Nikon Research Report
As a result of our research and development based on Nikon's core technologies of "opto-electronics" and "precision", technologies incorporated in new products and those evaluated by organizations such as academic societies are mainly introduced.
Latest Edition
Vol.6 2024
This report shares the development of products related to metal 3D printers, digital microscopy technology for pathological diagnosis, and a super-telephoto prime lens, as well as the development of elemental technologies such as light sources and materials for space optical communications.
ISSN:2435-1288
Contents
Technical Reports
- Development of PBF Additive Manufacturing Machine NXG 600E —— Sebastian FEIST, Daniel BRÜCK and Christoph WANGENHEIM（
PDF:3.87MB） - Development of the ‘NIKKOR Z 400mm f/2.8 TC VR S’ ‘NIKKOR Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S’ —— Yuji IHARA, Masashi YAMASHITA and Yusuke SAKAMOTO（PDF:1.57MB）
- Introduction of HCA Application Technology and Examples Installed on Digital Inverted Microscopes —— Kohma HAYASHI, Kohei KADOI, Michitaro SHIBATA, Hiromi OI and Tetsuro HOSHINO（PDF:1.14MB）
- Position Alignment Function Development of Multiple Immunostained Specimens using a Digital Imaging Microscope —— Masaki MORIYAMA, Shinya SATO, Hirotada WATANABE, Ryohei YAMAURA, Kentaro MORIYA, Shinichi FURUTA, Satoshi KANDA, Daisuke HIRAO and Chieko NAKADA（PDF:3.58MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Verification of Lift Improvement by Applying Riblets to Airfoil for Wind Turbines —— Naho YANASE, Takaya HIGASHINO, Takahiro KURASHIMA, Shintaro TSUCHIHASHI, Noritsugu KUBO and Motofumi TANAKA（PDF:708KB）
- Development of a Continuous Wave Single Transverse Mode Polarization-Maintaining 10 W Er/Yb-Codoped Fiber Amplifier for Space Communications —— Hiroki KOBAYASHI, Ryoko KANO, Takashi SEO, Yasushi SUZUKI, Eiichi MIZUTA, Yosuke HASHIMOTO, Tomohiro ARAKI and Yasutoshi TAKADA（PDF:1.12MB）
- Fabrication of a Porous SiO2 Thin Film with an Ultralow Refractive Index for High Performance Anti-reflective Coatings “Meso Amorphous Coat” —— Ryoko SUZUKI（PDF:3.13MB）
- Impact of the O/P Ratio on the Optical Properties and Structures of Fluoride–Phosphate Glass —— Kohei YOSHIMOTO, Motoi UEDA, Yuya YAMAMOTO and Masafumi MIZUGUCHI（PDF:1.56MB）
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Vol.5 2023
With this report, we hope to give you a glimpse of the technology development taking place in Nikon. This includes product development for ongoing businesses, key foundational technologies for the future, environmentally-conscious materials processing technologies, and more.
Contents
Technical Reports
- Development of Riblet Technology for Aircraft to Improve Fuel Efficiency and Reduce CO2Emissions —— Akito ONO and Takafumi KAKEDAPDF:948KB）
- Development of Roll-to-Roll Maskless Exposure System for Large-Scale Pattern Deformation —— Masakazu HORI, Kazuo NAITO, Takayuki NAKANO, Yoshiyuki IGURA, Seiji HASHIBA and Yoshiaki KITO（PDF:1.82MB）
- Confocal Super-Resolution Imaging using SPPC Array Detector —— Junya OHKAWA, Daisuke KOMORIYA and Yuta KUSUI（PDF:2.56MB）
- Development of Industrial Camera "LuFact" Series —— Yoshifumi SASAI, Jun OKOCHI, Masahiro NAKANO, Genshi YOSHIOKA, Kensuke KANAMARU, Yoshiya MOTO and Shunsuke KONDO（PDF:1.12MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Riblet Patterning by Laser Ablation on the Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC) for Gas Turbines and Evaluation of Its Resistance to Cyclic Heating —— Kenji WATAHIKI, Kenichi ASHIDA, Shintaro TSUCHIHASHI and Hirokazu TSUCHIHASHI（PDF:1.58MB）
- Influence on Wide-Angle Doublet Metalenses Due to Different Types of All-Dielectric Metasurfaces —— Hidemitsu TOBA, Hidetsugu TAKAGI, Michio OHASHI, Katsura OTAKI and Yuichi TAKIGAWA（PDF:1.72MB）
- Estimating Attention Area of Spectator using Self-calibration in Sports Fields —— Kazuhiro ABE, Yuuya TAKAYAMA, Yosuke OTSUBO and Tetsuya KOIKE（PDF:1.29MB）
- Model Construction Based on Real-Time System Identification Method (Proposal of a Model Construction Method for Anomaly Detection of Control Systems) —— Fumihiko HAKODA（PDF:1.39MB）
- Development of Optical Glass Melting Technology using a Process Task Visualization Chart —— Kota SATO and Shinichi KAZASHI（PDF:1.46MB）
Vol.4 2022
This report shares some of Nikon’s technological developments such as material processing technologies that bring innovation to the world of Monodzukuri (manufacturing) in “Industry” and AI imaging technologies that advance medical treatment for “Quality of Life.”
