2008年国际激光陶瓷会议上我最值得期盼的报告是Dr. A.Ikesue的 CurrentandFutureStatusofCeramicLaser， 前面我已经比较详细的介绍了该报告的主要内容。接下来的一个邀请报告来之神岛化学公司（Konoshima）的Dr H. Yagi，他报告的题目是Recent advances in transparent ceramic laser materials。Dr H. Yagi虽然名气没有Dr. A. Ikesue那么响亮，但他绝对是激光陶瓷界的后期之秀，深得神岛化学公司Dr. T.Yanagitani的真传，大有青出于蓝而胜于蓝之势。第一次见到Dr H. Yagi是在2007年3月13日。应我所潘裕柏研究员、王士维研究员和冯锡淇研究员的邀请，神岛化学公司材料研发中心的T.Yanagitani（柳谷）教授带着H.Yagi等人来我所作了题为Konoshima's Optical Ceramics 的学术报告，详细介绍了神岛化学公司在光学透明陶瓷方向上的研究历史和最新研究动态，并就透明陶瓷在红外窗口、闪烁体、激光增益介质等方面的应用前景进行了生动的阐述。当T.Yanagitani教授被问及透明陶瓷的具体问题时，他都会说这个问题可以让Dr.H.Yagi来回答，足见Yagi博士在激光陶瓷研究上很有造诣。Dr.H.Yagi看起来也并不是特别起眼，用英文回答问题的时候也有点结结巴巴的。当我问及一些关键技术时，Dr.H.Yagi总会以It's a secret来答复。日本公司的研究人员太精明了，回答的时候滴水不漏，远没有和Dr. Ikesue交流的时候有收益。 第二次见到Dr.H.Yagi也就是在2008年的国际激光陶瓷会议上，受我所组织方的邀请，他在LCS2008上作了特约报告。Dr.H.Yagi太年轻了，博士毕业都没几年。这个报告主要展示了神岛化学公司近几年在激光陶瓷领域的最新进展，几乎涉及到激光陶瓷的所有体系，真让人万分佩服！报告结束后，我主动找Dr H.Yagi交流，可他说的最多的还是那句It's a secret。前段时间，在新加坡南洋理工大学从事博士后工作的章健博士回所做实验，在探讨的过程中，章健博士也提到H.Yagi，他说在Yagi博士眼里，其它国家在激光陶瓷领域的水平都相差不大，这也从侧面说明日本在激光陶瓷领域仍处在领先地位。接下来让我们来欣赏一下神岛化学在激光陶瓷领域的精彩工作。 Dr. Yagi在LCS2008上的报告 Dr. H. Yagi 神岛化学公司开发的透明陶瓷－1 神岛化学公司开发的透明陶瓷－2 注：照片引自Dr. Yagi在LCS2008的报告
10th Otto Schott Research Award Japanese Researcher Receives Award for Development of Ceramic Laser Material （开辟激光陶瓷新领域） Dr. Akio Ikesue was presented with the 2008 Award for his pioneering work in the field of optically transparent polycrystalline ceramics, with which he created the field of polycrystalline ceramic lasers. For many years, his name has been inseparably linked to the fabrication of novel ceramic laser materials. In 1995, he achieved laser performances close to those of mono crystals. This sparked off intensive research and development activities that have resulted in new ceramic technologies and a broad scope of applications for the materials produced using this sophisticated procedure. The results of Dr. Ikesues research have been published in renowned technical magazines. His ideas have met with broad acceptance and are now being put to use in laboratories all over the world. The Japanese scientist is currently a regular visiting lecturer at distinguished conferences on lasers, materials and ceramics. Only recently, he was selected by the U.S. Government to become the first project head from Asia to develop ceramic materials for producing megawatt laser performances. At present, Akio Ikesue has 15 patents. He founded his own company, World Lab.Co. Ltd., in Nagoya, and is an Invited Professor at the Universit Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. The Otto Schott Research Award and the Carl Zeiss Research Award are conferred on an alternating annual basis to honor out-standing scientific performance and to motivate and promote the cooperation between science and industry. Both research awards are managed by the Stifterverband, a German research organiza-tion that offers the award on an international basis, in line with the international presence of the two groups, SCHOTT AG and CARL ZEISS AG. Among the past award winners are physicians and chemists from Germany, as well as scientists from various Euro-pean countries, the United States, Russia, Japan and China. The Japanese scientist Dr. Akio Ikesue (2nd from left), Dr. Hans-Joachim Konz (2nd from right), member of the Board of Management at SCHOTT and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Abbe Fund, also bids farewell to Professor Gerd Mueller (right) and Prof. Donald Uhlmann (left), two individuals who have served as members of the Board of Trustees for many years. 11 of the 20 previous recipients of the Otto-Schott- Research Award were present at this years 10th Otto Schott Research ceremony. Our photo presents also the award winner 2008, Dr. Akio Ikesue (3rd of right), Dr. Hans-Joachim Konz (3nd from left), member of the Board of Management at SCHOTT and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Abbe Fund, and Professor Gerd Mueller (right) and Prof. Donald Uhlmann (left), members of the Board of Trustees for many years 本文引用地址： http://www.schott.com/english/news/press.html?NID=2427
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