structure [1]. This kind of global structural change brings an effect on a formation of the collective state [2]. For observation of a global electronic property on the entire ring crystal, it is necessary to apply a probe method appropriate for the closed loop structure of a ring crystal. The light with a polarization of a closed loop structure, called a polarization vortex, is appropriate for this measurement.
  • Four-wave-mixing study of exciton fine structure in GaN
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, K. Tadatomo, K. Hoshino
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 6, NO 1, 6, 1, 42, +, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2009年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Dephasing dynamics of exciton fine structure (EFS) caused by long and short range exchange interactions in GaN was investigated by using a four-wave-mixing (FWM) spectroscopy. The type of exchange interactions was selected by samples (uniaxially strained c-plane GaN films and a thick bulk GaN) and their geometries in optical excitation. Since each component of EFS is highly polarized, the polarization-dependent FWM spectra successfully resolve the dephasing dynamics in the individual EFS resonances. The results show a difference in dephasing time, suggesting a contribution of anisotropic exchange interaction (AEI). (C) 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
  • Study on dephasing dynamics of Exciton Fine Structure in GaN
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, S. F. Chichibu
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C: CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 6, SUPPL 2, 6, S719, S722, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2009年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We report on the dephasing dynamics of exciton fine structure (EFS) in a free standing GaN. The EFS was observed and studied by utilizing a four-wave-mixing (FWM) spectroscopy. In the cleavage plane of wurtzite GaN, we can excite the B-exciton fine structure, whose z-polarized state is energetically well separated from the other in-plane polarized exciton states. Due to the large spin exchange interaction in GaN, an energy shift of in-plane polarized fine structure was also observed. Since the each component of EFS is highly polarized, the polarization-dependent FWM successfully resolves their dephasing dynamics. The results show a significant difference in the dephasing time between EFS, suggesting that anisotropic exchange interaction is effective as reported in our previous work using a GaN film on alpha-plane sapphire. (C) 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
  • Spatial properties of exciton-exciton interactions in GaN observed by four-wave-mixing spectroscopy
    Y. Toda, K. Yamaguchi, T. Ishiguro, K. Hoshino, K. Tadatomo, S. Adachi
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C: CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 6, SUPPL 2, 6, S684, S686, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2009年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Spatial imaging of spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing (SR FWM) was performed on a GaN film grown on c-sapphire substrate. The image obtained from the exciton resonances at zero time delay clearly showed some highly localized reductions in their intensities whose spatial profiles can be mapped out with a spatial resolution of similar to 20 m. The image obtained from the evaluation of the quantum beats indicates these reductions correspond to the phase changes between two exciton transitions, reflecting the spatial properties of exciton-exciton interactions. The line-localization suggests a contribution of line-defect to the anomalous interactions. (C) 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
  • Femtosecond carrier dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional topological compounds
    Y. Toda, K. Shimatake, S. Tanda, J. Onoe
    ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND NANOSTRUCTURE MATERIALS XIII, 7214, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2009年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Due to the recent progress of material science, quasi-one-dimensional (1D) materials provide an opportunity for investigating the influence of topology and dimensionality on their optical and electrical properties. In this study, we report the phase transition properties of such quasi-1D compounds by utilizing an ultrafast optical spectroscopy. Photoexcited nonequilibrium carrier dynamics yield characteristic feature around the phase transition temperatures. We also discuss the topological effects on the phase coherence of correlated carrieres by using both polarization and excitation energy dependences of the transient signals and their spatial characteristics.
  • Direct observation of the coexistence of the pseudogap and superconducting quasiparticles in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y by time-resolved optical spectroscopy
    Y. H. Liu, Y. Toda, K. Shimatake, N. Momono, M. Oda, M. Ido
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 101, 13, 137003, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2008年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report the ultrafast optical response of quasiparticles (QPs) in both the pseudogap ( PG) and superconducting (SC) states of an underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+y (Bi2212) single crystal measured with the time-resolved pump-probe technique. At a probe energy hw(pr) = 1.55 eV, it is found that the reflectivity change Delta R/R changes its sign at exactly T-c, which allows the direct separation of the charge dynamics of PG and SC QPs. Further systematic investigations indicate that the transient signals associated with PG and SC QPs depend on the probe beam energy and polarization. By tuning them below T-c, two distinct components can be detected simultaneously, providing evidence for the coexistence of PG and SC QPs.
  • Carrier dynamics in kappa-type organic superconductors: Time-resolved observation
    Toshio Naito, Yukari Yamada, Tamotsu Inabe, Yasunori Toda
    JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 77, 6, 064709-1, 064709-6, PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN, 2008年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The K-type organic superconductors have unique physical properties, many of which are yet to be understood. Most of their physical properties are closely related to carrier dynamics, which can be directly observed by ultrafast optical measurements in their nonequilibrium states. Time-resolved temperature-dependent reflectivity changes were measured on single crystals of an isostructural pair of organic charge transfer salts kappa-(ET)(2)Cu[N(CN)(2)]X, which are ambient- (X = Br) or high-pressure (X = Cl) superconductors. The latter compound in its ground state is a Mott insulator under ambient pressure. The obtained temperature dependences of relaxation times for both salts indicated the existence of an intermediate electronic state between those of metals and insulators at all measurement temperatures. Such an unusual electronic state coexisted with the superconducting and Mott insulating states in X = Br and X = Cl, respectively. In addition, the results for X = Br revealed the formation of a temperature-dependent well-defined gap in the superconducting transition, while those for X = Cl suggested that the Mott transition in this salt does not depend on electron-phonon interactions, consistent with the theory that the Mott transition should originate from electron correlation.
  • Highly sensitive optical probe for uniaxial strain in GaN epitaxial films
    Y. Toda, T. Ishiguro, S. Adachi, K. Hoshino, K. Tadatomo
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 245, 5, 878, 880, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2008年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have previously demonstrated that a spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing highlights the anisotropically polarized excitons in the uniaxially strained GaN films [1], where the enhancement of sensitivity for an uniaxial strain, was achieved by nonlinear response of the exciton polarization. In this work, we have applied this technique to the GaN films on various substrates including isotropic ones, and have examined the sensitivity of the technique. The results show distinct polarizations and energy variations originating from the uniaxial strain, the magnitude of which depends on the sample and its position: The minimum changes of the polarized FWM intensity and exchange energy splittings correspond to a uniaxial strain of 5.0 x 10(-5), which currently gives a lower resolution limit of this technique. (C) 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
  • Femtosecond carrier dynamics in electron-beam-irradiated C-60 film
    Y. Toda, S. Ryuzaki, J. Onoe
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 92, 9, 094102, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2008年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Time-resolved temperature-dependent transmission changes were measured for both pristine C-60 and electron-beam-irradiated C-60 polymer films using an optical pump-probe technique. Only the signals obtained for the C-60 polymer show a temperature-dependent slow decay, which appears in the low temperature region below similar to 60 K. This slow decay component exhibits a monotonic increase in both relaxation time and amplitude with decreasing temperature, providing evidence of gap formation associated with ordering fluctuations. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
  • Dephasing studies of exciton fine structure in uniaxially-strained GaN
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, K. Hoshino, Y. Arakawa
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 5, NO 6, 5, 6, 2114, +, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2008年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Dephasing dynamics of excitons in a GaN film grown on a-plane sapphire were studied by using the spectrally-resolved four-wave-mixing (SR-FWM) spectroscopy. Due to the anisotropic exchange interaction originates from the anisotropic strain field of the substrate, the degenerate exciton states with the total angular moment +/- 1 mix and split into their fine structures. Since each component of the exciton fine structured (EFS) is highly polarized, the polarization-dependent SR-FWM spectra successfully resolve the dephasing dynamics in the individual EFS resonances. The result of each EFS shows a significantly different dephasing time, suggesting that the anisotropic dephasing contribution occurs in each EFS.
  • Four-wave mixing spectroscopy of ultraviolet excitons in strained GaN
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, S. F. Chichibu
    ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTORS AND NANOSTRUCTURE MATERIALS XII, 6892, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 2008年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We perform degenerate four-wave-mixing (FWM) studies of GaN excitons especially for an understanding of the strain-fields in the heteroepitaxial films. The shifts of exciton energies and their beating oscillation variations highlight the biaxial strain, allowing for a precise determination of the strain parameters. The uniaxial strain field can be characterized by the polarization dependence of FWM, which shows distinct polarizations and energy variations depending on the sample and its position. The minimum changes of the polarized FWM intensity and exchange energy splittings correspond to a uniaxial strain of 5.0 x 10(-5). which currently gives a lower resolution limit of this technique and is comparable with that of conventional X-ray diffraction. In the time-evolutions, we investigate the strain effects on the phase of the quantum beats (QBs), giving insight into the excitons interactions. By using time-resolved FWM, difference between two-types of exciton transitions is identified. In addition, coherent manipulations of QBs are successfully realized in the FWM with a Michelson interferometer.
  • Selective optical probing of the charge-density-wave phases in NbSe3
    K. Shimatake, Y. Toda, S. Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75, 11, 115120, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2007年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report a study of the ultrafast single particle dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional NbSe3 whisker crystals using a two-color pump-probe measurement. A selective enhancement of the relaxation dynamics connected with one of the two charge-density-wave (CDW) phases was realized by tuning the probe energy to around 1.5 eV, in which the temperature dependence across the corresponding phase transition shows a pronounced anomaly. A similar selective excitation was possible in the coherent CDW oscillation.
  • Coherent double-pulse excitation of charge-density-wave oscillation
    Tatsuyuki Onozaki, Yasunori Toda, Satoshi Tanda, Ryuji Morita
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46, 2, 870, 872, INST PURE APPLIED PHYSICS, 2007年02月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The coherent control of a charge-density-wave (CDW) collective mode in 1T-TaS2 was performed using a femosecond pulse pair. Selective enhancement and suppression of the oscillation were achieved by optimal pulse separation. The ratio of enhancement to Suppression and pulse-separation dependence of the amplitude show a good correspondence with theoretical evaluation in the pulse-separation time range -0.5 to 1 ps.
