Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Motomura

Hiroshi Motomura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11966716
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an annealing control unit, a spin interaction memory, a random number generation unit, and a spin state update unit and obtains a solution by using an Ising model. The annealing control unit controls an annealing step and a parameter of a temperature and a parameter of a self-action. The spin interaction memory stores the interaction coefficient of a spin. The random number generation unit generates a predetermined random number. The spin state update unit includes a spin buffer that stores values of a plurality of spins, an instantaneous magnetic field calculation unit that calculates instantaneous magnetic fields of the plurality of spins, a probability calculation unit that calculates update probabilities of the plurality of spins, and a spin state determination unit that updates the values of the spins based on the update probabilities and a random number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: HITACHI, LTD, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Normann Mertig, Takashi Takemoto, Shinya Takamaeda, Kasho Yamamoto, Masato Motomura, Akira Sakai, Hiroshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 9570887
    Abstract: A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser device emits light orthogonally in relation to a substrate and includes a resonator structure including an active layer; and semiconductor multilayer reflectors disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the resonator structure between them and including a confinement structure which confines an injected current and transverse modes of oscillation light at the same time. The confinement structure has an oxidized region which surrounds a current passage region. The oxidized region is formed by oxidizing a part of a selective oxidation layer which includes aluminum and includes at least an oxide. The selective oxidation layer is at least 25 nm in thickness. The semiconductor multilayer reflectors include an optical confinement reducing section which reduces optical confinement in a transverse direction. The optical confinement reducing section is disposed on the substrate side in relation to the resonator structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Jikutani, Shunichi Sato, Satoru Sugawara, Hiroshi Motomura
  • Patent number: 9287682
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface emitting laser device, including a substrate; a lower reflecting mirror provided on the substrate; an active layer provided on the lower reflecting mirror; an upper reflecting mirror provided on the active layer, including an emitting region, laser light being emitted from the emitting region, the upper reflecting mirror being formed by alternately laminating dielectrics, refracting indices of the dielectrics being different from each other; and an adjusting layer formed of semiconductor, provided in the emitting region between the active layer and the upper reflecting mirror, a shape of the adjusting layer in a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate including shape anisotropy in two mutually perpendicular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Shunichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20150063396
    Abstract: A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser device emits light orthogonally in relation to a substrate and includes a resonator structure including an active layer; and semiconductor multilayer reflectors disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the resonator structure between them and including a confinement structure which confines an injected current and transverse modes of oscillation light at the same time. The confinement structure has an oxidized region which surrounds a current passage region. The oxidized region is formed by oxidizing a part of a selective oxidation layer which includes aluminum and includes at least an oxide. The selective oxidation layer is at least 25 nm in thickness. The semiconductor multilayer reflectors include an optical confinement reducing section which reduces optical confinement in a transverse direction. The optical confinement reducing section is disposed on the substrate side in relation to the resonator structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto JIKUTANI, Shunichi SATO, Satoru SUGAWARA, Hiroshi MOTOMURA
  • Patent number: 8891571
    Abstract: A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser device emits light orthogonally in relation to a substrate and includes a resonator structure including an active layer; and semiconductor multilayer reflectors disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the resonator structure between them and including a confinement structure which confines an injected current and transverse modes of oscillation light at the same time. The confinement structure has an oxidized region which surrounds a current passage region. The oxidized region is formed by oxidizing a part of a selective oxidation layer which includes aluminum and includes at least an oxide. The selective oxidation layer is at least 25 nm in thickness. The semiconductor multilayer reflectors include an optical confinement reducing section which reduces optical confinement in a transverse direction. The optical confinement reducing section is disposed on the substrate side in relation to the resonator structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Jikutani, Shunichi Sato, Satoru Sugawara, Hiroshi Motomura
  • Publication number: 20140152393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface emitting laser device, including a substrate; a lower reflecting mirror provided on the substrate; an active layer provided on the lower reflecting mirror; an upper reflecting mirror provided on the active layer, including an emitting region, laser light being emitted from the emitting region, the upper reflecting mirror being formed by alternately laminating dielectrics, refracting indices of the dielectrics being different from each other; and an adjusting layer formed of semiconductor, provided in the emitting region between the active layer and the upper reflecting mirror, a shape of the adjusting layer in a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate including shape anisotropy in two mutually perpendicular directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Shunichi SATO
