Information

  • March 4th, 2019
    Site Renewal.

History

  • May 1996:
    Laboratory of Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Engineering was newly established (Prof. Toshiro Yamashina, Associate Prof. Shun-ichi Oikawa and Research Associate Ichiro Fujita).
  • March 1998:
    Professor T. Yamashina retired at the mandatory age. Dr. I. Fujita moved out to a private company.
  • October 1998:
    Prof. Masafumi Itagaki arrived at his post.
  • April 2003:
    Dr. Yutaka Matsumoto was employed as the Research Associate.
  • April 2004:
    Due to the reorganization the laboratory name has been changed to “Laboratory of Mathematical
    Physics for Plasma Engineering” in Department of Quantum Science and Technology.
  • April 2007:
    Following the amendment to the Act,the title of Research Associate Y. Matsumoto has been changed to Assistant Professor.
  • March 2015:
    Prof. Masafumi Itagaki retired at the mandatory age.
  • June 2015:
    Prof. Satoshi Tomioka arrived at his post.
  • April 2018:
    Due to the reorganization the laboratory name has been changed to “Laboratory of Plasma Application for Biotechnology” in Department of Quantum Science and Technology. Associate Prof. S. Oikawa moved to Laboratory of Plasma Processing for Materials Engineering and Associate Prof. Yuji Yamauchi arrived at his post.

Our Goals

Electromagnetic waves, such as light or radiation, and plasmas are used in various fields of industry. They are also used in the research and development of the nuclear fusion reactor, that is recognized as a future energy source. In recent years, the application of the electromagnetic waves and/or the plasmas have been widespread to the “biotechnology”, such as medical  and agricultural fields. In order to expand these applicability of electromagnetic waves and plasmas, we have been tackling research. Our concrete goals are

  1. to clarify the characteristics of materials and living bodies (tissues) irradiated with light, electromagnetic waves or plasmas
  2. to investigate the characteristics of light, electromagnetic waves or plasmas,

by use of both the experiments and/or the numerical computations.