  • Time-resolved four-wave mixing studies of excitons in GaN
    K. Yamaguchi, Y. Toda, T. Ishiguro, S. Adachi, K. Hoshin, K. Tadatomo
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 4 NO 7 2007, 4, 7, 2752, +, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2007年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Quantum beats in the time-resolved four-wave mixing (FWM) signals arising from GaN excitons are observed. Two different types of beats are investigated: beats between the A-exciton (X-A) and B-exciton (X-B) states; beats between the XA and A-biexciton ((XXA)) states. The former exhibits oscillations along all directions in the delay- (T) and real-time (t) plane while the latter exhibits no beat in the direction parallel to the diagonal axis (T = t). The results are well reproduced by a model calculation, showing good homogeneity of the sample.
  • Coherent manipulation of A and B excitons in GaN
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi, K. Hazu, T. Sota, S. F. Chichibu
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 4 NO 7 2007, 4, 7, 2776, +, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2007年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), An optical coherent manipulation of excitonic polarizations in hexagonal bulk GaN is achieved by means of an interferometric technique combined with spectrally-resolved degenerate four-wave-mixing (FWM). Initial phase of the FWM quantum beats between A and B excitonic polarizations are arbitrarily controlled, in which simultaneous increase (decrease) of the beats in both polarizations are observed. In addition, 80% selective amplification and 40% suppression of one of the excitonic polarizations are realized.
  • Exciton spin relaxation in GaN observed by spin grating experiment
    T. Ishiguro, Y. Toda, S. Adachi
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 90, 1, 11904, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2007年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The authors studied the exciton spin relaxation of bulk GaN by creating spin polarization gratings using degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy. The spectrally resolved analysis achieved with this technique facilitated the direct evaluation of spin polarizations in the individual excitons (A and B excitons). The spin polarizations for each exciton decay very quickly (tau(s)similar to 1 ps) at low temperatures. Moreover the tau(s) is faster than the dephasing time T-2 throughout the measured temperature range, suggesting the existence of fast intrinsic spin relaxation processes, which can be attributed to a large exchange constant characterized in GaN.
  • フェムト秒光渦パルスの発生と時空間特性
    戸田 泰則, 長岡 耕志, 島竹 克大, 森田 隆二
    電気学会論文誌C(電子・情報・システム部門誌), 127, 9, 4, 1313, Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, 2007年
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Topology has become one of the key concepts allowing one to understand the intrinsic, qualitative properties of phenomena throughout various scientific fields. To date, this concept has been extended to the field of material science and technology. On the other hand, we can now utilize the spatially-controlled light defined by the topology (so called "optical vortices") in order to characterize the topological properties of materials. Especially, optical vortices in the femtosecond pulses will be invaluable for advanced topological spectroscopy. In this work, we created femtosecond optical vortices using spatial light modulator. Their spatio-temporal properties were evaluated using interferogram and correlation measurements.
  • Degenerate four-wave mixing spectroscopy of GaN films on various substrates
    T Ishiguro, Y Toda, S Adachi, T Mukai, K Hoshino, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 243, 7, 1560, 1563, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2006年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have carried out time-integrated and spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing (FWM) measurements to study the effects of built-in strain within GaN films on their exciton structures and on their coherent dynamics. Precise values for exciton energies, linewidths, and oscillation periods of quantum beats were presented. Remarkable phase shifts of the quantum beats were observed in the GaN films on a-sapphire, suggesting the exciton-exciton interaction caused by the reduction of the crystal symmetry.
  • Transient pump-probe measurements for polarized excitons in strained GaN epitaxial layers
    T Ishiguro, Y Toda, S Adachi, M Arita, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 243, 7, 1564, 1567, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2006年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have studied exciton spin relaxation in strained GaN epilayers on various sapphire substrates using spin-dependent transient reflectivity and three-pulse four-wave mixing measurements. Strikingly fast exciton spin relaxation (< 1 ps) at 10 K was observed in the lowest exciton level (A-exciton) both in bulk and GaN layer on c-sapphire. In contrast, the transient signals in the GaN layer on alpha-sapphire show the break down of the spin polarization caused by the exchange interaction.
  • Four-wave mixing measurements of biexcitons in uniaxially-strained GaN films
    Satoru Adachi, Yasunori Toda, Tetsuro Ishiguro
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 243, 7, 1568, 1571, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2006年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Biexcitons of GaN under uniaxial strain have been investigated by spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing (FWM) technique. Two kinds of biexcitons were observed clearly and the binding energies were obtained. Since the uniaxial strain changes the exciton structure, the biexciton binding is modified and biexciton has also fine structure, which was revealed in the FWM spectra that were obtained by rotating the linearly polarized excitation against the direction of uniaxial strain.
  • Quenching of phase coherence in quasi-one-dimensional ring crystals
    K Shimatake, Y Toda, S Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 73, 15, 153403, AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, 2006年04月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), A comparison of the single-particle (SP) dynamics of whisker and ring NbSe3 crystals provides new insight into the phase transition properties of quasi-one-dimensional charge density wave (CDW) systems. In the incommensurate CDW phase, SP relaxation triggered by an ultrafast laser pulse reflects the formation of collective states, and reveals the divergence of the relaxation time when approaching a transition temperature. The degree of divergence is less pronounced in rings than in whiskers, suggesting a loss of phase coherence in ring crystals characterized by a closed-loop topology.
  • Ultrafast single particle dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional NbSe 3 studied by two-color pump-probe experiments
    K. Shimatake, Y. Toda, S. Tanda
    Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2006, 2006年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Ultrafast electron dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional NbSe3 conductors was investigated by means of two-color pump-probe reflectivity measurements. The results clearly demonstrate the resonant probing of the charge-density-wave phases with different transition properties. © 2005 Optical Society of America.
  • In-plane anisotropy in uniaxially-strained GaN films detected by optical diffraction technique
    Satoru Adachi, Yasunori Toda, Tetsuro Ishiguro, Katsuyuki Hoshino, Yasuhiko Arakawa
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 3, NO 6, 3, 6, 1595, 1598, WILEY-VCH, INC, 2006年
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Exciton fine structures induced by the uniaxial strain have been revealed in gallium nitride grown on an a-plane sapphire substrate by using the spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing technique. Sensitivity on the exciton polarization is enhanced by the nonlinearities of the four wave mixing signals, and therefore the safety alternative tool for mapping of the uniaxial strain field and the resultant anisotropic exchange can be offered. Such a nonlinear spectroscopic measurement gives a kind of crystalline analysis achieved in X-ray diffraction spectroscopy as well as information of the exciton fine structures including their temporal dynamics. (c) 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
  • Coherent collective oscillation in the commensurate phase of the TaS3 compound
    T Minami, Y Toda, K Shimatake, S Tanda
    JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV, 131, 121, 122, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2005年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated ultrafast carrier dynamics in a quasi-one-dimensional metal m-TaS3 by using pump-probe reflectivity measurements. The temperature dependence of transient signal reveals two critical changes at T-p = 240K and T-c similar to 100K. Below T-c a new low-frequency oscillation mode appears and shows a pronounced softening depending oil the temperature, indicating a collective excitation connected with the commensurability of CDW phase. This soft-mode exhibits remarkable polarization anisotropy with respect to the chain direction.
  • Ultrafast optical study of the CDW phase transition in topological crystals
    K Shimatake, Y Toda, T Minami, S Tanda
    JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV, 131, 295, 298, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2005年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Influence of the crystal topology on the Peierls transition was investigated by means of ultrafast optical pump-probe measurements. The comparison of the exponential single particle decay between the whisker and ring NbSe3 compounds reveals several pronounced differences around a phase transition attire (T-p). A discrepancy from BCS-like temperature dependence of the gap was observed in the ring, suggesting a loss of phase coherence between adjacent chains in the closed-loop topology.
  • Optical diffraction spectroscopy of excitons in uniaxially strained GaN films
    Y Toda, S Adachi, Y Abe, K Hoshino, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 71, 19, 195315, AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, 2005年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), The degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) spectroscopy of uniaxially strained GaN layers is demonstrated using colinearly polarized laser pulses. The nonlinear response of FWM signal on exciton oscillator strength enhances the sensitivity for polarized exciton, allowing for mapping out the in-plane anisotropy of the strain field. The observed high-contrast spectral polarization clearly shows fine structure splittings of excitons, which are also confirmed in the change of quantum beating periods of time.
  • Spectrally-resolved nonlinear spectroscopy of in-plane anistropy in uniaxally-starined GaN epilayers
    S Adachi, Y Toda
    PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C - CONFERENCES AND CRITICAL REVIEWS, VOL. 2 , NO 11, 2, 11, 3936, 3940, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, 2005年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing technique has revealed the internal structures of excitons in uniaxially strained gallium nitride films. Nonlinear response of four-wave mixing on the oscillator strength highlights the polarized excitons, and therefore allows us to map out the uniaxial strain field and the resultant anisotropic exchange splitting. Such a measurement gives a kind of crystalline analysis achieved in X-ray diffraction spectroscopy as well as information of the exciton fine structures including their temporal dynamics.
  • Three-dimensional imaging of GaN films using transient two-photon absorption excited by near-infrared laser pulses
    Y Abe, Y Toda, K Hoshino, Y Arakawa
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 44, 16-19, L535, L538, INST PURE APPLIED PHYSICS, 2005年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Two-photon absorption (TPA) imaging, based on a transient pump-probe measurement, has been demonstrated for characterizing the nonlinear optical properties of GaN films in three-dimensions. The use of near-infrared excitation light demonstrated the capability to probe changes in TPA inside the Structure, which is closely associated with fluctuations in defect states. The TPA coefficient at 1.55 eV was evaluated to be similar to 0.12 cin/GW for a standard GaN film. A spatial resolution better than lambda/2, for an excitation wavelength of 800 nm, was achieved.
