On March 13, it was announced that the 107th Japan Academy Prize will be awarded to Professor Yasuhiko Arakawa, director of NanoQuine. The award was given for his “research on quantum dots and their application in photonic devices”. In addition to his proposal of the quantum dot concept and its application to semiconductor lasers and his contribution to its practical application, he was also recognized for his application of quantum dot lasers to silicon photonics, realization of high-temperature-operated single photon sources and single artificial atom lasers, and construction of the foundation for solid-state quantum electrodynamics by observing the first vacuum Rabi splitting in semiconductors. The award ceremony will be held on June 12 at the Japan Academy in Ueno.
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