Welcome
Welcome to Takashima “Advanced Lidar and Display” Lab.
(2025) For PhD/MS/BS students who are interested in state-of-the-art research in optical engineering and photonics, hands-on lab work, and teamwork experience, please contact Prof. Takashima (AKA “Sensei”) to arrange for participating in weekly group meetings in person.
(2025) We work together as a highly motivated, agile, and rapid-paced research group, attendance to the research focus, sponsor, and group meeting is mandatory. Please make sure your class schedule can accommodate the time for the meetings.
P. I. Webpage
https://www.optics.arizona.edu/person/yuzuru-takashima
Takashima Lab. YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@ytlab7003
MAJOR RESEARCH FIELDS
Lidar:
Laser beam steering device, MEMS-LiDAR, Automotive LiDAR, Single-chip LiDAR, MEMS-SLM
Wide FOV LiDAR Intro by Xianyue and Chin-i
Dynamic Multi-beam Tracking Lidar
AR display:
Giga-pixel display, Near-to-eye display, Multi-perspective 3D display, Pupil steering
AR NED FOV Expander via Wavelength Multiplexing by Tianyao
OASIS and SALTUS space optics:
THz Inflatable space optics
TI-PLM (Texas Instruments- Phase Light Modulator) for free-space optical communications:
New!
Optical Engineering in General:
Volume Holography, Lens and optical design, Interferometry, Digital Micromirror Device, Phase Light Modulators, Computer Generated holograms
Research and Education Outreach Activities
OPTI380 Class Project
LiDAR Scanning System by Logan Pawlowski and Elijah Quiles
Ray Aberration Generator
Lab Culture
State-of-the-art research topics and methodology:
MEMS and Solid-state Lidar, Advanced Displays for AR/VR/MR, Large THz Space Optics, Unconventional Optical Lens Design, Grating Photonics, Volume Holograms, Embedded Electronics, MEMS, Digital Micromirror Devices, Phase Light Modulators, Ultra High-speed MEMS SLM, Holographic Display. Free-space Optical Communication Terminals.
Team collaborations, growing up while helping with each other:
Teamwork, hands-on and agile research process, open and frequent interactions with peer students, engineers in industry, professors, and researchers over the world.
Increasing visibility in engineering community:
Through publications, presenting at conferences, collaborating with peers and industrial segments, you will increase your visibility and learn communication skills: effective writing of technical documents and impactful presentation.
In the past, we were awarded three best student papers at SPIE Photonics West, in 2025, 2022, and 2020. Also, Micromachines Best Paper Award presented in 2024 for MEMS-DMD Hybrid Lidar published in 2022.