Past News (2019/12/2~2023/3/14)
- 2023/3/14
- Program Manager Katori visited the Quantum Technology Hub in the UK, where the ICON project is underway, and received a great welcome.
･Professor Katori’s visit to the Quantum Technology Hub marks new milestone in quantum clocks project
･Professor Katori’s visit to the Quantum Technology Hub marks new milestone in ICON project - 2023/3/1
- SPIE's online article on "Quantum Clock" introduces Program Manager Katori's achievements and research.
･Quantum clocks: Ticking away toward a new era of precision measurement - 2022/12/13
- A project workshop was held at RIKEN.
- 2022/12/8
- AIST and Yokohama National University have issued a press release on their search for dark matter using two high-precision atomic clocks, an ytterbium optical lattice clock and a cesium microwave atomic clock. The paper was also published in the Physical Review Letters.
･Press Release(Japanese):
Search for Dark Matter with Optical Lattice Clock and Cesium Microwave Atomic Clock
- Simultaneous and High-utilization Operation of "Redefinition Candidate" and "Current Definition Leader" of Seconds Contributing to International Atomic Time is the Key -
･Paper:
T. Kobayashi, A. Takamizawa, D. Akamatsu, A. Kawasaki, A. Nishiyama, K. Hosaka, Y. Hisai, M. Wada, H. Inaba, T. Tanabe, and M. Yasuda,
Search for Ultralight Dark Matter from Long-Term Frequency Comparisons of Optical and Microwave Atomic Clocks,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 241301 – Published 7 December 2022. - 2022/9/30
<Award> -
Professor Katori of the program manager, received the
･Press release from the Honda Foundation
"Honda Prize 2022", an international academic award.
Professor Katori of the program manager was highly awarded for his Invention of the “optical lattice clock” which is 1,000 times more accurate than conventional atomic clocks and deviates only one second in 30 billion years.
･About the Honda Prize
･Press release from the University of Tokyo
- 2022/8/29
- A site visit of the project was held as a hybrid of online and on-site, hosted by NTT Basic Research Laboratories.
- 2022/8/22
- The papers by Omae, Sakama, and Katori received the Excellent Paper Award from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Electronics, Information, and Systems Division.
･Award: 2022 Electronic, Information and Systems Category Magazine Excellent Paper Award
･Authors: Nobuaki Omae (RIKEN), Toshiaki Sakuma (University of Tokyo), Hidetoshi Katori (University of Tokyo, RIKEN)
･Title: Full fiber transmission of high-precision frequency transmission of optical lattice clocks (Vol.139, No2, p.126-130, 2019)
- 2022/6/9
- There was a press release from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) that they succeeded in generating standard time for the first time in the world by referring to an optical lattice clock that operates intermittently.
･The world's first use of an optical lattice clock to maintain national standard time
~ Synchronization with Coordinated Universal Time is possible only with the clock owned by NICT ~ - 2022/5/12
- There was a press release from Astamuse Co., Ltd. to participate in our project.
･Decided to participate in the research project "Space-time information platform with a cloud of optical lattice clocks" in the JST-Mirai Program - 2022/4/21
- At the TOKYO SKYTREE Tembo Deck, a video exhibition of experiments using optical lattice clocks has begun.
･Press Release of the TOKYO SKYTREE
･Technology exhibition at the TOKYO SKYTREE Tembo Deck (RIKEN Channel)
- 2022/4/1
- A new group "Social Implementation research group" was established in the project, and astamuse company,Ltd. participated as a new member.
･MEMBERS - 2022/2/15
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The judgement result of the 1st Stage Gate have been released. The result of judgement is
[Result] Passing through the 1st Stage Gate
[Overview] Score S: Satisfies the evaluation criteria, and particularly excellent points are recognized.
We ware able to pass with the highest result of judgement.
･Large Scale Type project mid-term evaluation (Japanese) - 2021/12/23
- The latest issue of Nature Photonics posted an interview with Professor Katori, a program manager who won the Breakthrough Prize.
