Education Mar. 2006 D. Sc., Department of Physics, University of Tokyo Mar. 2004 M. Sc., Department of Physics, University of Tokyo Mar. 2002 B. Sc., Department of Physics, University of Tokyo Employment Dec. 2014-present Assistant Professor, Univ. of Tokyo Apr. 2006-Nov. 2014 Researcher, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan Nov. 2012-Nov. 2013 Assistant Specialist, University of California, Irvine Awards: 2012 Best Academic Paper Award, International Symposium on Optical Memory 2011 Best Technical Paper Award, International Symposium on Optical Memory & Optical Data Storage 2011 Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Optical Memory & Optical Data Storage 2010 Best Paper Award, Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting 2007 Best Paper Award, Optical Data Storage Topical Meeting 2005 Best Student Paper Award, International Quantum Electronics Conference/ Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

nonlinear optics/optical measurement/biophotonics/quantum optics/optical memory/optical fiber communication

high-speed bioimaging

Hideharu Mikami and Koichi Watanabe Microholographic Optical Data Storage with Spatial Mode Multiplexing Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 52, 09LD02 (2013). Hideharu Mikami, Kentaro Osawa, Eriko Tatsu, and Koichi Watanabe Experimental Demonstration of Optical Phase Multi-Level Recording in Microhologram Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51, 08JD01 (2012). Hideharu Mikami, Takahiro Kurokawa, and Koichi Watanabe Compact Optical Module of Homodyne Detection Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51, 08JA01 (2012). Hideharu Mikami, Takeshi Shimano, Takahiro Kurokawa, Tatsuro Ide, Jiro Hashizume, Koichi Watanabe, and Harukazu Miyamoto Amplification of Optical Disk Readout Signals by Homodyne Detection Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 48, 03A014 (2009). Hideharu Mikami and Takayoshi Kobayashi Remote preparation of qutrit states with biphotons Phys. Rev. A 75, 022325 (2007). Hideharu Mikami, Yongmin Li, Kyosuke Fukuoka, and Takayoshi Kobayashi New High-Efficiency Source of a Three-Photon W State and its Full Characterization Using Quantum State Tomography Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 150404 (2005). Hideharu Mikami, Yongmin Li, and Takayoshi Kobayashi Generation of the four-photon W state and other multiphoton entangled states using parametric down-conversion

Phys. Rev. A 70, 052308 (2004).