Yasuo Tomita

Voice: +81(424)43-5164

Fax: +81(424)43-5208

Email: ytomita@ee.uec.ac.jp

Education

• 1978: B.E. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• 1980: M.E. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
• 1985: M.S. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.
• 1989: Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.

Employment

• 1980-92: Canon Inc.
• 1992-present: Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, University of Electro-Communications

Research subjects

• 1978-80: Statistical properties of speckle patterns in polychromatic and white light
• 1980-84: Magneto-optical effect in multilayered structures and its application to magneto-optic memories
• 1984-89: Modal dispersal of information and wave mixing in photorefractive crystals for information retrieval, processing and sensing
• 1989-present: Nonlinear optical phenomena in photorefractive materials and liquid crystals and their applications to information processing, Photopolymer optics, Physics and applications of ultrafast optical pulses