Hiromichi Niikura
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B.D. Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Textile, Department of Polymer Science. (1995)
M.D. Graduate School of Kyoto Institute of Technology (1997)
Ph.D. Graduate University for Advanced Studies (2000)
(Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan)
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2000 - 2009 National Research Council of Canada (Post-doctoral Fellow, Visiting Scientist)
(Supervisor: Dr. Paul Corkum�j
2003 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad
2004-2008 JST Sakigake researcher
2008-2012 JST Sakigake researcher
2010 Associate Prof., Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
2011 Visiting Associate Prof., Kyoto University.
2015 Prof., Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
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Awards�F
2002�@�gA Scientific Breakthrough or Technical Innovation�h National Research Council
2012�@Prizes for Science and Technology
The Commendation for Science and Technology
by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
2013�@JSPS prize
Society�FAmerican Physical Society, Optical Society of America, Society for Atomic collision (Japan)
Attosecond Physics, Ultra-fast Phenomena, Ultra-fast Dynamics and Imaging Matter,
Gordon Research Conference (Multiphoton ionization), ICOMP,
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Hiromichi Niikura, Prof., Ph.D.
Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
Okubo3-4-1,Shinjyuku, Tokyo
169-8555, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5286-2982
niikura(at)waseda.jp
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Selected publications
"High-resolution attosecond imaging of an atomic electron wavefunction in momentum space",
Takashi Nakajima, Tasuku Shinoda, D. M. Villeneuve, and Hiromichi Niikura
Phys. Rev. A.106, 063513 (2022).
"Complete characterization of attosecond photoelectron wave packets"
D. M. Villeneuve, Peng Peng and H. Niikura
Phys. Rev. A. 104, 053526 (2021)
"Selection of the magnetic quantum number in resonant ionization of neon using an XUV-IR two-color laser field"
S. Patchkovskii, Marc J. J. Vrakking, D. M. Villeneuve and H. Niikura ,
J. Phys. B Atomic. Molecular and Optical Physicss 53 ,134002 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ab82e0
"Population transfer to high angular momentum states in infrared-assisted XUV photoionization of helium "
N. Mayer, P, Peng, D. Villeneuve, S. Patchkowskii, M. Ivanov, O. Kornilov, M.J.J.Vrakking, H. Niikura ,
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 53, 164003 (2020).
"High conversion efficiency of an optical parametric amplifier pumped
by 1 kHz Ti:Sapphire laser pulses for tunable high-harmonic generation"
A. Yu. Naumov, D. V. Villeneuve, H. Niikura,
Optics Express 28 4088 - 4098 (2020).
"Coherent imaging of an attosecond electron wave packet",
D.M.Villeneuve, P. Hockett, M.J.J.Vrakking and H. Niikura , Science 356, 1150 (2017)
�gContribution of multiple electron trajectories to high-harmonic generation in the few-cycle regime�h,
A. Yu. Naumov, D. M. Villeneuve and H. Niikura, Phys. Rev. A91, 063421 (2015).
�gOrder-dependent structure of high harmonic wavefronts�h
E. Frumker, G.G. Paulus, H. Niikura;
A. Naumov; D.M. Villeneuve; P.B. Corkum, Optics Express 20, 13870-13877 (2012).
�gProbing the Spatial Structure of a Molecular Attosecond Electron Wave Packet Using Shaped Recollision Trajectories�h,
H. Niikura, Hans JakobWorner, D. M. Villeneuve, and P. B. Corkum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 093004-1-5 (2011).
�gExtracting Electron-Ion Differential Scattering Cross Sections for Partially Aligned Molecules by
Laser-Induced Rescattering Photoelectron Spectroscopy",
M. Okunishi, H. Niikura, R.Luccese,
T. Morishita, and K. Ueda, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 063001 (2011).
�gMapping molecular orbital symmetry on high-order harmonic generation spectrum using two-color laser fields�h,
H. Niikura, N.Dudovich, D.M.Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum, Phys.Rev.Lett.105, 053003-1-4 (2010).
�gObservation of electronic structure minima in high-harmonic generation�h,
Hans JakobWorner, H. Niikura,
J.B. Bertrand, P.B. Corkum, and D.M. Villeneuve, Phys. Rev. Lett 102, 103901-1-4 (2009).
�gFrequency-resolved high-harmonic wavefront characterization�h,
E. Frumker, G.G. Paulus, H. Niikura;
A. Naumov; D.M. Villeneuve; P.B. Corkum, Optics Letters 34, 3026-3028 (2009).
�hAttosecond strobing of two-surface population dynamics in dissociating H2+�h
A. Staudte, D. Pavii, S. Chelkowski, D. Zeidler, M. Meckel, H. Niikura, M. Schoffler,
S. Schossler, B. Ulrich, P. P. Rajeev, Th. Weber, T. Jahnke, D. M. Villeneuve,
A. D. Bandrauk, C. L. Cocke, P. B. Corkum, and R. Dorner , Phys.Rev.Lett.98, 073003 (2007).
�gControlling vibrational wave packets with intense, few-cycle laser pulses�h
H. Niikura, D. M. Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum, Phys. Rev. A 73, 021402(R) (2006).
�hMapping attosecond electron wave packet motion�h
H. Niikura, D. M. Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 083003-1-4 (2005).
�gTomographic Imaging of Molecular Orbitals"
J. Itatani, J. Levesque, D. Zeidler, H. Niikura, H. Pepin, J. C. Kieffer, P. B. Corkum and D. M. Villeneuve,
Nature 432, 867-871 (2004).
�gStopping a vibrational wave packet with laser induced dipole forces�h
H. Niikura, D. M. Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 133002 (2004).
�gControlling vibrational wave packet motion with intense modulated laser fields�h
H. Niikura, P. B. Corkum, and D. M. Villeneuve, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 203601 (2003).
�gProbing molecular dynamics with attosecond resolution using correlated wave packet pairs�h
H. Niikura, F. Legare, R. Hasbani, M. Ivanov, D. M. Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum,
Nature 421, 826-829 (2003).
�gSub-laser-cycle electron pulses for probing molecular dynamics�h
H. Niikura, F. Legare, R. Hasbani, M. Ivanov, A. D. Bandrauk, D. M. Villeneuve and P. B. Corkum,
Nature 417, 917-922(2002).