2000

Okochi Memorial Technology Award

Masao Kawachi, Motohiro Nakahara, Tadashi Miyahara, Tetsuo Miya, Toshinori Nozawa
Development of Quartz Planar Lightwave Circuit

Information Processing Society of Japan, Fellow

Kouichi Matsuda
Systematization of Basic Software and Promotion of Online Systems

Nissan Science Foundation, the 7th Nissan Technology Award

Hideaki Takayanagi
Study on Quantum Effects in a Superconductor and Semiconductor Coupling Structure

Institute of Electrical Engineers, Paper Award

Eiji Higurashi
Angular alignment of micro-devices using optical angular momentum

Director of Science and Technology Agency Award, Science and Technology Merits Award for Year 2000

Tadao Nagatsuma
Study on Photonic Measurement Technology for High-speed Electronics

Director of Science and Technology Agency Award, Optical Signal Transmitter Award for Year 2000

Katsushi Iwashita, Kouichi Sudou, Nori Shibata, Kouji Kikushima, Hiroshi Nakamoto
Optical Signal Transmitter

IEEE/LEOS Quantum Electronics Award

Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Invention and first demonstration of the technique for producing amplitude squeezed light semiconductor

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Paper Award, the Sixth Inose Award for Year 1999

Yasuhiro Andou, Mitsuo Usui, Nobuo Satou, Kousuke Katsura
Multiport Optical Bare-Fiber Connector for Parallel Optical Interconnect Module

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Paper Award

Naonori Ueda,Ryouhei Nakano
EM Algorithm with Merging and Splitting Operations for a Hybrid Model

National Invention Recognition, Minister of International Trade and Industry Award

Hiroshi Takahashi, Isao Nishi, Kuniharu Kato
Invention of optical integrated circuit for separating light signals in high-density wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems

Japan Society of Applied Physics, Promotion Award

Kazuhide Kumakura, Toshiki Makimoto, Naoki Kobayashi
Development of high-Hall density Mg-doped InGaN/GaN superlattice

Japan Society of Applied Physics, Paper Award

Hiroyuki Kageshima, Kenji Shiraishi, Shinji Uematsu
Universal Theory of Si Oxidation Rate and Importance of Interfacial Si Emission

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Electronics Letter Paper Award

Satoshi Oku, Osamu Hanaizumi, Yasuki Sakurai, Yoshimi Aizawa, Shoujiro Kawakami, Eiichi Kuramochi
Embedding III-V family compound semiconductor active layer into a 3-dimensional photonic crystal

European Microwave Conference EuMC 2000 Microwave Prize

Hideki Kamitsuna, Naoteru Shigekawa, Yutaka Matsuoka, Shouji Yamahata
A 82-GHz-optical-gain-cutoff-frequency InP/InGaAs double-heterostructure phototransistor (DHPT) and its application to a 40-GHz-band OEMMIC photoreceiver

Matsuo Science Promotion Foundation, Matsuo Science Award

Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Basic study on light quantum physics

The 28th Electric Science Technology Promotion Award (Ohm Technology Award)

Etsuo Noguchi
Research and Development of the Technology for Growing High-performance Semiconductor Laser Crystals for Optical Communication