Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Shimamura

Kiyoshi Shimamura 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: 8472106
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element 20 has a periodic polarization reversal structure formed in a non-linear optical crystal, wherein positive/negative polarity is periodically alternated in period d expressed by the following formula (1), outputs light having frequency of 2? from the incident light having frequency of ?, and is characterized in that the non-linear optical crystal is a nitride single crystal: d=m?/[2(n2??n?)]??(1) where, m represents the order of phase matching, ? represents the wavelength of the incident light, n? represents the refractive index of the nitride single crystal such as AlN for the light having frequency of ?, and n2? represents the refractive index of the nitride single crystal such as AlN for the light having frequency of 2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Masa, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Villora Encarnacion Antonia Garcia
  • Patent number: 8450747
    Abstract: A light emitting element has a substrate of gallium oxides and a pn-junction formed on the substrate. The substrate is of gallium oxides represented by: (AlXInYGa(1-X-Y))2O3 where 0?x?1, 0?y?1 and 0?x+y?1. The pn-junction has first conductivity type substrate, and GaN system compound semiconductor thin film of second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Yukio Kaneko, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kazuo Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130038927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a garnet single crystal comprising a terbium aluminum garnet single crystal, wherein a portion of the aluminum is substituted with scandium, and a portion of at least one of the aluminum and terbium is substituted with at least one type selected from the group consisting of thulium, ytterbium and yttrium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tsubasa HATANAKA, Akiharu FUNAKI, Kiyoshi SHIMAMURA, Villora Encarnacion Antonia GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20120304918
    Abstract: A method of growing a p-type thin film of ?-Ga2O3 includes preparing a substrate including a ?-Ga2O3 single crystal, and growing a p-type thin film of ?-Ga2O3 on the substrate. The p-type thin film is grown in a manner that Ga in the thin film is replaced by a p-type dopant selected from H, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Pd, Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, Tl, and Pb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20120230032
    Abstract: The inorganic optical filter of the invention consists of a NdF3 single crystal. The optical element of the invention comprises a wavelength conversion element wherein incident light is subjected to wavelength conversion to twice the frequency by quasi-phase-matching using primary matching or tertiary matching, and emitted, and an inorganic optical filter situated in the optical path of light emitted from the wavelength conversion element, wherein the wavelength conversion element consists of a ferroelectric fluoride single crystal represented by Ba1?y(Mg1?xZnx)1+yF4 (where 0?x?1, and ?0.2?y?0.2), and the inorganic optical filter consists of a NdF3 single crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Keiji Sumiya, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Garcia Villora
  • Patent number: 8262796
    Abstract: A thin-film single crystal growing method includes preparing a substrate, irradiating an excitation beam on a metallic target made of a pure metal or an alloy in a predetermined atmosphere, and combining chemical species including any of atoms, molecules, and ions released from the metallic target by irradiation of the excitation beam with atoms contained in the predetermined atmosphere to form a thin film on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Waseda University
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20120200920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a single crystal for an optical isolator having a Faraday rotation angle exceeding that of TGG single crystal in a wavelength region of 1064 nm or longer or in a wavelength region of shorter than 1064 nm, and is capable of realizing enlargement of crystal size, a production process thereof, an optical isolator, and an optical processor that uses the optical isolator. The single crystal according to the present invention is composed of a terbium aluminum garnet single crystal, and mainly a portion of the aluminum is replaced with lutetium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo SANADA, Kiyoshi SHIMAMURA, Villora Encarnacion Antonia GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20110253973
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a ?-Ga2O3 substrate, a GaN-based semiconductor layer formed on the ?-Ga2O3 substrate, and a double-hetero light-emitting layer formed on the GaN-based semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: KOHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noburo Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20110175028
    Abstract: A garnet-type single crystal is represented by a general formula, A3B2C3O12 (having a crystal structure with three sites A, B and C occupied by cations, wherein A represents an element occupying the site A, B represents an element occupying the site B, C represents an element occupying the site C, O represents an oxygen atom), and contains fluorine, in which the fluorine attains any one or both of substituting for the oxygen atom or compensating for oxygen defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shimamura, Encarnacion Garcia Villora, Yasuhiko Kuwano
  • Patent number: 7977673
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor layer in which a GaN system epitaxial layer having high crystal quality can be obtained. The semiconductor layer includes a ?-Ga2O3 substrate 1 made of a ?-Ga2O3 single crystal, a GaN layer 2 formed by subjecting a surface of the ?-Ga2O3 substrate 1 to nitriding processing, and a GaN growth layer 3 formed on the GaN layer 2 through epitaxial growth by utilizing an MOCVD method. Since lattice constants of the GaN layer 2 and the GaN growth layer 3 match each other, and the GaN growth layer 3 grows so as to succeed to high crystalline of the GaN layer 2, the GaN growth layer 3 having high crystalline is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20110019266
