資料8-DCommission D (Electronics and Photonics) Activity Report
October 2011-October 2012
October 31, 2012
Tadao Nagatsuma

1. Commission Activities
 Wrap-up Meeting of Commission D (for 21-st term of the Science Council of Japan):
September 30, 2011, Osaka University
 Establishment of 22-nd Commission D Japanese Members
February, 201215 member were chosen, who can cover the following vital areas;
Advanced electronic devices
Advanced photonic devices
New devices operating at frequencies between electronics and photonics, i.e., THz frequencies
Integration of electronic and photonic devices and subsystems
Advanced wireless systems including BAN, NFC, LAN, and short range communications
Advanced fiber-optic systems including optical interconnections and networks
Convergence of wired and wireless network systems
Academic areas and/or societies most related to Commission D are “Microwave Photonics”,“Terahertz Science &Technologies”, “Emerging Communications and Sensor Systems”, etc.
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Tadao Nagatsuma

Osaka University (Chair)

Microwave/THz photonics

Masayuki Fujita

Osaka University (Secretary)Nano-photonic devices

Masayuki Izutsu

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Photonic devices

Hiroshi Ito

Kitasato University

Electronic/photonic devices

Katsumi Iwatsuki

Tohoku University

Fiber-optic network systems

Taiichi Otsuji

Tohoku University

Nano-electronics/THz photonics

Kenichi Kasahara

Ritsumeikan University

Photonic devices/integration

Yuichi Kado

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Wireless systems/ LSI systems

Junichi Kani

NTT

Access network systems

Kodo Kawase

Nagoya University

THz photonics/systems

Satoshi Kohjiro

AISTSuperconductors/nano-electronics

Eiichi Sano

Hokkaido University

Electronic devices/ICs

Katsutoshi Tsukamoto

Osaka Institute of Technology

Wireless/optical system integration

Hiroyuki Toda

Doshisha University

Fiber-optics/microwave photonics

Iwao Hosako

NICT

THz devices/system applications______________________________________________________________________________________________________________1

 Planning committee meeting of Commission D (for 22-nd term of the Science Council of Japan):
September 24, 2012, Osaka University
Following issues as for new activities were discussed: preparation for new WEB site forCommission D, trail of e-workshop/e-seminar, schooling for students. Commission D seminar will
be planned on March 2013.
 Continuing contact with Chair of URSI Commission D towards URSI General Assembly 2014

2. Domestic activities related to areas covered by Commission D
Technical Committee on Microwave Photonics (IEICE):
Following technical meetings were held on specific subjects including regular contributions:
October 28, 2011 (Tokyo); trends in millimeter-wave and THz devices
January 26-27, 2012 (Osaka); RF signal transport using fiber, high-power photodiodes
April 6, 2012 (Tokyo); trends in optical modulators
July 26-27, 2012 (Sapporo); trend in microwave photonics for communication and sensors

3. International activities related to areas covered by Commission DInternational Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP) 2011:The conference was held from 18-21 October 2011 consisting of ½ day workshop and 3 days
technical sessions. There were 155 submissions with 115 papers accepted (44 oral and 71 posters)
which came up to 75% acceptance rate. Two key note speakers were from Europe (D. Dolfi) andUSA (P. Herzfeld). There were 164 registrations altogether with 47 student registrations.
Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP) 2012:
The conference was held in Kyoto, Japan from 25-27 April 2012 with 150 attendees (36 students).
There were 79 submitted papers with 73 accepted (34 oral, 39 posters). Two key note speakers
were from Japan (Prof H. Hayashi) and USA (Prof G.-K. Chang). Total number of papers including
invited papers was 87. This conference managed to attract 19 exhibitors. A lot of emphasis wasgiven to promote the MWP research activities to the new generation by having 3 awards for oralpresenters called the IEEE Photonics Society Japan Young Scientist Awards and 3 awards for poster
presenters called the APMP Best Paper Awards.
International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics (MWP) 2012:
The conference was held in Netherlands from the 11-14 Sept 2012 with similar structure as theprevious year with ½ day workshop followed by three full-day of technical sessions. There were105 papers submitted with 76 papers accepted (43 oral, 33 posters). There were 6 exhibitors andtwo keynote speakers from Europe (J. Capmany) and USA (H.-F. Liu), respectively. There wereabout 130 attendees. There was a student paper award, and three papers were selected including
Japanese student.

Finally, after the site selection committee meeting, MWP 2014 will be held in

Hokkaido, which is 12 years interval from MWP 2002 in Awaji.

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