  • Patent number: 8711891
    Abstract: A disclosed surface emitting laser device includes an oscillator structure including an active layer, semiconductor multilayer reflection mirrors sandwiching the oscillator structure, an electrode provided on an emitting surface where light is emitted in a manner such that the electrode surrounds an emitting region, and a dielectric film formed in at least one region outside a center part of the emitting region so that a refractive index of the region outside the center part of the emitting region is less than the refractive index of the center part of the emitting region. When viewed from an emitting direction of the light, a part of the electrode overlaps a part of the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Shunichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110116147
    Abstract: A disclosed surface emitting laser device includes an oscillator structure including an active layer, semiconductor multilayer reflection mirrors sandwiching the oscillator structure, an electrode provided on an emitting surface where light is emitted in a manner such that the electrode surrounds an emitting region, and a dielectric film formed in at least one region outside a center part of the emitting region so that a refractive index of the region outside the center part of the emitting region is less than the refractive index of the center part of the emitting region. When viewed from an emitting direction of the light, a part of the electrode overlaps a part of the dielectric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi MOTOMURA, Shunichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110037825
    Abstract: A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser device emits light orthogonally in relation to a substrate and includes a resonator structure including an active layer; and semiconductor multilayer reflectors disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the resonator structure between them and including a confinement structure which confines an injected current and transverse modes of oscillation light at the same time. The confinement structure has an oxidized region which surrounds a current passage region. The oxidized region is formed by oxidizing a part of a selective oxidation layer which includes aluminum and includes at least an oxide. The selective oxidation layer is at least 25 nm in thickness. The semiconductor multilayer reflectors include an optical confinement reducing section which reduces optical confinement in a transverse direction. The optical confinement reducing section is disposed on the substrate side in relation to the resonator structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Jikutani, Shunichi Sato, Satoru Sugawara, Hiroshi Motomura
  • Patent number: 7746912
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser element is provided that includes a substrate, a first semiconductor multilayer reflector including plural pairs of layers having differing refractive indexes and thermal resistances, a resonator region including an active layer, and a second semiconductor multilayer reflector including plural pairs of layers having differing refractive indexes and thermal resistances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Naoto Jikutani, Shunichi Sato
  • Publication number: 20080056321
    Abstract: A vertical cavity surface emitting laser element is disclosed that includes a substrate, a first semiconductor multilayer reflector including plural pairs of layers having differing refractive indexes and thermal resistances, a resonator region including an active layer, and a second semiconductor multilayer reflector including plural pairs of layers having differing refractive indexes and thermal resistances. At least one pair of layers of the first semiconductor multilayer reflector and/or the second semiconductor multilayer reflector includes a first layer with a lower thermal resistance that has an optical thickness greater than ¼ of the oscillation wavelength and a second layer with a higher thermal resistance that has an optical thickness less than ¼ of the oscillation wavelength. The sum of the optical thickness of the first layer and the optical thickness of the second layer is equal to m/4 times the oscillation wavelength (m: even number?2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Naoto Jikutani, Shunichi Sato
  • Patent number: 7180069
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation detector capable of detecting the radioactive substance accumulated in the tissue inside a body by inserting a detection unit into blood vessels. In the radiation detector of the present invention, comprising a detection unit (2) having a bar-type scintillator (4) which emits light by an incidence of radiation so as to transmit the light from the scintillator through an optical fiber, the detection unit is formed in a size capable of being inserted into the tubules while fine convexoconcaves are provided on the peripheral surface of the scintillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignees: Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd., Universal Giken Co., Ltd., SD Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Kazuhiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20050012043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation detector capable of detecting the radioactive substance accumulated in the tissue inside a body by inserting a detection unit into blood vessels. In the radiation detector of the present invention, comprising a detection unit (2) having a bar-type scintillator (4) which emits light by an incidence of radiation so as to transmit the light from the scintillator through an optical fiber, the detection unit is formed in a size capable of being inserted into the tubules while fine convexoconcaves are provided on the peripheral surface of the scintillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroshi Motomura, Kazuhiro Saito