Contents
Technical Reports
- Development of Flagship Full-Size Mirrorless Camera with Interchangeable Lenses: Nikon Z 9 —— Koji OZAKI and Yoshihisa SAITO（PDF:580KB）
- Development of the Lasermeister1000SE/1000S Optical Processing Machine —— Shigeki EGAMI （PDF:1.02MB）
- Nikon's X-Ray CT Technology that Contributes to the LiB Inspection Market —— Naoshi SAKAGUCHI, David BATE, Jan DE GEETER, Jos JANS and Ben MORGAN（PDF:1.26MB）
- Development of the CFI Plan Apochromat Lambda D Series Objectives for Biological Microscopes —— Hidetsugu TAKAGI（PDF:1.55MB）
- Detailed Analysis of Mitochondria using AI Image Processing Technology —— Kohei KADOI and Shunsuke TAKEI（PDF:1.75MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Laser Processed Riblets on Turbine Exit Guide Vanes of Gas Turbine Test Rig and the Impact on the Performance —— Masayuki SHIRAISHI, Shintaro TSUCHIHASHI, Peter A. LEITL, Andreas FLANSCHGER, Stefan SCHRECK, Richard BENAUER, Simon PRAMSTRAHLER and Andreas MARN（PDF:1.80MB）
- Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Laser Processed Riblets on Ultra-small Jet Engines and the Impact on the Performance —— Shinya INASAKI, Peter A. LEITL, Andreas FLANSCHGER, Stefan SCHRECK and Richard BENAUER（PDF:2.06MB）
- Riblet Formation by Laser Ablation on Gas Turbine Compressor Materials and Evaluation Results of Mechanical Properties —— Kenji WATAHIKI, Kenichi ASHIDA, Shintaro TSUCHIHASHI and Hirokazu TSUCHIHASHI（PDF:1.08MB）
- Design of Curved Raycasting-based Interactive Surfaces in Virtual Environments and Its Application to an Immersive Photo Browser —— Tomomi TAKASHINA, Mitsuru ITO, Hitoshi NAGAURA and Eisuke WAKABAYASHI（PDF:703KB）
- A 1-inch 17 Mpixel 1000 fps Block-Controlled Coded-Exposure Back-Illuminated Stacked CMOS Image Sensor for Computational Imaging and Adaptive Dynamic Range Control —— Tomoki HIRATA, Hironobu MURATA, Taku ARII, Hideaki MATSUDA, Hajime YONEMOCHI, Yojiro TEZUKA and Shiro TSUNAI（PDF:1.75MB）
- High-throughput Terahertz Spectral Line Imaging using an Echelon Mirror —— Gaku ASAI, Daiki HATA, Shintaro HARADA, Tatsuki KASAI, Yusuke ARASHIDA and Ikufumi KATAYAMA（PDF:657KB）
- Fabrication of High-Performance ITO Flexible Thin Films Utilizing Mist Deposition and ITO Nanoparticles with High Water Dispersibility —— Ryoko SUZUKI, Yasutaka NISHI, Masaki MATSUBARA, Atsushi MURAMATSU and Kiyoshi KANIE（PDF:827KB）
- Establishment of a Prototype-less Development Process by Functionality Evaluation and Sensitivity Setting using Numerical Simulation for Combustion to Melt —— Yohei KONISHI, Naoki TAKEMURA, Fumiyasu NAKANO and Takuichi SAITO（PDF:918KB）
Vol.3 2021
This report shares some of our successful achievements, such as the data analysis technology that innovates business processes and technology that realizes highly functional robots that can contribute towards advanced manufacturing.
