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Report on the 2nd NTT Basic ResearchLaboratories School

With the aim of increasing the visibility of NTT
Basic Research Laboratories to young overseas
researchers, the 2nd NTT Basic Research Laboratories School was held from October 8 to 14, 2004 at
the Fuji Training Institute, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
prefecture and NTT Atsugi R&D Center.

senting 17 countries and one Japanese student) participated (Photo 1).
2. Overview

The mission of NTT Basic Research Laboratories(NTT-BRL) is to uncover new principles and develop
new technologies in quantum information processing, nanotechnology, and the base field of materials
physics. Under the theme of “Transport Properties in
Quantum Nanostructures,” the 2nd NTT Basic
Research Laboratories School was held with the aimof training young researchers in the field of materials
physics and exposing NTT-BRL to young overseas
researchers [1]. A set of lectures was given mainly foroverseas university students by well-known professors having a close relationship with NTT-BRL.
Some of the lectures included descriptions ofresearch activities at NTT-BRL. A total of 32 students
from around the world (31 overseas students repre-

2.1 Lectures
As part of the main program, two professors knownfor their world-class research achievements presented a series of lectures under the theme of “Transport
Properties in Quantum Nanostructures.” Professor
Leonid Glazman, University of Minnesota, U.S.A,
gave nine hours of consecutive lectures on the“Coulomb Blockade in Quantum Dots” dealing mostly with theoretical issues (Photo 2), while Professor
Seigo Tarucha, University of Tokyo, Japan, lectured
for six hours on “Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures” from the experimental side.
These lectures in the main program were followed bya set of lectures given by three well-known overseas
and Japanese professors. Professor Rosario Fazio(Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy) lectured on“Quantum Dynamics of Superconducting Nanocircuits” (theory), Professor Christian Schönenberger(University of Basel, Switzerland) lectured on “Elec-Photo 1. Group photograph of lecturers and participants.

Photo 2. Lecture by Professor Glazman.

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tronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes” (experimental), and Professor Tsuneya Ando (Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan) lectured on the “Physics of Carbon Nanotubes” (theory).
2.2 Poster sessions by participants
Lectures were followed by evening poster sessions
on October 9 and 10. Each of the 32 participating students gave a poster session to introduce his or her
own research. The sessions were attended by Dr.
Hideaki Takayanagi, Director of NTT-BRL, and by
the executive manager of each research laboratory
and various group leaders at NTT-BRL in addition to
the students themselves and the lecturers. The students gave detailed descriptions of papers they had
presented at international conferences and of theirresearch work. Energetic and meaningful discussions
on the material presented continued late into the night
among the students, lecturers, and NTT researchers(Photo 3). On the final day of school sessions, four ofthe participants were given awards for poster sessionsof exceptional quality (Photo 4). All of the participating students received NTT-BRL School completion certificates on the last day.
2.3 Laboratory tour
On the first day of the School, Dr. Takayanagi gave
an overview of NTT-BRL to all the participants anddescribed its mission and research system. On the lastday, the executive managers of the Materials Science
Laboratory, Physical Science Laboratory, and Optical
Science Laboratory gave detailed introductions tothese laboratories, and participants were given a laboratory tour to enable them to get a first-hand look.

Photo 3. Poster sessions.

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The tour included research facilities and equipment
such as clean rooms, the low-temperature laboratory,
optical-materials evaluation equipment, and superconducting thin-film crystal-growth equipment.
Results achieved with these facilities were also
described in the tour.
3. Impressions
Participants were given a chance to comment on
their experiences via a questionnaire. Some typicalstatements were “very extensive, in-depth lectures,”“I was able to learn much about the research activities
of NTT-BRL and its amazing research facilities,” and“became interested in working at NTT-BRL in thefuture.” These responses show that the advanced
research activities at NTT-BRL greatly impressed theparticipants and improved the visibility of NTT-BRL.
NTT Basic Research Laboratories is sincerely committed to holding more meetings of the NTT-BRL
School in future to further improve awareness ofNTT-BRL among young researchers worldwide.
Reference[1]

http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/event/brlschool2004/scene.html

For further information, please contact
NTT Basic Research Laboratories
Research Planning Section
Tel: +81 46 240 3311
Fax: +81 46 270 2358
E-mail: brlschool@will.brl.ntt.co.jp

Photo 4. Presentation of poster awards and completion
certificates.

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