IDEGUCHI Takuro
(Professor/Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences)
Department of Advanced Materials Science/Applied Physics/Advanced Optical Science
Career Summary
2006 B.E., The University of Tokyo
2008 M.E., The University of Tokyo
2008 Canon Inc.
2010 Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
2014 Dr. rer. nat, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2014 Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo
2016 Lecturer, The University of Tokyo
2019 Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo
2026 Team Director, RIKEN
2026 Professor, The University of Tokyo
Research Activities
Drawing on advanced optical science, I develop world-leading spectroscopy and imaging technologies based on novel principles and apply them to fundamental and applied research across physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. My work spans the entire process from developing laser sources and creating original measurement methods to elucidating phenomena that have previously been difficult to probe. In recent years, I have placed particular emphasis on applications in the life sciences, while also developing measurement techniques that incorporate approaches from quantum optics and computational science.
Literature
1. Nature Communications 16, 9712 (2025) “Bidirectional quantitative scattering microscopy”
2. PNAS 122, e2510703122 (2025) “Ludwig-Soret microscopy with the vibrational photothermal effect”
3. Ultrafast Science 4, 0076 (2024) “Broadband coherent Raman scattering spectroscopy at 50,000,000 spectra/s”
4. Nature Photonics 18, 738–743 (2024) “Mid-infrared wide-field nanoscopy”
5. Light: Science & Applications 12, 174 (2023) “Label-free mid-infrared photothermal live-cell imaging beyond video rate”
6. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 48 (2023) “Upconversion time-stretch infrared spectroscopy”
7. Light: Science & Applications, 10, 1 (2021) “Adaptive dynamic range shift (ADRIFT) quantitative phase imaging”
8. Communications Physics 3, 152 (2020) “Time-stretch infrared spectroscopy”
9. Optica 7, 359-366 (2020) “Label-free biochemical quantitative phase imaging with mid-infrared photothermal effect”
10. Nature Communications 10, 4411 (2019) “Complementary Vibrational Spectroscopy”
11. Science Advances 5, aau0241 (2019) “High-throughput label-free molecular fingerprinting flow cytometry”
12. Nature Communications 9, 4448 (2018) “Phase-controlled Fourier-transform spectroscopy”
13. Optica 3, 748-753 (2016) “Kerr-lens mode-locked bidirectional dual-comb ring laser for broadband dual-comb spectroscopy”
14. Nature Communications 6, 6310 (2015) “An octave-spanning mid-infrared frequency comb generated in a silicon nanophotonic wire waveguide”
15. Nature Communications 5, 3375 (2014) “Adaptive real-time dual-comb spectroscopy”
16. Nature 502, 355-358 (2013) “Coherent Raman spectro-imaging with laser frequency combs”
17. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 233001 (2008) “Coherent Quantum Control of Excitons at Ultracold and High Density in Cu2O with Phase Manipulated Pulses”