Our research is aiming at application of optics and optical physics in Mechanical Engineering, especially laser micro fabrication and its applications.
Our group belongs to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.
30 November 2025: Presentation in 5th International Conference on Mechanoluminescence and Novel Structural Health Diagnosis (ML-5) (Xiamen, China): Comparison of Mechanoluminescent Response of SrAl2O4: Eu2+ Under Uniaxial and Hydrostatic Compression (Kotaro Nakamura received Excellent Poster Presentation Award.
17 September 2025: Presentation in 13th International Conference on Photo-Excited Processes and Applications (ICPEPA-13) (Lecce, Italy): Formation of Striped Periodic Surface Structures using Circularly-Polarized Femtosecond Laser
30 September 2024: Presentation in 17th International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA2024) (Crete, Greece): Possibility of fabricating tetragonal periodic surface structures using circularly-polarized laser pulses
May 2024: New publication: Scanning strategy-dependent etching rate in the formation of through-via holes by femtosecond laser-assisted etching, Shogo Matsuda and Shigeki Matsuo, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 63(5), 052001 (2024). DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad3da2 (Open Access)
25 April 2024: Presentation in The 5th Smart Laser Processing Conference (SLPC2024) (Yokohama, Japan): Laser-induced Local Nitridation of Aluminum in Hydrogen-Mixed Nitrogen Gas
July 2023: New publication: Anisotropic reversing motion in laser-induced periodic surface structures, Ryoji Kato and Shigeki Matsuo, Applied Physics Express 16(8), 082002 (2023). DOI: 10.35848/1882-0786/acea19 (Open Access)
15 June 2023: Presentation in 24th International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM2023) (Hirosaki, Japan): Evolution of laser-induced periodic surface structures on thin transparent glass substrates observed by oil-immersion optical microscopy
6-8 June 2023: International Workshop PULMM2023 was held in Nikko, where Matsuo served as Local Organization chair.
June 2022: Presentation in 23rd International Symposium on Laser Precision Microfabrication (LPM2022) (Dresden, Germany / Online): Pulse-resolved monitoring of formation process of LIPSS with laser-scanning strategy
April 2022: Presentation in 16th International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA 2021/2022) (Matsue, Japan / Online): Oil-immersion microscopy observation of formation process of laser-induced periodic surface structures
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