Research Organization
Steering Committee
Revolution of Chiral Materials Science using Helical Light Fields
Principal Investigator

Takashige OmatsuChiba University
Co-Investigators

Hiromi OkamotoInstitute for Molecular Science

Masahiro EharaNational Institutes of Natural Sciences
Evaluation Committee
Reviewers

Eiji YashimaNational Tsing Hua University

Toyohiko YatagaiUtsunomiya University

Hiroshi MasuharaNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Tohru SuemotoThe University of Electro-Communications
Advisors

Kazue KuriharaTohoku University

Yoshie HaradaThe University of Osaka

Keiji SasakiHokkaido University

Yasushi InoueThe University of Osaka
International Advisors

Kishan DholakiaUniversity of Adelaide and University of St Andrews

Halina Rubinsztein-DunlopThe University of Queensland

Malcolm KadodwalaUniversity of Glasgow

Alexander GovorovOhio University
Planned Research
A01
Nonlinear chiral optical responses by helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Nobuhiko YokoshiOsaka Metropolitan University
Co-Investigators

Yoshito TanakaHokkaido University
A02
Quantum inverse design theory for the chiroptical properties based on helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Masahiro EharaNational Institutes of Natural Sciences
A03
Coherent control of excitons in chiral molecular systems throught interactions with helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Takuya NakashimaOsaka Metropolitan University
Co-Investigators

Takashi HiroseKyoto University

Mitsuhiko MorisueKyoto Institute of Technology

Tsuyoshi KawaiNara Institute of Science and Technology
B01
Chiral interaction dynamics between helical light fields and nanomaterials
Principal Investigator

Hiromi OkamotoInstitute for Molecular Science
Co-Investigators

Sadgrove MarkTokyo University of Science

AHN HyoYongNational Institutes of Natural Sciences

Junsuke YamanishiThe University of Osaka
B02
Interaction between material and helical near field
Principal Investigator

Tomoya OshikiriTohoku University
Co-Investigators

Takehiko WadaTohoku University

Hiromasa NiinomiTohoku University
B03
Nanoscale Helical Field Generations and Material Manipulations using Plasmonics
Principal Investigator

Atsushi TaguchiHokkaido University
C01
Nano/macro-scale chiral structures fabricated by illumination of helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Takashige OmatsuChiba University
Co-Investigators

Hiroko YokotaInstitute of Science Tokyo

Teruki SugiyamaNara Institute of Science and Technology

Kenichi YuyamaOsaka Metropolitan University
C02
Excitation of quantized vortex via helical light field
Principal Investigator

Yosuke MinowaKyoto University
Co-Investigators

Makoto TsubotaOsaka Metropolitan University

Takashi NishiokaKochi University
C03
Stimulation into biological tissues and self-organization dynamics using helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Chie HosokawaOsaka Metropolitan University
Co-Investigators

Kentaro DoiToyohashi University of Technology
C04
Development of 3D-tissues with helical structures by helical light field
Principal Investigator

Michiya MatsusakiThe University of Osaka
Co-Investigators

Masahiko NakamotoThe University of Osaka

Kenta HommaThe University of Osaka
Publicly Offered Research(2025-2026)
A
Development of ultraviolet absorption instrument of optical vortex using two synchrotron radiation undulators and study of protein structure
Principal Investigator

Koichi MatsuoHiroshima University
Elucidation of the Correlation between Local Asymmetry and Macroscopic Chirality in the Interaction between Superchiral Light and a Many-Particle System
Principal Investigator

Hiroaki NakamuraNational Institute for Fusion Science
Compact plasmonic nanoantenna for the radiation of single photons carrying intrinsic orbital angular momentum
Principal Investigator

Pin ChristopheOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Spin angular momentum control using space-time surface plasmon polaritons
Principal Investigator

Atsushi KuboUniversity of Tsukuba
Theory of chiral-light and light-heating driven magnetic and superconducting defects and nanoparticle rotation
Principal Investigator

Masahiro SatoChiba University
Optical excitation of semiconductor chiral electron systems by optical vortices
Principal Investigator

Kenichi OtoChiba University
B
Video recording of optical skyrmion transfer dynamics at the nanoscale
Principal Investigator

Takayuki UmakoshiThe University of Osaka
Development of chiral photo-induced force microscopy and elucidation of the helical nature of light and its interaction with molecules
Principal Investigator

Yasuhiro SugawaraThe University of Osaka
Interaction between helical light and nanomaterials and control of optical chirality field
Principal Investigator

Kohei ImuraWaseda University
Single-photon skyrmion generation using semiconductor quantum disk
Principal Investigator

Ken MoritaChiba University
Imaging of a near-field of optical vortex on chiral nanostructures by a time-resolved scanning electron microscope
Principal Investigator

Reika Kanya Tokyo Metropolitan University
Generation of superchiral fields in the deep ultraviolet region and their application to chiral sensing
Principal Investigator

Kuniaki KonishiThe University of Tokyo
Size matching to chiral materials through vortex flow miniaturization
Principal Investigator

Kenji SetouraUniversity of Hyogo
Chiral crystallization by an optical force of vortex beam enhanced on Si crystals
Principal Investigator

Yasuyuki TsuboiOsaka Metropolitan University
C
Elucidation of the geometric rule of active turbulence and vortex ordering using optical vortex
Principal Investigator

Yusuke T. MaedaKyoto University
Control of chiral structural transition in the crystalline state using chiral vortex beam
Principal Investigator

Ryusei OketaniThe University of Osaka
Generation and observation of orbital currents by light vortices
Principal Investigator

Takuya KawadaThe University of Tokyo
Theory of chiral order control via optical force and photothermal effects under helical light field
Principal Investigator

Mamoru TamuraKwansei Gakuin University
Hierarchical chiral ordering of plasmonic particles using helical light fields
Principal Investigator

Koichiro SaitoNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Synergistic interplay between molecular machines and photofunctional molecules
Principal Investigator

Ryojun ToyodaTohoku University
Development and deepening of single-chip optical chiral light sources
Principal Investigator

Kyoko KitamuraTohoku University
