Distinguished Technical Member
Masaya Notomi was born in Kumamoto, Japan on February 16, 1964. He received his B.E., M.E. and Dr. Eng. degrees in applied physics from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 1986, 1988, and 1997, respectively. In 1988, he joined NTT Optoelectronics Laboratories. Since then, his research interest has been to control the optical properties of materials and devices by using artificial nanostructures, and engaged in research on semiconductor quantum wires/dots and photonic crystal structures. He has been in NTT Basic Research Laboratories since 1999, and is currently working on light-propagation control by use of various types of photonic crystals. From 1996-1997, he was with Linköping University in Sweden as a visiting researcher. He is also a guest associate professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology (2003- ). He received IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2006, JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) prize in 2009, and Japan Academy Medal in 2009. He is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, APS, IEEE/LEOS, and OSA.
Distinguished Technical Member
Akira Fujiwara was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 9, 1967. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from The University of Tokyo, Japan in 1989, 1991, and 1994, respectively. In 1994, he joined NTT LSI Laboratories and moved to NTT Basic Research Laboratories in 1996. Since 1994, he has been engaged in research on silicon nanostructures and their application to single-electron devices. He was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA during 2003-2004. He received the SSDM Young Researcher Award in 1998, SSDM Paper Award in 1999, and Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP) Paper Awards in 2003 and 2006. He was awarded the Young Scientist Award from the Minister of MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) in 2006. He is a member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics and IEEE.