･Ever-evolving optical lattice clocks
･Nature Photonics, Volume 16 Issue 1, January 2022
- 2021/12/21
- The Optical Lattice Clock (NICT-Sr1, NMIJ-Yb1) of the RS Group(NICT, AIST) was introduced in NEWS of the Bureau of Weights and Measures(BIPM). The significant contribution of the RS Group has been recognized.
"Record number of frequency standards contribute to International Atomic Time"
- 2021/11/15
- The project 1st Stage Gate judgement meeting was held. The results of 1st Stage Gate activities and 2nd Stage Gate plans for future continuation were evaluated, and whether or not the project could be continued after April 2022 was deliberated. The results will be announced in February 2022.
- 2021/11/2
- A workshop of the project was held on Nobember 2.
- 2021/9/9
<Award> -
Professor Katori of the program manager, received the
･Press release from the Breakthrough Prize
"Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics",
an international academic award.
The invention and development of the optical lattice clocks that enables precision tests of the fundamental laws of nature have been greatly recognized.
･prizewinner(Breakthrough Prize)
･Press release from RIKEN
･Press release from the University of Tokyo
･Press release from the University of Tokyo(Engineering)
･Press release from the University of Tokyo(Applied Physics)
- 2021/8/10
- Adopted on the cover of Adovanced Quantum Technologies.
ADOVANCED QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES Volume4, Issue8, 2021 .
- 2021/6/24
- The achievement page have been updated.
- 2021/6/4
- The site visit of our project was held on June 4 at a video conference with Shimadzu Corporation as the host site.
- 2021/2/20
- An interview with Katori Program Manager is published in the March 2021 issue of Nikkei Electronics (P54).
Nikkei Electronics March 2021(Japanese)
- 2021/1/27
<Award> -
Dr. Takamoto, assistant program manager,
･Press release from Research Foundation
Received the "3rd (2020) Teruo Hiruma Optical Science Award".
for Opto-Science and Technology(Japanese)
･Press release from RIKEN(Japanese)
- 2021/12/21
- The Optical Lattice Clock (NICT-Sr1, NMIJ-Yb1) of the RS Group(NICT, AIST) was introduced in NEWS of the Bureau of Weights and Measures(BIPM). The significant contribution of the RS Group has been recognized.
"Record number of frequency standards contribute to International Atomic Time"
- 2020/11/2
- A workshop of the project was held on Nobember 2.
- 2021/9/9
<Award> -
Professor Katori of the program manager, received the
･Press release from the Breakthrough Prize
"Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics",
an international academic award.
The invention and development of the optical lattice clocks that enables precision tests of the fundamental laws of nature have been greatly recognized.
･prizewinner(Breakthrough Prize)
･Press release from RIKEN
･Press release from the University of Tokyo
･Press release from the University of Tokyo(Engineering)
･Press release from the University of Tokyo(Applied Physics)
- 2021/8/10
- Adopted on the cover of Adovanced Quantum Technologies.
ADOVANCED QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES Volume4, Issue8, 2021 .
- 2021/6/24
- The achievement page have been updated.
- 2021/6/4
- The site visit of our project was held on June 4 at a video conference with Shimadzu Corporation as the host site.
- 2020/2/20
- An interview with Katori Program Manager is published in the March 2021 issue of Nikkei Electronics (P54).
Nikkei Electronics March 2021(Japanese)
- 2021/1/27
<Award> -
Dr. Takamoto, assistant program manager,
･Press release from Research Foundation
Received the "3rd (2020) Teruo Hiruma Optical Science Award".
for Opto-Science and Technology(Japanese)
･Press release from RIKEN(Japanese)
- 2021/1/1
- Happy new year.
- 2020/12/11
<Award> -
Professor Katori of the program manager, received the
･Press release from the Micius Quantum Foundation
"Micius Quantum Prize 2020"
from the Micius Quantum Foundation.
･Website of the Micius Quantum Foundation
- 2020/12/3
- An international workshop on optical lattice clocks was held on December 3, 2020.
