• Photonics NEWS Vol.7 No.1  

NEWS

• The 68th JSAP Spring Meeting 2021 Editor`Picks  

Foreword

• Power photonics towards new science and innovation Takunori Taira

Special Issue on Power photonics towards new science and innovation

• Development and application of high brightness blue laser light source by multi-beam combining Naoki Wakabayashi, Masaya Suwa, Junki Sakamoto, Naoya Ishigaki, Minoru Yamada, Shingo Uno, Katsuhiko Tokuda, Koji Tojo
• Development of copper laser cladding with high intensity blue diode laser for virus risk reduction Masahiro Tsukamoto
• Progress on laser diode pumped 100 J class laser technologies toward industrial application Takashi Sekine, Norio Kurita, Toshiyuki Kawashima
• Advanced diagnostic technology with high-power lasers that contributes to extending the life of infrastructure -Laser Hammering System Noboru Hasegawa, Masaharu Nishikino, Hajime Okada, Shuji Kondo, Toshiyuki Kitamura, Shigeru Kogure
• Development of portable XFEL technology using laser-driven small electron accelerator Masaki Kando
• Ion acceleration by interaction between intense laser and material and its application to compact particle cancer therapy device Kiminori Kondo

FEATURE

• Fabrication of non-cubic laser ceramics with fine crystal grains Hiroaki Furuse, Naohiro Horiuchi, Koji Morita, Byung-Nam Kim
• Emerging applications with microresonator optical frequency combs Naoya Kuse

Visit to Laboratory

• Laser development group, National Institute for Fusion Science Ryo Yasuhara, Hiyori Uehara

• Editorial note Hiromitsu Kiriyama
• Supporting members