  • Spectrally-resolved nonlinear spectroscopy of in-plane anisotropy in uniaxially-strained GaN epilayers
    Satoru Adachi, Yasunori Toda
    Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences, 2, 11, 3936, 3940, 2005年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Spectrally-resolved four-wave mixing technique has revealed the internal structures of excitons in uniaxially strained gallium nitride films. Nonlinear response of four-wave mixing on the oscillator strength highlights the polarized excitons, and therefore allows us to map out the uniaxial strain field and the resultant anisotropic exchange splitting. Such a measurement gives a kind of crystalline analysis achieved in X-ray diffraction spectroscopy as well as information of the exciton fine structures including their temporal dynamics. © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &
    Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
  • Coherent optical control of molecular motion using polarized sequential pulses
    K Itoh, Y Toda, R Morita, M Yamashita
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 43, 9A, 6448, 6451, INST PURE APPLIED PHYSICS, 2004年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), By using Raman-induced Kerr-effect spectroscopy, two-pulse excitations with different polarization combinations have been demonstrated for the selective coherent excitation of molecular vibrations in liquid CCl4. Anti correlated selective excitations as well as the suppressions of the two asymmetric vibrational motions were observed in the opposite configuration of polarization between the two-pump pulses. The measurements show that we can manipulate molecular motions by controlling the optical phase of sequential pulses through timing and polarization.
  • Anomalous coherent phonon oscillations in the commensurate phase of the quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 compound
    Y. Toda, K. Tateishi, S. Tanda
    Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 70, 3, 1, 33106, 2004年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated the coherent dynamics of the collective motions of phonons in the commensurate phase of quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 using femtosecond laser pulses. One of the coherent phonons increased in intensity as a function of time, this behavior being strongly correlated with the decay of charge-density-wave oscillations as well as the slow decay component in single-particle relaxation.
  • Anomalous coherent phonon oscillations in the commensurate phase of the quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 compound
    Y Toda, K Tateishi, S Tanda
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 70, 3, AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, 2004年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated the coherent dynamics of the collective motions of phonons in the commensurate phase of quasi-two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 using femtosecond laser pulses. One of the coherent phonons increased in intensity as a function of time, this behavior being strongly correlated with the decay of charge-density-wave oscillations as well as the slow decay component in single-particle relaxation.
  • Selective excitation of self-assembled quantum dots by using shaped pulse
    Y Toda, T Nakaoka, R Morita, M Yamashita, T Inoue, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES, 21, 2-4, 180, 183, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2004年03月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We carried out optical selective excitation of individual self-assembled quantum dots by using phase-modulated pulses. Based on scattered photoluminescence excitation resonances in individual QDs, the excitation pulses modulated in the spectral region allows for addressing individual ground states emission. The photoluminescence spectra including several QDs showed intensity changes according to both the modulation energies and phases. The results also suggested the individual control of selective QDs even in collective excitation. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Two-photon absorption and multiphoton-induced photoluminescence of bulk GaN excited below the middle of the band gap
    Y Toda, T Matsubara, R Morita, M Yamashita, K Hoshino, T Someya, Y Arakawa
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 82, 26, 4714, 4716, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2003年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Optical nonlinearity in the yellow luminescence (YL) band of GaN was investigated using thick bulk samples. Transient pump-probe measurements revealed strong transmission changes due to two-photon absorption (TPA) even at the middle of the YL band. The TPA coefficient evaluated reaches similar to5 cm/GW at about 1.3 eV, which was as large as the mid-gap resonance. The TPA spectrum clearly showed that the observed large nonlinearity originated from the YL band. On the basis of efficient TPA in the YL band, relaxation processes in the multiphoton-induced photoluminescence excitation spectrum were also investigated. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.
  • Efficient two-photon absorption of bulk GaN in the near-infrared region
    Y Toda, T Matsubara, R Morita, K Hoshino, T Someya, Y Arakawa
    5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS (ICNS-5), PROCEEDINGS, 0, 7, 2627, 2630, WILEY-VCH, INC, 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Transient transmission changes in the yellow luminescence (YL) band of GaN were investigated using excitation far smaller than the bandgap. At lower excitation power, time-resolved measurements revealed efficient transmission changes due to two-photon absorption (TPA), whose spectrum clearly indicates the contribution of the YL band. Upon increasing the excitation power, the transient signal showed an additional offset signal. The excitation power dependences of the offset suggested a two-step absorption process in conjunction with TPA in the YL band. The excitation energy dependence also supported this conclusion. (C) 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
  • Raman study of the strain in GaN films by comparison with a free-standing GaN
    T Inoue, Y Toda, K Hoshino, T Someya, Y Arakawa
    5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS (ICNS-5), PROCEEDINGS, 0, 7, 2428, 2431, WILEY-VCH, INC, 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze the effect of residual strain on optical phonons E-2 (high) and A(1) (LO) in high-quality GaN films grown on C-plane 6H-SiC, A- and C-plane sapphire substrates. By comparison with a free-standing GaN, we found that shifts in the Raman spectrum were consistent with compressive and tensile strains. Experimental results indicated that differences in the thermal expansion coefficients between GaN film and substrate have an effect on these frequency shifts. We also compared frequency shifts of the A(1) (LO) mode with those of the E-2 (high) mode and concluded that the strain-induced frequency shift of the A(1) (LO) mode was smaller than that of the E-2 (high) mode. The strain-tensor-dependences of each phonon mode are also discussed. (C) Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, Weinheim
  • Optical characterization of strong carrier-phonon interactions in single quantum dots
    Y. Toda, T. Inoue, T. Nakaoka, S. Ishida, Y. Arakawa
    Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Technical Digest, 2, 448, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Phonon-assisted transitions in single self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots are investigated by photoluminescence (PL) and PL excitation (PLE) spectroscopy. Under nearly resonant conditions of the excitonic ground state, a broad sideband is observed in both PL and PLE. The adiabatic description with the localized acoustic phonons well explains the observed spectra.
  • Efficient two-photon absorption of bulk GaN in the near-infrared region
    Y. Toda, T. Matsubara, R. Morita, K. Hoshino, T. Someya, Y. Arakawa
    Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences, 7, 2627, 2630, 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Transient transmission changes in the yellow luminescence (YL) band of GaN were investigated using excitation far smaller than the bandgap. At lower excitation power, time-resolved measurements revealed efficient transmission changes due to two-photon absorption (TPA), whose spectrum clearly indicates the contribution of the YL band. Upon increasing the excitation power, the transient signal showed an additional offset signal. The excitation power dependences of the offset suggested a two-step absorption process in conjunction with TPA in the YL band. The excitation energy dependence also supported this conclusion. © 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &
    Co. KGaA.
  • Raman study of the strain in GaN films by comparison with a free-standing GaN
    T. Inoue, Y. Toda, K. Hoshino, T. Someya, Y. Arakawa
    Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences, 7, 2428, 2431, 2003年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze the effect of residual strain on optical phonons E2 (high) and A1 (LO) in high-quality GaN films grown on C-plane 6H-SiC, A- and C-plane sapphire substrates. By comparison with a free-standing GaN, we found that shifts in the Raman spectrum were consistent with compressive and tensile strains. Experimental results indicated that differences in the thermal expansion coefficients between GaN film and substrate have an effect on these frequency shifts. We also compared frequency shifts of the A1 (LO) mode with those of the E2 (high) mode and concluded that the strain-induced frequency shift of the A1 (LO) mode was smaller than that of the E2 (high) mode. The strain-tensor-dependences of each phonon mode are also discussed. © 2003 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH &
    Co. KGaA.
  • Line broadening of photoluminescence excitation resonances in single self-assembled quantum dots
    Y Toda, S Kako, M Nishioka, Y Arakawa
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 41, 12B, L1464, L1466, JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS, 2002年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Photoluminescence excitation resonances in the multiphonon energy region of single self-assembled quantum dots are investigated. Several multiphonon resonances exhibit dip structures under the saturation condition, whereas the corresponding biexciton resonances have a sharp linewidth. The observed dip structures and inversely correlated biexciton resonances suggest that the photoluminescence excitation resonances include line broadening consisting of several relaxation pathways with different relaxation rates.
  • Observation of dip structures in PLE spectra of a highly excited single self-assembled quantum dot
    S. Kako, T. Sugimoto, Y. Toda, S. Ishida, M. Nishioka, Y. Arakawa
    Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 13, 2-4, 151, 154, 2002年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have observed dip structures in photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra of a highly excited single InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dot. Some of the exciton PLE peaks lying in continuum states turn into the dips with increasing excitation power. The most remarkable feature is that the biexciton-PLE shows peaks at the excitation energies where the exciton PLE shows the dip structures. Using a model based on the excitation power dependence of the photoluminescence intensity, we discuss the origin of the dip structures. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
  • Quantum interference due to continuum states in single self-assembled quantum dots
    Y. Toda, M. Takahashi, T. Sugimoto, M. Nishioka, S. Ishida, Y. Arakawa
    Technical Digest - Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, QELS 2001, 20, 21, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2001年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), Summary form only given. The study of quantum mechanical interactions between excited carriers in the semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) provides better understanding of zero-dimensional (0D) systems. One of the remarkable features of QDs is their atomic like density of states (DOS). Recently, we performed single dot spectroscopy on InGaAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) grown by Stranski-Krastnow mode, and found that their photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra exhibit 2D-like continuum states as well as discrete DOS structures. Because SAQDs are connected with 2D wetting layer (WL), it is supposed that the observed continuum originate from a crossover from 0D to 2D nature in their DOS. On the other hand, excited carriers in a single discrete state within a continuum show asymmetric resonance in their optical spectrum. This asymmetry is produced by interference between the optical transitions of a discrete energy state with continuum, the so-called Fano interference. In this paper, we carried out PLE spectroscopy with high excitation power and observed asymmetric resonances due to the existence of continuum states.
