Academic Staff and Fellows

NAKANO Hitoshi: Professor Ph.D. in Laser engineering; Department/Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering　
Department of Electric, Electronic, and Communication Engineering
Graduate school/Innovative Engineering　Electronic Engineering（兼担）

We are actively conducting research related to laser and electrical energy control, for example, development of new lasers, new functional materials by laser treatment, laser peening, and development of fast high-voltage switch using power semiconductors.

Laser peening experiments for improving mechanical performance of Metals

Research Area	Laser Engineering
Teaching (Undergraduate Course)	Electrical circuit I, and II, Lasers and Electro-optics, Engineering design
Teaching (Graduate Course)	Laser engineering
Research Interests	Laser applications with high-power pulsed lasers Development of a longitudinally excited gas laser Laser peening Development of functional materials by lasers Fast high-voltage solid state switch using power semiconductor devices
Selected Publications	(1) Pliable solid medium as a plasma confinement layer for laser peening Yang Zhang, Takumi Besshi, Miho Tsuyama, Manabu Heya, Hitoshi Nakano Journal of Laser Applications, Vol.35, 012014 (2023). (2) Effects of Laser Peening Parameters on Plastic Deformation in Aqueous Glycerol Solution as Plasma Confinement Layer, Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering, Vol. 16, pp. 160-165 (2021). (3) Simulations of the effects of laser wavelength, pulse duration, and power density on plume pressure generation using a one-dimensional simulation code for laser shock processing, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 129, 235108 (2021).
Title of Thesis, Institute, Date	Study on improvement of laser irradiation uniformity in high power laser system for inertial confinement fusion, Osaka university, 25 March 1993.
Biography	1993 Assistant Professor, Kindai university 1999 Visiting scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA 2010 Full professor, Kindai university

Laser Engineering Laboratory

E-mail	hitoshi（at）ele.kindai.ac.jp Note that this e-mail address has replaced the "@" with "(at)" to prevent spam. When e-mailing, replace the "(at)" with "@".