Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAtomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Laser Physics
Keywordsultrashort pulse, transition state, carrier envelope phase, real-time spectroscopy

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityTokyo
InstitutionUniversity of Electronic Communication (UEC)
InstituteDepartment of Applied Physics and Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas ElsässerBereich C: Präzisionsphysik, Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ferenc KrauszLaboratory for Attosecond & High-Field Physics (LAP), Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Takayoshi Kobayashi from the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo is internationally well known for his outstanding research in the development of ultrashort pulse lasers and in the investigation of ultrafast processes in molecules. Using a parametric amplifier with a non-collinear configuration, his group could generate the shortest pulses in the visible spectral range (4.0 fs) at that time. He established transition state spectroscopy using vibrational real-time spectroscopy. Professor Kobayashi is hosted by Professor Krausz at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching and by Professor Elsaesser at Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics in Berlin