Welcome
Welcome to Takashima “Advanced Lidar and Display” Lab.
(2026) 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.
(2026) We work together as a highly motivated, agile, and rapid-paced research group, attendance to the research focus, sponsor, and group meeting is mandatory, and in person attendance is a baseline. The policy is to encourage research team to exchange ideas and share challenges and solutions to rapidly advance science and engineering together. 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: Novel Optical System by Beam and Image Steering
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
DMD-PLM-MPPC Lidar Systems
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Lidar Systems
AR display:
Giga-pixel display, Near-to-eye display, Multi-perspective 3D display, Pupil steering
Holographic Displays
Wide-FOV Holographic Projection
AR NED FOV Expander via Wavelength Multiplexing by Tianyao
OASIS and SALTUS space inflatable optics:
THz Inflatable space optics
Adaptive optics with Texas Instruments Phase Light Modulator for space inflatable optics
TI-PLM (Texas Instruments- Phase Light Modulator) for free-space optical communications:
Ultra-low Swap and Chip-scale TXVR for Free Space Optical Communication Systems
Pointing, Tracking and Acquisition for Free Space Optical Communication Systems
Turbulence Mitigation for Free Space Optical Communication Systems
Adaptive optics with Texas Instruments Phase Light Modulator
Emerging Optical Systems:
MHz Burst Rate High-speed Camera
Analog control of Digital Micromirror Devices for Optical Cross-connect Switch in Data center
Optical Engineering in General:
Volume Holography, Optical design, Interferometry, Digital Micromirror Device, Phase Light Modulators, Computer Generated Holograms
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 in engineering community, and learn communication skills: effective writing of technical documents and impactful presentations.
Student Paper Awards
In the past, our research on the MEMS SLM based optical system was awarded four best student papers at SPIE Photonics West, in 2026, 2025, 2022, and 2020. Also, Micromachines Best Paper Award presented in 2024 for MEMS-DMD Hybrid Lidar published in 2022.
Education and Outreach Activities
OPTI380 Class Project
LiDAR Scanning System by Logan Pawlowski and Elijah Quiles
Ray Aberration Generator
OPTI340 Winning Optical Design Class Projects
2025: https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/optical-photonic/2025-robert-s-hilbert-memorial-optical-design-competition-results.html
2023: https://www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions/learn/competition/competition-winners2023.html
2021: https://www.synopsys.com/optical-solutions/learn/competition/competition-past-winners2021.html