- 2020/12/3
- A workshop of the project was held on December 3.
- 2020/11/3
- The press release was issued by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, which participated in the project.
"Achieved the world's first high operating rate operation of an optical lattice clock for half a year"
- Developed the world's most stable frequency standard optical lattice clock -
- 2020/12/2
- A video of a verification experiment of gravitational redshift conducted at Tokyo Skytree using a portable optical lattice clock created by RIKEN has been released on YouTube.
"Scientists use Tokyo Skytree to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity" - 2020/9/17
<Award> -
Professor Katori of the program manager, received the
･The University of Tokyo Press Release Site (Japanese)
"90th Anniversary Special Award"
from the Hattori Foundation.
･The Hattori Foundation website (Japanese)
- 2020/8/21
- The site visit of our project was held on August 21 at a video conference with NTT Basic Research Laboratories as the host site and the University of Tokyo as a subsite.
- 2020/7/9
- An English article was published in UTokyo FOCUS at the University of Tokyo.
"Einstein put to the test in Tokyo"
- 2020/6/26
- A paper on the Tokyo Skytree experiment was featured in Nature Photonics news & views.
"Earth-based clocks test general relativity"
- 2020/6/20
- An interview with Professor Katori appeared on the BBC Radio 4 program.
"The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman"
- 2020/6/4
- An article about the Tokyo Skytree experiment was published in the June issue of "PHYSICS TODAY".
- 2020/5/26
- An article about the Tokyo Skytree experiment was published in the Japanese magazine "Newton July issue".
- 2020/4/14
- An article about the Sky Tree Experiment was published in the web magazine "It Ain's Magic" by The RIKEN Global Communications Team.
"Ultraprecise clocks and the Tokyo Skytree verify Einstein’s theory of relativity"
- 2020/4/10
<Press> - SIGMA Corporation has made a press release of participation in this project as an "industry-academia-government collaboration effort"(Japanese).
- 2020/4/6
<Press> - Press release was jointly conducted by the University of Tokyo, RIKEN, GSI, Shimadzu Corporation, Tobu Tower Skytree Corporation and JST.
"The world's first successful development of a portable optical lattice clock with 18-digit accuracy"
The world's first successful development of two portable optical lattice clocks with 18-digit accuracy. Using these two optical lattice clocks, we performed high-precision observations of gravitational redshift above and below the The Tokyo Skytree, and successfully verified general relativity on the ground.
～ Verification of general relativity at Tokyo Skytree ～
Paper:
Masao Takamoto, Ichiro Ushijima, Noriaki Ohmae, Toshihiro Yahagi, Kensuke Kokado, Hisaaki Shinkai & Hidetoshi Katori,
Test of General Relativity by a Pair of Transportable Optical Lattice Clocks,
Nature Photonics (2020),
DOI Number: 10.1038/s41566-020-0619-8.
- 2020/3/25
- The web site of JST-Mirai Program (large-scale Type) Space-time information platform with a cloud of optical lattice clocks was started.
- 2020/3/18
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Press release was jointly conducted by NTT, the University of Tokyo, NTT East, RIKEN and JST.
Experimental demonstration of ultra-high precision optical frequency transfer via 240-km-long telecommunications fiber
It showed that the optical frequency of the optical lattice clock with world's highest performance can be transmitted over 200 km over optical fiber while maintaining its performance.
Paper:
Tomoya Akatsuka, Takashi Goh, Hiromitsu Imai, Katsuya Oguri, Atsushi Ishizawa, Ichiro Ushijima, Noriaki Ohmae, Masao Takamoto, Hidetoshi Katori, Toshikazu Hashimoto, Hideki Gotoh, and Tetsuomi Sogawa,
“Optical frequency distribution using laser repeater stations with planar lightwave circuits,”
Optics Express, Volume 28, Issue 7, pp. 9186-9197 (2020).
- 2020/1/21
- A workshop of the project was held on January 21.
- 2019/12/2
- Our site visit by Supervisor was completed on December 2.
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