Patents by Inventor Kyohei SHIGEMATSU

Kyohei SHIGEMATSU 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).

  • Publication number: 20240142375
    Abstract: A sample observation device includes a light source unit configured to output a pulse train in which multiple optical pulses with different center wavelengths are arranged at predetermined time intervals as excitation light; a measurement unit configured to perform time-resolved measurement on an optical response that is transmitted from the sample and corresponds to irradiation with the optical pulses included in the pulse train while scanning the sample with the excitation light, and to acquire measurement data with respect to the optical pulses; and a processing unit configured to perform linear unmixing processing on the measurement data with respect to the optical pulses on the basis of an excitation spectrum for every target included in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Koji TAKAHASHI, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240110833
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 11913836
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Hisanari Takahashi, Kyohei Shigematsu, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240003744
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a photodetection unit, and an operation unit. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including a plurality of light pulses having time differences and center wavelengths different from each other from a measurement target light pulse output from a pulsed laser light source. The correlation optical system receives the light pulse train output from the pulse forming unit and outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the light pulse train. The photodetection unit detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light output from the correlation optical system. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount of the pulsed laser light source based on a feature value of the temporal waveform of the correlation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 11821793
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a photodetection unit, and an operation unit. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including a plurality of light pulses having time differences and center wavelengths different from each other from a measurement target light pulse output from a pulsed laser light source. The correlation optical system receives the light pulse train output from the pulse forming unit and outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the light pulse train. The photodetection unit detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light output from the correlation optical system. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount of the pulsed laser light source based on a feature value of the temporal waveform of the correlation light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo Watanabe, Kyohei Shigematsu, Takashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230333007
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, an imaging unit, and an operation unit. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including a plurality of light pulses having time differences and center wavelengths different from each other from a light pulse output from a pulsed laser light source. The imaging unit includes an image sensor capable of performing imaging at an imaging interval shorter than a minimum peak interval of the light pulse train, and images a light pulse train passed through a measurement object to generate imaging data. The operation unit receives the imaging data, detects a temporal waveform of the light pulse train for each pixel of the image sensor, and estimates a wavelength dispersion amount of the measurement object for each pixel of the image sensor based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230304926
    Abstract: A time response measurement apparatus includes a pulse formation unit, an attenuation unit, a waveform measurement unit, and an analysis unit. The pulse formation unit generates first pulsed light including a wavelength of pump light, second pulsed light including a wavelength of probe light, and third pulsed light including the wavelength of the pump light and the wavelength of the probe light, on a common optical axis. The attenuation unit transmits the first pulsed light, the second pulsed light, and the third pulsed light output from a sample arranged on the optical axis after being incident on the sample. An attenuation rate for the pump light is larger than an attenuation rate for the probe light. The analysis unit obtains a time response of the sample based on temporal waveforms of the first pulsed light, the second pulsed light, and the third pulsed light having passed through the attenuation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Koyo WATANABE, Hiroshi SATOZONO, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20230304923
    Abstract: An optical property measurement apparatus includes a pulse formation unit, a waveform measurement unit, and an optical system. The pulse formation unit is capable of changing a temporal waveform of pulsed light in accordance with a type of optical property to be measured. The waveform measurement unit measures a temporal waveform of the pulsed light output from a measurement object after being incident on the measurement object. The optical system has an attenuation unit with an attenuation rate with respect to one wavelength component constituting the pulsed light larger than an attenuation rate with respect to another wavelength component constituting the pulsed light. The optical system is capable of switching between a first state in which the attenuation unit is arranged on an optical path of the pulsed light output from the measurement object and a second state in which the attenuation unit is not arranged on the optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Koyo WATANABE, Hiroshi SATOZONO, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220178752
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a photodetection unit, and an operation unit. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including a plurality of light pulses having time differences and center wavelengths different from each other from a measurement target light pulse output from a pulsed laser light source. The correlation optical system receives the light pulse train output from the pulse forming unit and outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the light pulse train. The photodetection unit detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light output from the correlation optical system. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount of the pulsed laser light source based on a feature value of the temporal waveform of the correlation light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220107221
    Abstract: A dispersion measurement apparatus includes a pulse forming unit, a correlation optical system, a beam splitter, an operation unit, an imaging unit, a spatial filter unit, and a photodetector. The pulse forming unit forms a light pulse train including light pulses having time differences and different center wavelengths. The beam splitter branches the light pulse train passed through a measurement object. The imaging unit disperses one light pulse train and images each light pulse. The spatial filter unit extracts light of a partial region of the other light pulse train. The correlation optical system outputs correlation light including a cross-correlation or an autocorrelation of the extracted light. The photodetector detects a temporal waveform of the correlation light. The operation unit estimates a wavelength dispersion amount in the measurement object based on a feature value of the temporal waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220019094
    Abstract: Provided is a light shaping device including: an intensity modulation unit that modulates a spectrum intensity of an optical pulse that is input light, and outputs the optical pulse of which a temporal width is narrowed as output light. The intensity modulation unit modulates the spectrum intensity of the optical pulse with a mask expressed by a starting end wavelength from a central wavelength of the input light and a wavelength width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Koyo WATANABE, Naoya MATSUMOTO, Hisanari TAKAHASHI, Kyohei SHIGEMATSU, Takashi INOUE