Mr. Makoto Kurihara Profile

Makoto Kurihara

at Citizen Watch Co Ltd

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Publications (14)

Proceedings Article | 17 February 2020 Paper

In vivo visualization of blood vessels in mouse ear by photoacoustic microscopy with transmissive liquid-crystal adaptive optics

Yusuke Notsuka, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Eiji Takahashi, Yoshihisa Yamaoka

Proceedings Volume 11240, 1124039 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545777

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Liquid crystals, In vivo imaging, Visualization, Ear, Objectives, Blood vessels, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 17 May 2018 Paper

Photoacoustic microscopy with transmissive adaptive optics using liquid crystal

Yusuke Notsuka, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Yoshinori Harada, Eiji Takahashi, Yoshihisa Yamaoka

Proceedings Volume 10685, 106853N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2306740

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Liquid crystals, Tissues, Photoacoustic microscopy, Wavefront aberrations, Visualization, Optical components, Tissue optics, Blood vessels

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2016 Presentation + Paper

Physical and encoded Q-plates for the generation of switchable vector beams

Ignacio Moreno, María del Mar Sánchez-López, Jeffrey Davis, Katherine Badham, Sam Delaney, Don Cottrell, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Ayano Tanabe, Makoto Kurihara

Proceedings Volume 9950, 99500L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237383

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Spatial light modulators, Polarization, Liquid crystals, Reflectivity, Modulation, Wave plates, LCDs, Beam analyzers, Mirrors

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SPIE Journal Paper | 13 September 2016 Open Access

Transmissive liquid-crystal device for correcting primary coma aberration and astigmatism in biospecimen in two-photon excitation laser scanning microscopy

Ayano Tanabe, Terumasa Hibi, Sari Ipponjima, Kenji Matsumoto, Masafumi Yokoyama, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Tomomi Nemoto

JBO, Vol. 21, Issue 12, 121503, (September 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.21.12.121503

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Luminescence, Liquid crystals, Image quality, Spatial resolution, Brain, Point spread functions, Laser scanners, Electrodes, Microscopy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 23 March 2016

Generation of vector beams at 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength using a segmented q-plate

Katherine Badham, Sam Delaney, Nobuyuki Hashimotono, María del Mar Sánchez-López, Makoto Kurihara, Ayano Tanabe, Ignacio Moreno, Jeffrey Davis

OE, Vol. 55, Issue 03, 030502, (March 2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.55.3.030502

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Telecommunications, Prototyping, Liquid crystals, Optical communications, Wave plates, Linear polarizers, Multiplexing, Optical components, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2016 Paper

Propagation properties of quantized Laguerre-Gaussian beams in atmospheric turbulence

Aya Saito, Ayano Tanabe, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Kayo Ogawa

Proceedings Volume 9739, 973914 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212517

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Atmospheric turbulence, Free space optics, Beam propagation method, LCDs, Liquid crystals, Optical components, Modulation, Gaussian beams, Zone plates, Scintillation, Optical simulations, Receivers, Wave propagation, Wireless communications, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2016 Paper

Transmissive liquid-crystal device correcting primary coma aberration and astigmatism in laser scanning microscopy

Ayano Tanabe, Terumasa Hibi, Sari Ipponjima, Kenji Matsumoto, Masafumi Yokoyama, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Tomomi Nemoto

Proceedings Volume 9717, 97171N (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209459

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Liquid crystals, Laser scanners, Image quality, Microscopy, Luminescence, Microscopes, Objectives, Capillaries, Spatial resolution

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SPIE Journal Paper | 5 August 2015 Open Access

Correcting spherical aberrations in a biospecimen using a transmissive liquid crystal device in two-photon excitation laser scanning microscopy

Ayano Tanabe, Terumasa Hibi, Sari Ipponjima, Kenji Matsumoto, Masafumi Yokoyama, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Tomomi Nemoto

JBO, Vol. 20, Issue 10, 101204, (August 2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JBO.20.10.101204

KEYWORDS: Monochromatic aberrations, Objectives, Luminescence, Spatial resolution, Laser scanners, Refractive index, LCDs, Microscopy, Microscopes, Brain

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Proceedings Article | 10 March 2015 Paper

Transmissive liquid crystal device correcting the spherical aberrations in laser scanning microscopy

Ayano Tanabe, Terumasa Hibi, Kenji Matsumoto, Masafumi Yokoyama, Makoto Kurihara, Sari Ipponjima, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Tomomi Nemoto

Proceedings Volume 9335, 933502 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2076342

KEYWORDS: Objectives, Monochromatic aberrations, Laser scanners, Glasses, Liquid crystals, Refractive index, Microscopy, Spatial resolution, Microscopes, Electrodes

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2012 Paper

Observation of PDLCs by SHG laser scanning microscopy using a liquid crystal vector beam generator

Ayano Tanabe, Makoto Kurihara, Yuka Saito, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Yuichi Kozawa, Shunichi Sato, Terumasa Hibi, Tomomi Nemoto

Proceedings Volume 8279, 82790L (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.907076

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Molecules, Polymers, Second-harmonic generation, Polarization, Microscopy, Refractive index, Laser scanners, Wave plates, Scanning electron microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 22 September 2011 Paper

Development of a strain visualization system for microstructures using single fluorescent molecule tracking on a three-dimensional orientation microscope

Shintaro Yoshida, Keisuke Yoshiki, Takahiro Namazu, Nozomu Araki, Mamoru Hashimoto, Makoto Kurihara, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Shozo Inoue

Proceedings Volume 8134, 81340E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894329

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Molecules, Microscopes, Microelectromechanical systems, Visualization, 3D microstructuring, Mirrors, Ultrasonics, Luminescence, Dysprosium

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Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper

Polarization-interferometric eight-octant phase-mask coronagraph using ferroelectric liquid crystal for exoplanet detection

Naoshi Murakami, Takeshi Inabe, Toshihiko Komatsu, Jun Nishikawa, Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Makoto Kurihara, Naoshi Baba, Motohide Tamura

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77314E (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856395

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Manufacturing, Polarizers, Stars, Ferroelectric LCDs, Polarization, Optics manufacturing, Exoplanets, Photomasks, Exoplanetary science

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Proceedings Article | 3 February 2009 Paper

Liquid crystal quantized GRIN lens and its application to AF systems

Nobuyuki Hashimoto, Makoto Kurihara

Proceedings Volume 7232, 72320N (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808123

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, GRIN lenses, LCDs, Phase modulation, Glasses, Electrodes, Refractive index, Molecules, Atrial fibrillation, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 19 October 2006 Paper

Liquid crystal optics for laser beam modulation

M. Kurihara, N. Hashimoto

Proceedings Volume 6374, 63740D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.689108

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Prisms, GRIN lenses, Temperature metrology, Active optics, Modulation, LCDs, Diffraction, Molecules, Electrodes

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