Contents
Technical Reports
- Introduction of AI Technology in Imaging Software for Microscopes and Life Science Applications —— Kohei KADOI, Takeshi HATAGUCHI and Shunsuke TAKEI（PDF:1.34MB）
- Development of the APDIS MV4x0 Laser Radar Large-Volume, Non-Contact Measuring System —— Anthony SLOTWINSKI, Shigeru MORIMOTO, Ghassan CHAMSINE, Pawan SHIRUR, Eric BRANDT and Masanori ARAI（PDF:5.45MB）
- Development of the C3 eMotion, Intelligent Actuator Unit —— Akihiro WATANABE, Yoshiji TAKAHASHI, Kazuki YUMOTO and Tetsuya HIKICHI（PDF:1.72MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Dynamic Range Expansion of Fourier-Transform Method by Spectrum-Narrowing —— Shigeru NAKAYAMA, Hidemitsu TOBA, Naoki FUJIWARA, Takashi GEMMA and Mitsuo TAKEDA（PDF:1.45MB）
- Structural, Vibrational, and Electronic Analysis of LaGaO3Glass Prepared through Containerless Processing —— Kohei YOSHIMOTO, Atsunobu MASUNO, Itaru SATO, Yoshinobu EZURA, Hiroyuki INOUE, Motoi UEDA, Masafumi MIZUGUCHI and Yuya YAMAMOTO（PDF:2.06MB）
- Bayesian Optimization of Glass Compositions with Upper Confidence Bound and Selected Descriptors —— Kensaku NAKAMURA, Naoya OTANI and Tetsuya KOIKE（PDF:1.68MB）
- Water-Dispersible ITO Nanoparticles Prepared by Surface Shape Control —— Ryoko SUZUKI, Yasutaka NISHI, Masaki MATSUBARA, Atsushi MURAMATSU and Kiyoshi KANIE（PDF:5.25MB）
- An Application of Binary Classification using Ambiguous Training Data —— Naoya OTANI, Yosuke OTSUBO, Tetsuya KOIKE and Masashi SUGIYAMA（PDF:0.99MB）
- Defect Factor Detection in Production Processes and Emulator Estimation —— Yosuke OTSUBO, Naoya OTANI, Megumi CHIKASUE and Masashi SUGIYAMA（PDF:1.83MB）
Vol.2 2020
This year we will publish the second issue of The Nikon Research Report, which was first published in ₂₀₁₉. It reports on Nikon＇s achievements in which its accumulated technologies have expanded into areas of long-term growth for improving enterprise value. I am pleased to share some of the progresses Nikon has made through this report.
Contents
Technical Reports
- Development of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct Large aperture lens for the Nikon Z mount —— Keisuke TSUBONOYA and Makoto FUJIWARA（PDF:1.14MB）
- Development of the Lasermeister 100A/101A optical processing machine —— Kazuki UENO（PDF:4.79MB）
- Nikon's High-definition Photomask Blanks for Flat Panel Displays —— Takashi YAGAMI, Takashi OZAWA, Yohei TAKARADA, Kento HAYASHI, Shigehiko MIYAGI and Yusuke TAKI（PDF:1.34MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Mueller matrix imaging polarimeter microscope system development incorporating dark-field episcopic illumination system for microstructure characterization —— Naooki SAITO, Kenji SATO, Toru FUJII, Heather Lynn DURKO, Goldie Lynne GOLDSTEIN, Alton Hugh PHILLIPS, Photini Faith RICE, Joceline DOMINGUEZ-COOKS, Gabrielle Vanessa HUTCHENS, Harrison Taylor THURGOOD and Jennifer Kehlet BARTON（PDF:2.04MB）
- Apodized Phase Contrast Microscopy and Its Biomedical Applications —— Tatsuro OTAKI（PDF:3.28MB）
- Polarization characteristics of dark-field microscopic images of human colon tissue adjacent to tumor —— Toru FUJII, Yasuko YAMASAKI, Naooki SAITO, Masayasu SAWADA, Ryo NARITA, Taku SAITO, Heather L DURKO, Photini Faith RICE, Gabrielle Vanessa HUTCHENS, Joceline DOMINGUEZ-COOKS, Harrison Taylor THURGOOD, Swati CHANDRA, Valentine NFONSAM and Jennifer Kehlet BARTON（PDF:2.02MB）