  • Resonant Raman scattering of optical phonons in self-assembled quantum dots
    Y Toda, O Moriwaki, M Nishioka, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICA E, 8, 4, 328, 332, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2000年12月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated the carrier relaxation mechanism in InGaAs/CaAs quantum dots by photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy. Near-field scanning optical microscope successfully shows that a PLE resonance at a relaxation energy of 36 meV can be seen in all single-dot luminescence spectra, and thus can be attributed to resonant Raman scattering by a GaAs LO phonon to the excitonic ground state. In addition, a number of sharp resonances observed in single-dot PLE spectra can be identified as resonant Raman features due to localized phonons, which are observed in the conventional Raman spectrum. The results reveal the mechanism for the efficient relaxation of carriers observed in self-assembled quantum dots: the carriers can relax within the continuum states, and make transitions to the excitonic ground state by phonon emission. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Near-field coherent excitation spectroscopy of InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots
    Y Toda, T Sugimoto, M Nishioka, Y Arakawa
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 76, 26, 3887, 3889, AMER INST PHYSICS, 2000年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Using near-field optical microscopy, we have performed coherent excitation spectroscopy of self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs). A pair of coherent pulses with a time delay between them allows measurement of the temporal coherence of the carrier wave function in single quantum dots. The observed decoherence time is about 15 ps and is well explained by resonant Raman scattering of phonons. Furthermore, quantum beats originating from the superposition of two closely spaced coherent states have been observed. This opens up possibilities of quantum mechanical control of the carrier wave function in SAQDs. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)01426-1].
  • Near-field spectroscopy of a single InGaAs self-assembled quantum dot
    Y Toda, Y Arakawa
    IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 6, 3, 528, 533, IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2000年05月, [査読有り], [招待有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Relaxation mechanism of excited carriers in In-GaAs-GaAs self-assembled quantum dots has been investigated. Near-field photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra show some sharp resonance lines whose energies match those of the LO phonons observed in far-field PLE, The results suggest that the PLE resonant peaks are predominantly due to resonant Raman scattering from phonons, This assignment is consistent with the absence of magnetic field dependence of the resonances. Single dot coherent spectroscopy shows the dephasing time of resonant carriers to be as fast as several tens of picoseconds, This fast dephasing time agrees with the phonon-electron interactions being strong, These results allow better understanding of the carrier relaxation process in InGaAs-GaAs self-assembled quantum dots.
  • Near-field spectroscopy of single self-assembled InAs quantum dots: Observation of energy relaxation process
    Y Toda, K Suzuki, S Shinomori, Y Arakawa
    MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 47, 1-4, 111, 113, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 1999年06月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated carrier relaxations in single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots using near-field optical spectroscopy. Polarized PL spectroscopy of Zeeman splitting peaks with an external magnetic field allows us to investigate spin relaxation in the excited states. The excitation energy dependence of the polarization of each spin component shows suppression of spin flipping during the relaxation of carriers inside the quantum dots. The result also suggests different spin relaxation processes between in the quantum dots and in a wetting layer.
  • Efficient carrier relaxation mechanism in InGaAs GaAs self-assembled quantum dots based on the existence of continuum states
    Y Toda, O Moriwaki, M Nishioka, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 82, 20, 4114, 4117, AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, 1999年05月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Comparison of near-field and far-field photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectra gives new insight into the carrier relaxation process in InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots. The near-field PLE spectra of single quantum dots clearly show 2D-like continuum states and a number of sharp lines, between a large zero-absorption region due to the quasi-0D density of states and the 2D wetting layer absorption edge. The results reveal an efficient intradot relaxation mechanism, proceeding as follows: The carriers can relax easily within continuum states, and make transitions to the excitonic ground state by resonant emission of localized phonons.
  • Polarized photoluminescence spectroscopy of single self-assembled InAs quantum dots
    Y Toda, S Shinomori, K Suzuki, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 58, 16, R10147, R10150, AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 1998年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated the spin relaxation of carriers in single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots using near-field optical spectroscopy. Polarized photoluminescence spectroscopy of Zeeman split peaks in an external magnetic field allows us to investigate spin relaxation in the excited states. The excitation energy dependence of the polarization of each spin component shows the suppression of spin relaxation to be quenched at higher relaxation energies. This effect suggests a change in relaxation processes in the self-assembled dot systems. [S0163-1829(98)51740-7].
  • Near-field magneto-optical spectroscopy of single self-assembled InAs quantum dots
    Y Toda, S Shinomori, K Suzuki, Y Arakawa
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 73, 4, 517, 519, AMER INST PHYSICS, 1998年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We report observations of Zeeman spin splitting in photoluminescence from single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) fabricated by Stranski-Krastanow growth. A low-temperature near-field optical microscope incorporating a superconducting magnet enabled us to resolve the luminescence from individual SAQDs. We have measured Zeeman split components from single SAQDs in magnetic fields up to 10 T. Circularly-polarized photoluminescence resolved carriers of different spin polarity. Dependence of the splitting on the QD structures was also investigated. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
  • Near-field spectroscopy of quantum wires grown by selective growth method
    Y Toda, S Shinomori, T Arakawa, Y Arakawa
    PHYSICA E, 2, 1-4, 987, 990, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 1998年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Using near-field optical microscopy we present experimental results on spatially resolved PL spectra of GaAs quantum wire (QWR) structures with a lateral width of 15 nm fabricated by selective growth method. The geometries of the samples make it possible to observe the luminescence from a single QWR structure. The typical fluctuations of the PL peak energy from different QWRs is estimated to be about 5 meV. To reduce the diffusion of carriers from barrier regions, PL spectra are observed by selective excitation of the QWR. A PL linewidth of 5 meV, which is about ten times narrower than that of the conventional PL measurement, is observed. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
  • Near-field optical spectroscopy of selfassembled quantum dots: NSOM apparatus for measuring the features of single dots
    Y Toda, S Shinomori, K Suzuki, Y Arakawa
    SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, 42, 7-8, 1083, 1086, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 1998年07月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We discuss the realization of a low-temperature near-held optical microscope incorporating a superconducting magnet. Experimental results on spatially resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectra of a single quantum dot (QD) fabricated by Stranski-Krastanow growth demonstrate the performance of this apparatus. The luminescence linewidth was estimated to be less than 0.4 meV -the limit of our spectrometer. The PL due to individual QDs was spatially and spectrally resolved. PL peaks from excited states of single QDs were identified. Small diamagnetic energy shifts (< 100 mu eV@10 T) were observed for the single QDs. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Polarized photo-luminescence spectroscopy of single self-assembled InAs quantum dots
    Y. Toda, S. Shinomori, K. Suzuki, Y. Arakawa
    Physical Review B, 58, 16, R10147, R10150, American Physical Society (APS), 1998年, [査読有り]
    研究論文(学術雑誌)
  • Polarized photoluminescence spectroscopy of single self-assembled InAs quantum dots
    Y. Toda, S. Shinomori, K. Suzuki, Y. Arakawa
    Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 58, 16, R10147, R10150, 1998年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We have investigated the spin relaxation of carriers in single InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots using near-field optical spectroscopy. Polarized photoluminescence spectroscopy of Zeeman split peaks in an external magnetic field allows us to investigate spin relaxation in the excited states. The excitation energy dependence of the polarization of each spin component shows the suppression of spin relaxation to be quenched at higher relaxation energies. This effect suggests a change in relaxation processes in the self-assembled dot systems. © 1998 The American Physical Society.
  • Spectroscopy of a single quantum dot by NSOM for photonic device applications
    Y Arakawa, Y Toda, S Shinomori
    PHYSICS AND SIMULATION OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES VI, PTS 1 AND 2, 3283, 785, 792, SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 1998年, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(国際会議プロシーディングス), We report photoluminescence (PL) studies of zero-dimensional excitonic confinement in InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) fabricated by Stranski-Krastanow growth. A low-temperature near-field optical microscope is employed to identify individual PL peaks due to single SAQDs. Highly spatial and spectral evaluation of each PL peak identify the Zeeman spin splitting with the magnetic field up to 10 T. The comparison of different confinement structures was also discussed.
  • Spatially and spectrally resolved imaging of GaAs quantum-dot structures using near-field optical technique
    Y Toda, M Kourogi, M Ohtsu, Y Nagamune, Y Arakawa
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 69, 6, 827, 829, AMER INST PHYSICS, 1996年08月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We present experimental result on spatially and spectrally resolved imaging of GaAs quantum dot (QD) structures using a near-field optical microscope. Three photoluminescence (PL) peaks which originate from QD, quantum well (QW), and bulk regions were observed at liquid-He temperature. Carriers were observed to diffuse effectively from the AlGaAs barriers to the QD and QW regions. The region of the intension carrier capture manifests itself by emitting a sharp PL peak, and is estimated to be about 300 nm. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
  • HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION DIAGNOSTICS OF OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES USING A PHOTON-SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE
    Y TODA, M OHTSU
    IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 7, 1, 84, 86, IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 1995年01月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), We propose a high-resolution diagnostics technique for optical waveguides using a photon-scanning tunneling microscope (P-STM). This technique has the advantageous capabilities of nondestructive measurement and informative analysis of guided mode. The capability of this technique was evaluated by measuring the characteristics of an LiTaO3 waveguide. Scattered light spot of 500-nm diameter caused by defects was measured, and a normalized width was estimated to be 3.7 mu m. Moreover, we obtained the power dispersion in Y-branch waveguides, which were in good agreement with the theoretical plots calculated by the beam propagation method (BPM).
