INTRODUCTION OF LABORATORY

Our research interests focus on the “Quantum Phases of Matter” such as high-transition-temperature superconductivity, in which anomalous physical properties appear owing to the quantum effects of interacting electrons in materials. Engineering of charge, spin, and orbital degrees of freedom of electrons in such quantum phases of matter may lead to the developments of next-generation functional materials. The current research projects include: (1) Understanding of the origin of high-temperature-transition superconductivity, (2) Physics of quantum criticality and BCS-BEC crossover and its relation to high-temperature superconductivity, (3) Quantum liquid crystals and quantum glasses, and (4) Experimental verification of new states of matter that are predicted by theories, such as quantum spin liquids in frustrated magnets and topological superconductivity with gapless edge states. We design our own low-temperature measurement apparatuses, make original programs to control them, and develop new analyses by ourselves. These experiences will enhance your experimental skills, which may be helpful for your research career.

TAKASADA SHIBAUCHI & KENICHIRO HASHIMOTO LAB. research

 

BCS-BECクロスオーバーの概念図

TAKASADA SHIBAUCHI & KENICHIRO HASHIMOTO LAB. research

 

放電子液晶状態の概念図

TAKASADA SHIBAUCHI & KENICHIRO HASHIMOTO LAB. research

 

長時間緩和法による精密比熱測定(上図)とルチル空洞共振器によるマイクロ波測定(下図)

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TEST YOUR ORIGINAL IDEA BY YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTS. REGARDLESS OF THE RESULTS, YOU CAN ENJOY SCIENCE.

The beauty of the BSC theory of superconductivity, which made significant and highly influential contributions to various other fields of physics as well, continues to fascinate many researchers. As the Nobel laure-ate P. W. Anderson phrased “More is differ-ent”, the interactions between many elec-trons in materials lead to a plethora of non-trivial phenomena. High-temperature superconductivity is one of these anomalous phases, which cannot be understood by the current standard theories of condensed matter physics. In the field of materials science, we study many aspects of condensed matter. Therefore, even for students just started research, there are several opportunities for testing their own original ideas by designing and perform-ing experiments by themselves. No matter how small your idea is, and no matter wheth-er the results are positive or negative, you will find that it is actually the best part of science. Enjoy your research life in our department.

PROFILE

Professor Takasada Shibauchi

Professor Takasada Shibauchi

1990 B.Eng., Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

1993 Research Associate, Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

1999 Ph.D. (Eng.), University of Tokyo

1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory

1999 Visiting Scientist, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

2001 J. Robert Oppenheimer Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory

2001 Associate Professor, Dept. Electronic Sci. & Eng., Kyoto University

2005 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Kyoto University

2014 Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo

Associate Professor Kenichiro Hashimoto

Associate Professor Kenichiro Hashimoto

2007 B.Sci., Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

2012 Ph.D. (Sci.), Kyoto University

2012 Assistant Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University

2019 Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo

STUDENT VOICE

Kota Ishihara

Kota Ishihara

Profs. Shibauchi and Hashimoto are world-leading researchers in the field of strongly correlated electron systems. Because they always give us proper advices based on their extensive knowledge and experience, we can progress our research step by step. They also respect our opinions and ideas about our research, so we can freely enjoy our research. Our research interests consist of various topics, such as the mechanism of high-transition-temperature superconductivity and recently proposed novel quantum states. Because all topics are very interesting and related to fundamental understandings of the condensed matter physics, I really enjoy to gradually progress my research through trials and errors.


Visiting laboratory

  • +81-4-7136-3774(shibauchi)
  • +81-4-7136-4048(hashimoto)
  • Takasada Shibauchi & Kenichiro Hashimoto Lab.,
  • Department Of Advanced Materials Science,
  • Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Kashiwanoha 5-1-5,
  • Kashiwa,Chiba 277-8561, Japan
  • ashibauchi@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • k.hashimoto@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp