The seminar had the invited lectures and a basic course on photonic quantum sensing in a hybrid format at Katsura Hall on Katsura Campus of Kyoto University.
In the invited lecture, Dr. Hirotaka Terai, Executive Researcher of Kobe Frontier Research Center of the Advanced ICT Research Institute at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology gave a talk as our guest speaker and Prof. Shigeki Takeuchi served as the chair. The talk was entitled as "Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors: The Challenge for Ultimate Sensitivity and Low Noise", followed by the 2nd Photonic Quantum Sensing Basic Course lecture on “Basics of Quantum Infrared Spectroscopy" by Assistant Prof. Yu Mukai of Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University.
Furthermore, the member companies who attended the event were guided to a joint laboratory tour, allowing them to visit Takeuchi Laboratory's experimental facilities. This was followed by a discussion on "Towards Building an Ecosystem for the Photonic Quantum Sensing Social Implementation", where a live exchange of opinions among the member companies took place in a friendly atmosphere until a subsequent networking session.
In this seminar, not only did we have the special lectures, but we also had the member companies visit the laboratory, allowing them to see the birthplace of research seeds at Kyoto University. We hope to continue enhancing the momentum towards the photonic quantum sensing social implementation through such unique consortium activities.