  • FREQUENCY STABILIZATION OF 1.5-MU-M DIODE-LASER USING NONLINEAR-OPTICAL FREQUENCY-CONVERSION IN ORGANIC FIBER
    Y TODA, T ENAMI, M OUTSU
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 32, 9A, L1233, L1235, JAPAN SOC APPLIED PHYSICS, 1993年09月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Second-harmonic generation using 1.5 mum diode lasers in a nonlinear organic fiber with Cerenkov radiation phase matching is demonstrated for the first time. This second harmonic frequency was locked to the center of the rubidium spectral line to stabilize the fundamental frequency of the 1.56 mum diode laser. The resultant frequency fluctuation, which was evaluated by the error signal from the lock-in amplifier, was maintained at less than 0.3 MHz for one hour.
  • 1.5 MU-M DIODE LASER-BASED NONLINEAR FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS BY USING POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE
    WZ WANG, K NAKAGAWA, Y TODA, M OHTSU
    APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 61, 16, 1886, 1888, AMER INST PHYSICS, 1992年10月, [査読有り]
    英語, 研究論文(学術雑誌), Both second harmonic and sum-frequency generations by using 1.5 mum diode lasers in a type II phase matched potassium titanyl phosphate are demonstrated for the first time. A maximum second harmonic output power of 1.0 muW is obtained with the use of an external builtup cavity, and a 0.23 muW sum-frequency output power at 0.54 mum is obtained by using 1.5 and 0.82 mum diode lasers.

その他活動・業績

書籍等出版物

  • Laser Spectroscopy Using Topological Light Beams               
    Yasunori Toda
    Springer Series in Progress in Nanophotonics 3, 2014年, [共著]
  • 光物性入門               
    戸田泰則
    朝倉書店, 2009年, [共著]
  • ナノオプティクス:ナノスケールの光物性               
    戸田泰則
    オーム社, 2004年, [共著]
  • Optical Characterization of In(Ga)As/GaAs Self-assembled Quantum Dots Using Near-Field Spectroscopy               
    戸田泰則
    Springer Series in Optical Sciences Volume 86, 2003年, [共著]
  • ナノ光工学ハンドブック               
    戸田泰則
    朝倉書店, 2002年, [共著]

所属学協会

  • 日本物理学会               
  • 応用物理学会               

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    2020年04月01日 - 2023年03月31日
    森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則
    本研究の目的は,光の持つ位相・偏光の空間的特異性・非一様性に着目し,申請者らが現在までに独自に開発したモノサイクル域光パルス発生・制御技術,超短光パルスコヒーレント合成技術,光のスピン軌道相互作用変換・制御技術を用いることにより, THzの速さでビームパターンが変化する光格子(光渦ペア)を発生させること,さらに,物質系において,発生光渦ペアによる擬粒子励起を行い,その伝播過程を利用してコヒーレントな制御・増強を行うことである。既に申請者らは,THz回転周波数の超高速回転光格子(光渦ペア)発生に成功しているが,物質系における擬粒子励起などの応用を考えると,十分な光出力とはいえない。そこで,まず,THz回転周波数の超高速回転リング状光格子(光渦ペア)の高強度化をめざし,当該年度は以下を行った。


    光源系の改良としては,光損失が少なく安定でロバストなコヒーレントビーム合成光学系としてサニャック型干渉計光路を用い,変調前のパルスエネルギー360 μJ,変調後のパルスエネルギー115 μJ,32%の高い変換効率を得ている。また,チャープされた光渦の重ね合わせ実験において,絶対値が等しく符号の異なるトポロジカルチャージを有する光渦パルスの重ね合わせ手法を拡張し,方位方向指数の異なる光渦の重ね合わせによる動径方向に変化する高効率超高速ビーム変調,方位方向指数および動径方向指数の異なる光渦の重ね合わせによる複雑な超高速ビームパターン変調に成功している。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 20H02645
  • 光渦分光法のプロセスプラズマへの応用と新規材料創生への展開
    科学研究費助成事業 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B))
    2018年10月09日 - 2023年03月31日
    荒巻 光利, 吉村 信次, 寺坂 健一郎, 矢澤 翔大, 小林 弘和, 戸田 泰則, 鹿野 豊
    本研究の目的は,光渦分光法をプロセスプラズマに適用することでプラズマの制御性を格段に向上させ,そのプラズマ源を材料開発に応用することである.2019年度は,2020年度以降のドイツおよびデンマークでの実験に備えた装置開発および予備実験を行った.
    ドイツ・ルール大学との共同研究では,容量結合プラズマ(CCP)と基板の境界であるシース内における,イオン流速の測定を目的としている.CCPは広くプラズマプロセスで用いられており,シース内で基板に垂直方向に加速されたイオンのエネルギーは,膜質を左右する重要なパラメータである.従来は,基板に穴をあけてレーザーを基板に垂直方向にレーザーを通すか,イオンを引き出してエネルギーアナライザで検出するなどし基板への入射エネルギーが測定されてきた.本研究では,基板に平行な方向から入射した光渦によって,基板に垂直な方向のイオン流速を測定することを目指している.従って,基板や電極を加工する必要がなく,実機への応用も可能となる.2019年度は,光渦を用いたレーザー誘起蛍光測定系を開発し,HYPER-II(九州大学)での予備実験を開始した.
    デンマーク工科大学との共同研究では,希少金属を用いない透明電極の高性能化に関する研究を進めている.現時点で得られている導電性透明薄膜は,電気特性の位置依存性が大きく,何が特性を決めているのか明らかになっていない.本共同研究では,光渦分光により,基板直前のイオン・原子のエネルギー分布を測定し,薄膜の電気的特性との関係を明らかにすることを目指している.2019年度は,予備的実験として,デンマーク工科大学にて,DCスパッタリングプラズマの発光分光測定を開始し,観測可能なAr, Zn, Al等の発光線を検討した.
    日本学術振興会, 国際共同研究加速基金(国際共同研究強化(B)), 日本大学, 18KK0079
  • 光渦の空間モードカイラリティを活用した時間分解分光の開発
    科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的研究(萌芽)
    2019年06月28日 - 2022年03月31日
    戸田 泰則
    光渦は高次の空間モード光波に対応し、その特徴である波面の回転位相勾配は勾配の方向(符号)に応じたカイラリティを持つ。したがって異なるカイラリティを持つ同一次数の光渦対を用いると、完全同軸の光励起に対してカイラリティ選択による渦対の分離が可能となる。本研究ではこの光渦カイラリティに着目し、モード変換を利用した光波分離にもとづく全く新しい方式の時間分解分光を開発することを目的としている。
    提案手法を確立するため、昨年度は主にカイラリティの異なる光渦の生成分離に対する光学系の確立と最適化に取り組んだ。解決課題として、(i)光渦の空間モード純度、(ii)検出側の空間モード選択性、(iii)試料反射特性、を設定し、
    (項目A)半導体面発光レーザー(VCSEL)に対する空間モード選択制御
    (項目B)高温超伝導体試料(Bi2212)の完全同軸型ポンププローブ分光
    を実施した。項目Aでは光波の空間モード純度(課題i)と選択性(課題ii)の向上を図り、光注入型VCSELにおけるカイラリティ選択可能な光渦発振を実現した。特に共振器の幾何学位相(グイ位相)にもとづく空間モード変換を用いることにより、非対称共振器に対しても光渦発振可能であることを明らかにし、汎用性の高い光渦レーザー実現に向けた原理実証を行った。並行して項目Bでは空間モードカイラリティを活用した時間分解分光開発に取り組み、直交偏光条件下の完全同軸型時間分解ポンププローブ分光によるカイラリティ選択型過渡応答検出を実現した(課題ii)。
    日本学術振興会, 挑戦的研究(萌芽), 北海道大学, 19K22138
  • 光渦パルスで実現する時空間超伝導相制御
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2019年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
    戸田 泰則, 小田 研, 土屋 聡
    本研究では光渦の空間特異性を超伝導に対する光誘起相制御として活用し、従来技術では実現困難な時空間で変調された準安定電子状態を創出するとともに、相制御のもたらす新規物性および新機能を開拓することを目的として研究を進めている。昨年度は研究計画の基盤となる空間特異性に起因する超伝導過渡応答変化をビスマス系高温超伝導体(Bi2212)試料に対して捉えることに成功し、超伝導相制御に対する光渦パルス適用の道筋を示すことができた。以下に研究成果をまとめる。
    銅酸化物高温超伝導体Bi2212の超伝導相転移温度(Tc)以上には不完全なギャップ(擬ギャップ)が存在し、特徴的な空間特性が発現する。擬ギャップ構造は反強磁性相互作用の強い低キャリア濃度領域で空間不均一化を伴って発達するが、Bi置換による超伝導面外の秩序攪乱(ディスオーダー)を用いることにより制御可能であることが知られる。特に超伝導ギャップが最大となるオプティマルドープ試料では、Bi置換と過剰酸素制御との併用により、擬ギャップに対する空間不均一化の影響を選択的に調査できる。光渦パルスの空間特異性を相抑圧として活用するため、昨年度はBi置換量の異なるオプティマルドープ試料を準備し、時間分解ポンププローブ分光による過渡応答を系統的に調査した。実験結果からBi置換量に応じた擬ギャップおよび超伝導の超短パルス光誘起過渡応答緩和の温度特性および飽和強度特性の本質的な変化が観測され、空間不均一性にもとづく超伝導と擬ギャップとの相関制御の可能性を示すことができた。すなわち空間特異性にもとづく光誘起相制御への展開が示され、本研究の目指す超伝導相制御に対する光渦パルス適用の道筋を提示できた。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 19H02621
  • 実空間と時間の両領域で見る銅酸化物における擬ギャップ状態と高温超伝導の関わり
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)
    2019年04月01日 - 2022年03月31日
    小田 研, 戸田 泰則
    本研究では、代表的な銅酸化物高温超伝導体の一つであるBi2212で走査トンネル顕微鏡分光(STM/STS)とポンプ・プローブ時間分解分光(PPTS)を行い、実空間と時間空間の双方から「高温超伝導体に固有の擬ギャップ(PG)現象を担う電子系と高温超伝導の発現との関係性」の解明にアプローチする。2019年度は不足キャリア(ホール)濃度のBi2212単結晶試料でSTM/STS実験とPPTS実験を行い、以下に記す成果を得た。
    1.STM/STSでは、PGにかかる電子系のチェッカーボード様変調構造が超伝導にかかる準粒子の干渉による変調構造と実空間の同じ領域において共存することが明らかとなった。また、両者の共存関係を相互相関関数の手法により調べた結果、明確な実空間相関が観測され、チェッカーボード様変調構造の起源やPG状態と超伝導に関係する電子状態間の相互作用の可能性を明らかにする上で有用な知見が得られた。
    2.PPTSでは、高強度ポンプパルス光の照射によりPG状態と超伝導相を局所的に破壊し、その後の両者の回復過程をプローブ光の反射応答を通して調べた。その結果、PG状態がほぼ回復した後に超伝導状態の形成が始まること、すなわち、両者の間に明確な時間相関のあることが分かった。これはPG状態が高温超伝導の発現に本質的に関わっていることの一つの証拠に成り得ると考えられる。
    2020年度以降の研究では、最適ホール濃度および過剰ホール濃度領域のBi2212試料にも研究を広げ、これらの試料で得られた結果も含めて総合的に考察し、PGを担う電子状態と超伝導の発現との関わりについて明らかにする。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 19K03732
  • 光の軌道角運動量を用いた巨視的量子相関ダイナミクス探索
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2016年04月01日 - 2019年03月31日
    戸田 泰則, 土屋 聡
    本研究では、高温超伝導体(Bi2212)に対して光渦パルス励起によって発生するキャリアの軌道角運動量(OAM)ダイナミクス観測を実現し、超伝導物性に関して次のことを明らかにした:(a) 超伝導の電子対もしくは準粒子は光渦のOAMを受け取り、そのカイラリティに依存した過渡反射率応答変化が現れる;(b) 超伝導相回復応答で観測されるクーパー対の初期形成時には特徴的な量子ゆらぎ応答が存在する;(c) OAM応答の温度依存性はゆらぎ応答を反映しないことから、光渦パルス励起は巨視的量子相関に起因するコヒーレントな空間変化を超伝導に誘起している。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 16H03876
  • 光の軌道角運動量を用いた巨視的量子相関ダイナミクス探索               
    基盤研究(B)
    2016年 - 2018年
    戸田泰則
    日本学術振興会, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 偏光渦パルスを用いた時間分解コヒーレントポラリメトリ
    科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的萌芽研究
    2015年04月01日 - 2017年03月31日
    戸田 泰則
    本研究ではビーム断面に偏光の定まらない特異点を有する偏光渦パルスを利用した新規コヒーレント分光(縮退四光波混合分光と呼ばれる非線形レーザー分光を用いた時間分解ポラリメトリ)を開発し、半導体GaN励起子(電子-正孔対)に対して次の項目に関する知見を得ることに成功した:(a)励起子交換相互作用と歪エネルギーの定量的瞬時評価、特に等方性試料に残留する微小な異方性の高感度かつ高精度な評価、(b)励起子の対称性破れを反映した偏光特異点ダイナミクス、(c)スピンおよび擬スピン応答およびスピン相関ダイナミクス
    日本学術振興会, 挑戦的萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 15K13369
  • コヒーレント合成による高強度モノサイクル域トポロジカル光波の発生とその応用
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2014年04月01日 - 2017年03月31日
    森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則
    モノサイクル域で軌道角運動量可変な高強度超短光渦パルス(パルスエネルギー 1 mJ超,パルス幅 27fs)の発生に成功し,また, 2つの直交偏光光渦パルスをコヒーレントビーム結合させることにより,超広帯域偏光渦パルス(波長帯域750-880 nm)の生成に成功した。さらに,超広帯域偏光渦パルスの偏光対称性,空間的偏光純度に関する精密測定法の開発を行い,その有効性を実証した。また,径偏光超短パルスによる半導体のスナップショット偏光分光実験を行い,この手法の高精度・高感度特性を実証した。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 26286056
  • 光渦による光励起素過程と新奇プラズマ分光・制御法の研究
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2013年04月01日 - 2017年03月31日
    荒巻 光利, 戸田 泰則, 吉村 信次, 寺坂 健一郎, 伊藤 清一
    光渦は近軸ヘルムホルツ方程式の円筒座標系の解であり,らせん状の等位相面を持つ.光渦が3次元のらせん状の等位相面を持つため,光渦中の観測者は3次元のドップラー効果を感じる.本研究では,光渦の特異なドップラー効果を利用して,ビームを横切る方向の流れに感度がある分光法を開発した.この光渦分光法により,ビームを横切るガス流を,光渦のドップラー吸収スペクトルおよび飽和吸収分光のLamb dipの横ドップラーシフトとして検出することに成功した. 横ドップラーシフトの位相特異点からの距離に対する依存性は定性的に理論と一致したが,定量的な評価には,横ドップラーシフト検出の更なる精度向上が必要となる.
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 25287152
  • 偏光渦パルスを用いた時間分解コヒーレントポラリメトリ               
    挑戦的萌芽研究
    2015年 - 2016年
    戸田泰則
    日本学術振興会, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • トポロジカル変換を用いた縮退四光波混合分光の多次元化
    科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的萌芽研究
    2013年04月01日 - 2015年03月31日
    戸田 泰則, 足立 智, 中山 正昭
    半導体励起子を対象とした時空間四光波混合(FWM)分光を(A)可変制御ラゲールガウス(LG)パルスと(B)高精度軌道角運動量(OAM)分解分光を用いて実現した。励起子OAMダイナミクスから(1)ほぼ完全な励起子重心運動へのOAM変換が可能、(2)OAM変換の不完全性はOAMが0の成分を含むとき顕著になること、(3)バルク試料においてOAM緩和は位相緩和の空間均一性を反映して著しく長くなることを明らかにした。さらにトポロジカルチャージ依存性からロバスト性が示唆された。トポロジカル変換の応用として、面発光レーザーの空間変調光帰還を実施し、横モードに対して高い選択性を持つOAM制御に成功した。
    日本学術振興会, 挑戦的萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 25600105
  • ビスマス系高温超伝導体における光誘起超伝導相転移ダイナミクスの研究
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2012年04月01日 - 2015年03月31日
    戸田 泰則, 小田 研
    ビスマス系高温超伝導体における超伝導と擬ギャップの光誘起相転移ダイナミクスを超短パルス光を用いて調査し、1)擬ギャップが自発的対称性破れを伴うこと、2)超伝導ギャップ形成と位相コヒーレンスの関係性、3)擬ギャップ形成ダイナミクスが長距離秩序を持たない局在状態を反映すること、4)アンダードープ領域において超伝導秩序形成における擬ギャップの相関が強まることを明らかにした。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 24340063
  • モノサイクル域光パルスのスピン軌道相互作用制御とその応用
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2011年04月01日 - 2014年03月31日
    森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則
    サイクル域の光渦パルスの発生,ならびに軌道角運動量可変な超mJ高強度・27 fs超短光渦パルス発生に初めて成功し,また超広帯域光渦パルスの高精度軌道角運動量スペクトル準実時間測定を実証した。さらに,光渦を用いたポンプ・プローブ閉ループ時間分解非線型励起分光法を開発し,GaN励起子の軌道角運動量の緩和時間を評価した。その他,スピン角運動量および軌道角運動量を制御した光渦パルスを用いて,ナノサイズの金属螺旋ニードル構造を作製することにも初めて成功した。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 23360024
  • トポロジカル変換を用いた縮退四光波混合分光の多次元化               
