Akira Furusawa
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Akira Furusawa (Japanese: 古澤 明, Hepburn: Furusawa Akira; born 1961) is a Japanese physicist known for his contributions to quantum teleportation. He is a professor of physics in University of Tokyo and specializes in nonlinear optics, quantum optics, and quantum information science.[1]
Education and career
Furusawa was born in 1961 in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan and attended Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School.[2][3]
He received his undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from University of Tokyo in 1984 and a master's degree from the same institution in 1986. In the same year, he began working for Nikon.[4] He obtained his PhD from University of Tokyo in 1991.[1]
He was an assistant researcher at Jeff Kimble's lab in California Institute of Technology from 1996 to 1998, where he made advancements in quantum teleportation research.[1]
In 2000, he left Nikon and became an assistant professor in University of Tokyo's Engineering Physics department.[4] In 2007, he became a full professor.[1]
In 2013, his research group perfected existing quantum teleportation techniques and reduced noise in communications.[5]
As of 2024, Furusawa is working on building an optical quantum computer. It is generally believed that several different hardware-based technology platforms are possible candidates for building a quantum computer. Though some of these technologies, particularly superconductors and semiconductors, have a head start, Furusawa believes that light has advantages that will eventually lead to an optical quantum computer winning against other approaches.[6] A significant part of Furusawa's recent work has focused on generating large-scale cluster states, which are a major substrate for photonics-based universal quantum computing.[7][8]
Awards and recognitions
He was awarded the purple ribbon of Japan's Medals of Honor in 2017 for his contributions to Quantum Computing.[9]
Publications
Furusawa published several books on quantum mechanics.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Nobel Prize Dialogue - Akira Furusawa". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- 1 2 古澤 明 AKIRA FURUSAWA. Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ↑ 東京大学見学会（1,2年次）. Saitama Prefectural Urawa High School (in Japanese). 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- 1 2 量子情報科学を駆ける”トップアスリート” 光の状態を自在に操り、量子コンピューターの基礎に貢献します。 (in Japanese), 2007, pp. 14–15, doi:10.1241/jstnews.4.9_14
- ↑ 完全な量子テレポーテーションに成功. EE Times Japan (in Japanese). 2013-08-30. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ↑ "Quantum computers move into the light". Nature. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
- ↑ "General-Purpose Optical Quantum Computer Comes to Japan - IEEE Spectrum". spectrum.ieee.org. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ "Prototype Large-Scale Quantum Processor Made Entirely of Light". SciTechDaily. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ 紫綬褒章に伊集院静さんら 秋の褒章772人・20団体. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2025-09-30.