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element 20 has a periodic polarization reversal structure formed in a non-linear optical crystal, wherein positive/negative polarity is periodically alternated in period d expressed by the following formula (1), outputs light having frequency of 2? from the incident light having frequency of ?, and is characterized in that the non-linear optical crystal is a nitride single crystal: d=m?/[2(n2??n?)]??(1) where, m represents the order of phase matching, ? represents the wavelength of the incident light, n? represents the refractive index of the nitride single crystal such as AlN for the light having frequency of ?, and n2? represents the refractive index of the nitride single crystal such as AlN for the light having frequency of 2?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Masa, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Villora Encarnacion Antonia Garcia
  • Patent number: 7800105
    Abstract: To provide a Ga2O3 compound semiconductor device in which a Ga2O3 system compound is used as a semiconductor, which has an electrode having ohmic characteristics adapted to the Ga2O3 system compound, and which can make a heat treatment for obtaining the ohmic characteristics unnecessary. An n-side electrode 20 including at least a Ti layer is formed on a lower surface of an n-type ?-Ga2O3 substrate 2 by utilizing a PLD method. This n-side electrode 20 has ohmic characteristics at 25° C. The n-side electrode 20 may have two layer including a Ti layer and an Au layer, three layers including a Ti layer, an Al layer and an Au layer, or four layers including a Ti layer, an Al layer, a Ni layer and an Au layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Waseda University
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20100229789
    Abstract: A thin-film single crystal growing method includes preparing a substrate, irradiating an excitation beam on a metallic target made of a pure metal or an alloy in a predetermined atmosphere, and combining chemical species including any of atoms, molecules, and ions released from the metallic target by irradiation of the excitation beam with atoms contained in the predetermined atmosphere to form a thin film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Waseda University
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki
  • Patent number: 7727865
    Abstract: To provide a method of controlling a conductivity of a Ga2O3 system single crystal with which a conductive property of a ?-Ga2O3 system single crystal can be efficiently controlled. The light emitting element includes an n-type ?-Ga2O3 substrate, and an n-type ?-AlGaO3 cladding layer, an active layer, a p-type ?-AlGaO3 cladding layer and a p-type ?-Ga2O3 contact layer which are formed in order on the n-type ?-Ga2O3 substrate. A resistivity is controlled to fall within the range of 2.0×10?3 to 8×102 ?cm and a carrier concentration is controlled to fall within the range of 5.5×1015 to 2.0×1019/cm3 by changing a Si concentration within the range of 1×10?5 to 1 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Waseda University
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Patent number: 7713353
    Abstract: A method for growing a ?-Ga2O3 single includes preparing a ?-Ga2O3 seed crystal and growing the ?-Ga2O3 single crystal from the ?-Ga2O3 seed crystal in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Waseda University
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora
  • Publication number: 20100065779
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an iodide single crystal material that provides a scintillator material for the next-generation TOF-PET, and a production process for high-quality iodide single crystal materials. The iodide single crystal material of the invention having the same crystal structure as LuI3 and activated by a luminescence center RE where RE is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb is characterized in that a part or the whole of lutetium (Lu) in said iodide single crystal material is substituted by Y and/or Gd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: SAKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Shimamura, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kenji Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20100038652
    Abstract: A light emitting element has a substrate of gallium oxides and a pn-junction formed on the substrate. The substrate is of gallium oxides represented by: (AlxInyGa(1?X?Y))2O3 where 0?x?1, 0?y?1 and 0?x+y?1. The pn-junction has first conductivity type substrate, and GaN system compound semiconductor thin film of second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Yukio Kaneko, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kazuo Aoki
  • Patent number: 7629615
    Abstract: A light emitting element has a substrate of gallium oxides and a pn-junction formed on the substrate. The substrate is of gallium oxides represented by: (AlXInYGa(1-X-Y))2O3 where 0?x?1, 0?y?1 and 0?x+y?1. The pn-junction has first conductivity type substrate, and GaN system compound semiconductor thin film of second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Yukio Kaneko, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kazuo Aoki
  • Patent number: 7608472
    Abstract: A light emitting element has a substrate of gallium oxides and a pn-junction formed on the substrate. The substrate is of gallium oxides represented by: (AlXInYGa(1-X-Y))2O3 where 0?x?1, 0?y?1 and 0?x+y?1. The pn-junction has first conductivity type substrate, and GaN system compound semiconductor thin film of second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ichinose, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Yukio Kaneko, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kazuo Aoki
  • Patent number: 7524741
    Abstract: A method of forming a low temperature-grown buffer layer having the steps of: placing a Ga2O3 substrate in a MOCVD apparatus; providing a H2 atmosphere in the MOCVD apparatus and setting a buffer layer growth condition having an atmosphere temperature of 350° C. to 550° C.; and supplying a source gas having two or more of TMG, TMA and NH3 onto the Ga2O3 substrate in the buffer layer growth condition to form the low temperature-grown buffer layer on the Ga2O3 substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Koha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Ushida, Daisuke Shinoda, Daisuke Yamazaki, Koji Hirata, Yuhei Ikemoto, Naoki Shibata, Kazuo Aoki, Encarnacion Antonia Garcia Villora, Kiyoshi Shimamura