    挑戦的萌芽研究
    2013年 - 2014年
    戸田泰則
    日本学術振興会, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • ビスマス系高温超伝導体における光誘起超伝導相転移ダイナミクスの研究               
    基盤研究(B)
    2012年 - 2014年
    戸田泰則
    日本学術振興会, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 走査トンネル顕微鏡による銅酸化物高温超伝導体の磁場誘起電荷秩序に関する研究
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C)
    2010年 - 2012年
    小田 研, 戸田 泰則, 伊土 政幸
    本研究では、銅酸化物高温超伝導体に特徴的な擬ギャップを伴った電子系電荷秩序の起源と高温超伝導との関係を明らかにするために、その代表物質の一つであるBi2212で磁場中STM/STS実験とポンプ・プローブ分光実験を行った。STM/STS実験では、Bi2212の電荷秩序が、電荷とスピンのストライプに由来すること、また、バルクの性質としては揺らいだ状態にあることを示唆する結果が得られた。ポンプ・プローブ分光実験では、擬ギャップ・電荷秩序は、超伝導と単なる競合関係にあるのではなく、超伝導の発現に必要な電子系の性質であることが明らかとなった。これらの結果を考え合わせると、ストライプ秩序の揺らぎが高温超伝導の機構に深く関っている可能性があると結論できる。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 22540357
  • 時空間制御光波を用いた電子相関物質における巨視的量子コヒーレンスの探索研究               
    優秀若手研究者海外派遣事業
    2010年03月 - 2011年01月
    戸田泰則
    日本学術振興会, 研究代表者, 競争的資金
  • 新たな曲面量子物性学理の基盤構築
    科学研究費助成事業 新学術領域研究(研究課題提案型)
    2009年 - 2011年
    尾上 順, 島 弘幸, 戸田 泰則
    1次元金属ピーナッツ型凹凸周期フラーレンポリマーの伝導電子の状態を光電子分光で調べた結果,リーマン幾何学効果を取り入れた理論予測を見事に再現した。この成果は,1次元電子状態が純粋に凹凸曲面曲率(リーマン幾何学)に影響を受け,凹凸周期曲面上に沿って電子が動いていることを初めて実証したもので,過去の研究ではアインシュタインにより予測された光の重力レンズ効果(曲がった空間を光子が動く)以外に観測例はなく,電子系では調べる限りこれが初めてである。
    日本学術振興会, 新学術領域研究(研究課題提案型), 東京工業大学, 21200032
  • 極限時間域光電場の位相・振幅制御による単分子スイッチの開発
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2008年 - 2010年
    森田 隆二, 戸田 泰則
    表面相互作用の異なる金属基板上での光異性化前後アゾベンゼン単分子について,走査トンネル顕微鏡による観測を行い,表面相互作用の強い基板上では平面構造のトランス体が存在し,この場合,異性化過程において反転機構が支配的であることを見出した。また,光異性化,分子コンフォメーション変化を促す新たな光源として,時間・周波数領域極限位相・振幅制御だけでなく,ビーム内空間位相・偏光の制御を行った光波の高効率発生に成功,それを用いたリング状非線型分光法を確立し,さらには金属との相互作用実験により,光の全角運動量の効果を初めて明らかにした。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 20360025
  • テラヘルツ光による単一量子ドットの電子スピン転送操作
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2005年 - 2007年
    足立 智, 戸田 泰則, 武藤 俊一
    本研究ではTHz光またはレーザー光を用いて,磁場中におかれた結合量子ドットのゼーマン分離した電子準位間でのスピン転送技術を確立することを目的としている.そのために以下の2つの手法の比較を実験的におこなった;テラヘルツ光を使用する手法と連続準位を介した2光子過程を用いる方法を試み,後者の手法で良好な結果を得た.単一量子ドットの磁場下でゼーマン分裂した2つの励起子準位(スピンアップとスピンダウン)の間を量子ドットの連続準位の裾を中間準位とした系において,各励起子準位からの発光をモニターすることにより,連続状態のコヒーレント励起による励起子スピン状態の制御が可能であることを実証し,論文化した.時間差をつけたダブルパルスによる同軸励起を用いることにより,パルス時間差の関数として励起子スピンの同位相および逆位相での振動の観測に成功したが,逆位相で振動する場合には,発光強度の振動だけでなく,ゼーマン分裂エネルギーの振動も観測された.これはゼーマン分裂した励起子準位の占有確率が逆位相で振動する場合,励起子スピン偏極度の振動となるため量子ドットの核スピンが偏極され,電子が感じる実効的な磁場強度が核磁場により変調されたためと考えられる.この結果により,量子ドットの電子スピンと核スピンのコントロールに,連続状態をラムダ型遷移の中間準位として使用可能であることが初めて示しめされた.また電子スピン-核スピン間の磁気的相互作用を詳細に調べ,核スピン分極の励起強度・励起偏光・外部磁場依存性に双安定領域が現れることをInAlAs単一量子ドットで初めて明らかにした.この成果により外部磁場を完全にキャンセルする核磁場が双安定領域の一端で自動的に形成されていることが判り,電子の実効g因子=0を達成するとともに,新たなg因子制御法を確立した.
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 17310056
  • トポロジカル物性解析のための非線形分光計測手法の開発
    科学研究費助成事業 萌芽研究
    2006年 - 2006年
    戸田 泰則
    本研究では、結晶のトポロジカルな空間対称性の破れに起因する電子状態の空間位相変化を検出する手法の確立を目的とした。本年度の成果として、1)四光波混合(FWM)分光を用いた位相干渉計測の確立、2)結晶トポロジーを反映した電子状態の時間特性変化の観測、3)トポロジー光パルスの発生と解析評価の確立、を達成した。FWMをベースとした時空間位相計測1)は、空間的な指向性を有するFWM光と励起光から分離した参照光との間で干渉系を構築することで実現した。干渉パターンをCCDにより検出し、2次元フーリエ変換を通して時間分解型のFWM信号を観測する。測定試料として、励起子束縛エネルギーが大きく、理想的な多準位系として異種励起子を扱える窒化ガリウム薄膜を用いた。異種励起子量子ビートと励起子-励起子分子量子ビートを観測したところ、2準位系と3準位系の励起子光学遷移にもとづくビート信号の違いを明らかにすることができた。並行して2)結晶のトポロジー変化に起因する電子状態の変化を明らかにすることを試みた。試料として特異なトポロジーを有する低次元導体を用いた。この物質は低温で電荷密度波と呼ばれる電子の集団励起状態を形成し、金属-絶縁体相転移を生じる。時間分解分光を用いて巨視的量子秩序形成を反映した電子応答変化を確認し、その温度依存性から結晶トポロジーによる有意な差を確認することに成功した。以上の結果にもとづき、3)より発展的なトポロジー計測を目的とした光渦パルスの発生を試みた。光渦パルスの評価は1)で確立した空間干渉をベースにし、時空間位相解析を実現した。光渦パルスとして50fs程度の短パルス生成に成功し、ドーナッツ状の強度分布と位相特異点の存在を明らかにした。また干渉振幅に着目すると、最大振幅を取る遅延時間が方位角に応じて変化していくことを見出した。
    日本学術振興会, 萌芽研究, 北海道大学, 18656016
  • 多光子吸収による窒化物半導体の3次元ナノスケールイメージング
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2004年 - 2006年
    戸田 泰則, 足立 智, 荒川 泰彦
    半導体では歪や欠陥がデバイス性能に直結するため、その影響はこれまで広く研究されてきた。格子欠陥は結晶成長条件や基板、構造に応じて3次元的にスケールの異なる様々な種類が存在する。またヘテロエピタキシャル薄膜で重要となる歪も、結晶内部の局所的な効果をもち、不純物や欠陥とも関連する。したがって歪や欠陥の影響を調べるためには、より詳細な、例えば3次元ナノイスケールメージング等の新しい測定技術が必要とされている。本研究では3次元イメージングを実現するため、非線形光学遷移の利用に着目し、i)バンド端以下の光子エネルギーを利用した2光子吸収(TPA)による3次元イメージングとii)励起子非線形性を用いた歪の高感度検出を実現した。これらの研究成果はGaNだけでなくナノ構造を含む幅広いデバイス物質に応用可能であり、高機能物性評価手法として今後の展開が期待できる。TPAイメージングでは非線形性を利用した高空間分解能をもつ欠陥分布の3次元イメージングに成功した。超短パルスを用いたポンププローブ分光をベースにしているため、デバイス性能評価指数となる二光子吸収係数の情報を取得可能である。またこの吸収係数の分布をもとに、GaN薄膜中では局所的な高密度欠陥準位が存在し、著しく高い吸収係数を示すことを明らかにした。別の縮退FWMをベースとした非線形分光では、高感度歪計測に成功した。電子-正孔対(励起子)の分極回折格子を利用すると、三次の非線形効果により汎用光学評価法と比べて累乗倍の異方性増強が実現される。そのため結晶に内在する不純物や欠陥にもとづく歪の高感度測定が可能となる。複数のGaN試料を用いて装置の性能評価を実施し、分裂エネルギーと強度比から算出される歪と応力を見積もった結果、X線解析装置と同等の歪解析能力を達成していることを明らかにできた。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 16310076
  • 非線形レーザー顕微鏡による神経細胞の興奮メカニズムの超高時間・空間分解観測と制御
    科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(B)
    2004年 - 2006年
    森田 隆二, 郷原 一寿, 戸田 泰則
    1.自己位相変調効果を用いて、1オクターブを超える超広帯域スペクトル(460-1060nm)を有する光パルスを発生し、独自に作製した、変形スペクトル干渉位相電場再生システムおよびフィードバック位相補償システムによるフィードバック位相補償を行うことにより、2.8fs,1.5サイクルのフーリエ変換限界光パルスの発生に成功した。これは、スペクトル位相が決定された可視・赤外領域における世界最短パルスである。
    2.生体物質の3次元空間分解観測に適用可能な光第2高調波レーザー顕微鏡を開発し、ラット胎児大脳皮質由来の神経細胞の観察を行った。細胞体の空間反転対称性の破れを反映した信号を観測することにより、核、軸索からの強い信号の観測に成功している。現在、空間分解能は、1.5μm程度である。