- The Nikon/UCL collaboration on industrial applications of Edge-Illumination X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging: detection of new complementary information and of sub-pixel features —— Norihito MATSUNAGA, Kazuhiro YANO, David BATE, Marco ENDRIZZI and Alessandro OLIVO（PDF:1.65MB）
- Virtual interferogram-based method for Fourier transform-based phase analysis —— Hidemitsu TOBA, Zhiqiang LIU, Saori UDAGAWA, Naoki FUJIWARA, Shigeru NAKAYAMA, Takeshi GEMMA and Mitsuo TAKEDA（PDF:1.61MB）
- Discovery of Governing Equations and Learning Systems with Domain Knowledge —— Yosuke OTSUBO and Shinichi NAKAJIMA（PDF:813KB）
- Spectator Excitement Analysis Method in Small-scale Sports Events —— Kazuhiro ABE, Chikara NAKAMURA, Yosuke OTSUBO, Tetsuya KOIKE and Naoto YOKOYA（PDF:2.17MB）
- Midair Click Using Two-State Haptic Feedback —— Mitsuru ITO, Yuji KOKUMAI and Hiroyuki SHINODA（PDF:2.69MB）
Vol.1 2019
This first issue contains technical explanations of products released and announced in 2018 as well as the research and development papers valued by external organizations in the same year. From now on, Nikon will be disseminating technological information.
Contents
Technical Reports
- Development of Nikon's first FX-format mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses —— Yoshihisa SAITO and Koji OZAKI（PDF:672KB）
- Exposure Technology to support mass production of high-definition large-sized Panel —— Naoya SAKO, Takumi NOJIMA, Yosuke SAWAOKA and Junichi MOROE（PDF:1.01MB）
- Development of "NEXIV VMZ-H3030" CNC video measuring system —— Kenichi YAMAMOTO, Shingo KADOMOTO and Takayuki MORITA（PDF:1.11MB）
Research and Development Reports
- Diagram method for resolution limit calculation in laser microscopy —— Naoki FUKUTAKE（PDF:874KB）
- Super-resolution nonlinear fluorescence microscopy using repetitive stimulated transition —— Fumihiro DAKE and Seri HAYASHI（PDF:739KB）
- Development of the super-wide field of view WX binoculars —— Katsunori TOMITA and Satoshi FUKUMOTO（PDF:1.16MB）
- Light-field optics, 3D space transformation onto 2D plane —— Toru IWANE（PDF:1.20MB）
- Optical properties of Ga2O3-based glasses prepared by aerodynamic levitation —— Kohei YOSHIMOTO, Yoshinobu EZURA, Motoi UEDA and Masafumi MIZUGUCHI（PDF:1.11MB）
- Development of photoresponsive material toward fine patterning technology by roll-to-roll, additive type of process —— Yusuke KAWAKAMI（PDF:1.47MB）
- Practical method of cell volume segmentation in electron microscope image stack using deep convolutional neural network —— Kohki KONISHI, Masafumi MIMURA, Takao NONAKA, Ichiro SASE, Hideo NISHIOKA and Mitsuo SUGA（PDF:1.01MB）
- New product development through process optimization based on functionality evaluation of combustion reaction —— Yohei KONISHI, Kiyoshi NOZAKI and Takuichi SAITO（PDF:1.13MB）
- Development of an organic thin-film transistor by a wet fabrication process utilizing roll-to-roll direct imaging exposure system —— Shohei KOIZUMI, Masakazu HORI, Yosuke HAYASHIDA, Kazuo NAITO, Seiji KAWABATA and Yoshiaki KITO（PDF:1.01MB）
- Real-Virtual Bridge: A Modular Mechanism to Mediate Between Real and Virtual Objects —— Tomomi TAKASHINA and Yuji KOKUMAI（PDF:613KB）