    3.フェムト秒光パルスレーザー増幅器を光源としたコヒーレント反ストークスラマン散乱レーザー顕微鏡の開発を行った。波長800nmと1040nmの光を用いて、650nmのCARS信号光を検出することにより、タマネギ表皮細胞の2900cm^<-1>のC-H伸縮振動、波長800nmと1100nmの光を用いて、630nmのCARS信号光を検出することにより3400cm^<-1>のN-H伸縮振動を空間分解観測した。その結果を比較することにより、C-Hリッチ、N-Hリッチな領域のマッピングを行った。
    4.メチルレッドをインターカレートしたDNAの二重鎖の結合、解離を光第2高調波顕微鏡のようなマクロな測定により観測することを試みた。そのメカニズムは、結合している場合二重鎖は反転対称性を持ち、解離している場合反転対称性が破れ、光第2高調波活性になることによる。現在、信号レベルと雑音レベルが同程度で有意な結果が得られていないが、非線形性の大きなアゾ色素を用いることにより、信号強度の向上を図っている段階である。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 16360024
  • 量子ドットの電子スピン光操作による量子演算の研究
    科学研究費助成事業
    2002年 - 2005年
    武藤 俊一, 足立 智, 戸田 泰則, 白峰 賢一, 陽 完治
    量子ドットの電子スピンは将来の大規模量子コンピューティング実現へ向けての有力候補の1つである。報告者らはすでに量子ドットの電子スピンの光支援トンネルとそのクーロン・ブロッケイドを用いた普遍量子ゲートを提案している。この提案の妥当性を検証するための実験的検討を行った。また量子コンピューティングは量子情報光通信との整合性が必須と考えられる。そこで電子スピンと光子の間の量子ビット変換の手法を提案し、その実験的検討を行った。
    実験に先立ち、普遍量子ゲートの計算機シミュレーションを行った。この結果、100ps程度のスピンコヒーレンスが有ればCNOTの実験的検証が可能であることが分かった。
    次に、電子スピンのコヒーレンスを実験的に確認するため、4波混合によるスピン緩和時間の測定技術を立ち上げた。まず、ポンプ・プローブ法によるスピン緩和測定法が確立している量子井戸の電子スピンについて、スピン回折4波混合を適用し、従来のポンプ・プローブ法と矛盾しない結論を得られることを確認した。次にこの方法をInAlAs/AlGaAs量子ドットに適用、最長で7nsにおよぶ緩和時間を観測した。これは従来、量子ドットに対して便宜的に用いられた非共鳴的観測であるストリーク・カメラによるものよりも数倍長く、4波混合のような共鳴的な観測の必要を明示したものでもある。
    量子ビット変換の新しい方法として核磁場による縮退した電子準位とエネルギーの異なる正孔準位の形成を提案した。実際にInAlAs/AlGaAs量子ドットにおいて核磁場の形成実験を行ったところ、量子ビット変換に必要なバンド構造が形成可能であることが分かった。
    日本学術振興会, 特定領域研究, 北海道大学, 14076201
  • 量子ドットにおける電子スピンのコヒーレント制御の研究
    科学研究費助成事業
    2002年 - 2003年
    武藤 俊一, 白峰 賢一, 戸田 泰則, 足立 智, 竹内 淳
    15層積層したInAlAs/AlGaAs量子ドットを試作、非共鳴励起下でのスピン緩和測定を試みた。実験は発振波長780nm、パルス幅80fsのチタンサファイアレーザーを励起パルス光源とし、右回り円偏光(σ+)パルスで試料を励起し、その発光のσ+成分と左回り円偏光(σ-)成分を分けてストリークスコープを用いて時間分解発光測定した。分光器の入射スリット手前に1/4波長板と偏光子を置き、発光を一度直線偏光に変換し、偏光子により水平および垂直直線偏光発光成分を分けて測定することで発光の偏光を識別した。試料は、10Kに冷却した。励起エネルギーと検出エネルギーとの差はおよそ100meVである。直線偏光励起での時間変化は単一指数関数で良くフィッティングでき、励起子の寿命(再結合時間)は約1.18nsと見積ることができた。σ+成分とσ-成分との差の減衰はスピン緩和時間をτ_sとするとexp(-2t/τ_s)で与えられる。これから得られたスピン緩和時間τ_sは1.31nsとなり励起子再結合時間と同程度となることが分かった。2次元量子井戸に比べて非常に長いスピン緩和時間となっており、井戸で有効なスピン緩和機構が量子ドットでは消失したと解釈できる。量子ドットが電子スピンのコヒーレント制御に好適な材料であることが確認できた。
    次世代のスピントロニクス材料としてワイドギャップ半導体およびポリフェニルアセチレン(PPA)の磁気的性質を調べた。PPAではスピングラス的な磁気的性質に加えて、磁場-磁化(M-H)曲線が閉じないことなど極めて興味深いスピン物性を示すことが明らかとなった。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 14350001
  • フォノンイメージングによる非線形光学材料評価システムの開発
    科学研究費助成事業
    2001年 - 2002年
    足立 智, 田中 克彦, 戸田 泰則
    本研究は光学フォノンと音響フォノン(超音波)の可視化技術を利用し、その伝播過程を映像化することにより、ドメイン反転前の基板結晶内の欠陥等による散乱の検出やドメイン反転終了後の結晶評価を目的としている。誘電体タンタル酸リチウムLiTaO3を用いて、c面より光を入射し光学フォノン発生・伝播過程のイメージングを行った。数ミリから1センチ程度の直径のレーザーパルスを時間遅れをつけて照射し、フォノン波束による回折光で波束の像を形成できる。フォノンは屈折率のみを変化させている位相物体であるため、光強度にしか反応しない目やCCDカメラ等では見えないが、位相情報を振幅情報に変換する工夫をしてやると発生から伝搬、干渉などの過程をテレビを見るように画像化することができる。さらに考案した特殊な光学配置において、第1パルス対で選択励起したフォノン(ポラリトン)を第2パルスで増幅したり、強制的に消滅させたりする過程をリアルタイムで画像化ことに成功した。すなわち時間遅れを伴った光パルスを用いて、フォノンどうしの干渉および光パルス間の時間差による位相の違いを利用してフォノン制御が可能であることを示したことになる。得られた画像データをフーリエ変換することにより、励起されたフォノンがどの程度の波数をもち、伝播過程でどのように分散・減衰していくかがわかる。実験ではフォノン波束が伝播中に分散(伝播速度の波数依存性)するため、完全に波束を消去することは出来ていないが、第2パルス対に用いるレーザーパルスの形を工夫することにより、励起したフォノンを完全にうち消すような干渉を起こすことが可能であると考えられる。この成果はフォノン分光学に大きく貢献するだけでなく、フォノンのコヒーレント制御に新しい画期的な方向性を与えるものと考えられる。また同じ四光波混合法を用いて、半導体GaNにおいてフォノン散乱、励起子間相互作用に着目して半導体結晶の品質を評価するとともに、その過程で新たな励起子分子を発見した。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(B), 北海道大学, 13554009
  • 高空間分解多次元磁気光学応答計測技術の開発
    科学研究費助成事業
    2000年 - 2001年
    大場 良次, 戸田 泰則
    本研究の目的は、固体分光計測において高い空間分解能を有する走査型近接場光学顕微鏡(SNOM)の小型化を図り、外部装置との整合性を高め、空間的な多次元化を実現することである。本年度は、昨年度製作したSNOMを用いて、半導体量子ナノ構造の光学特性の取得と、その小型化を含めた多次元計測への応用を目標とした。
    半導体量子ナノ構造を調査する目的として、制御性の高い量子ドットを測定対象とした。量子ドットではキャリアの自由度が全方向に制限されるため、ナノ領域の光物性として特異な性質を示すことが知られている。量子ドットを光励起すると、キャリアはまずドットの閉じ込めに起因する離散状態に励起され、発光再結合準位へと緩和し発光する。さらに今回試料として用いている自己形成量子ドットでは、周囲の媒質を反映した多くの局在フォノンモードが存在し、その緩和スペクトルはドットのキャリア閉じ込めと周囲の格子状態を反映することになる。したがって個々のドットの共鳴エネルギーに対して、その発光分布像を得ることにより、その共鳴がどのようなフォノンと結合しているか決定することが可能となる。今回の測定結果では、バルクのフォノンモードと、局在フォノンモードの共鳴エネルギーに対してそれぞれ異なる発光分布像が観測された。このことは自己形成量子ドットにおけるキャリア-フォノン結合状態の違いを意味しており、ヘテロ界面の重要性を明らかにしたものである。したがって空間的な多次元計測を達成すれば、より詳細な物性が明らかになると考えられる。この目的のために、いくつかの装置要素に対して小型化と多機能化を試みた。具体的にはイナーシャルスライダーの小型化、高さ制御ピエゾの小型化、光学機器の低減を達成した。装置の小型化は、機械的な安定性も向上させるため、上記の結果をもとにしたフォノンイメージングへと発展させることが可能となる。
    日本学術振興会, 萌芽的研究, 北海道大学, 12875074
  • 走査型近接場光学顕微鏡を用いた半導体量子ドットのコヒーレント制御
    科学研究費助成事業
    2000年 - 2001年
    戸田 泰則
    本研究の目標は、走査型近接場光学顕微鏡を用いた単一量子ドット(QD)分光を通してQDの新しい物性を探索し、これを時空間に制御された近接場光を使った量子状態制御へと発展させることにある。昨年度は共鳴の位相緩和の測定と、近接共鳴を利用した量子干渉の生成と観測を行った。本年度は共鳴の均一幅に関して、緩和メカニズムの解明を目的とした実験を行った。
    自己形成量子ドット(SAQD)の大きな特徴のひとつは、広いエネルギー間隔を持つ離散的なエネルギー構造である。このエネルギー構造は、音響フォノンを介したキャリア緩和を、高次元構造などに比べて著しく減少させる。その結果、量子情報処理への応用に適した長いコヒーレンスを実現することが期待される。他方、SAQDのバンド間エネルギー差は光学フォノンのエネルギーよりも広いため、発光励起スペクトル(PLE)に現れる零吸収域には、出射光に共鳴した光学フォノンラマン線が観測される。このことはSAQDのキャリア緩和に光学フォノン緩和が存在することを示している。すなわちQDにおける次元低下に伴う緩和経路の減少が、キャリアと光学フォノンの相互作用を顕著にする。さらに2LOのエネルギー領域では、光学フォノンと同時に励起準位も存在していると考えられるため、多数の緩和過程が存在する。本年度の研究では、これら2LOの励起共鳴が高速のフォノン緩和過程を含むことを明らかにした。観測される高速フォノン緩和は励起子基底準位発光よりも速いため、低い励起強度で効率的な励起子分子生成を可能にする。この様子は励起強度を変化させるときに励起子共鳴に見られるピークからディップへの変化から確認される。さらにディップは広い線幅を持つピークの中心に現れ、単一QDのPLE共鳴が不均一広がりを含むことが確認された。すなわち高速な光学フォノン緩和経路と結合した緩和経路が存在し、これが単一QDのPLE共鳴に不均一広がりを与えている。したがってフォノンとの相互作用を低減することにより、励起準位の共鳴が得られる。二色励起のスペクトルでは、フォノン共鳴の抑圧と不均一広がりの除去された励起準位に対応する共鳴ピークの存在が明らかとなった。
    日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 12650035

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