The 2023 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Electronics, Information, and Communication
• Achievement:
  Distinguished contributions to global long-distance, high-capacity optical fiber network through the development of semiconductor laser pumped optical amplifier
• Lecture：
  Invention of semiconductor-laser pumped EDFA and future of ICT made of optical fibers

Education

1975	Kanazawa University, B. S. in Electronics
1977	Tokyo Institute of Technology, M. S. in Physical Electronics
1980	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ph. D. in Applied Electronics

Professional Experience

1980	Electrical Communication Laboratory, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Public Corporation
1984	Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999	NTT R&D Fellow
2001	Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University
2008	Distinguished Professor (DP)
2010	Director, RIEC
2010	Director, International Advanced Research and Education Organization, and Advanced Interdisciplinary Synergy Research Institute, Tohoku University
2011	Director, Japan Council for Research Institutes and Centers of National Universities
2011	Director, Research Organization of Electrical Communication (ROEC)
2018	Specially appointed professor, ROEC
2018	Director, Kanazawa University (part time, to the present)
2022	International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Specially appointed professor and DP (to the present)

Professional Society Membership

• Fellow and Honorary Member, Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
• Fellow, Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
• Life Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow Emeritus, OPTICA (formerly OSA)
• Member, Optical Society of Japan
• Member, Laser Society of Japan

2007	Director at Large, Optical Society of America (OSA)
2013	Board of Governors, IEEE Photonics Society
2019	President, IEICE

Academic Journals

• M. Nakazawa, Y. Kimura, and K. Suzuki, “Efficient Er³⁺-doped optical fiber amplifier pumped by a 1.48μm InGaAsP laser diode,” AIP, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 295-297 (1989).
• M. Nakazawa, E. Yamada, H. Kubota, and K. Suzuki, “10 Gbit/s soliton data transmission over one million kilometres,” IEE, Electronics Letters, vol. 27, no. 14, pp. 1270-1272 (1991).
• M. Nakazawa, E. Yoshida, and Y. Kimura, “Ultrastable harmonically and regeneratively modelocked polarization-maintaining erbium fibre ring laser,” IEE, Electronics Letters, vol. 30, no. 19, pp. 1603-1604 (1994).
• M. Nakazawa, T. Yamamoto, and K.R. Tamura, “1.28 Tbit/s–70 km OTDM transmission using third- and fourth-order simultaneous dispersion compensation with a phase modulator,” IEE, Electronics Letters, vol. 36, no. 24, pp. 2027-2029 (2000).
• S. Beppu, K. Kasai, M. Yoshida, and M. Nakazawa, ‟2048 QAM (66 Gbit/s) single-carrier coherent optical transmission over 150 km with a potential SE of 15.3 bit/s/Hz,” OSA, Opt. Express, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 4960-4969 (2015).
• M. Nakazawa, M. Yoshida, T. Hirooka, K. Kasai, T. Hirano, T. Ichikawa, and R. Namiki, “QAM quantum noise stream cipher transmission over 100 km with continuous variable quantum key distribution,” IEEE, J. Quantum Electron., vol. 53, 2708523 (2017).
• M. Nakazawa, M. Yoshida, and T. Hirooka, “Experiments on an AM Mode-Locked Laser as an Arbitrary Optical Function Generator,” IEEE, J. Quantum Electron., vol. 58, 1300218 (2022).

Awards

1989	Sakurai Kenjiro Memorial Award (joint award with Mr. Hagimoto)
1994	IEICE Achievement Award (joint award with Mr. Hagimoto)
1997	Science and Technology Agency Commissioner’s Award (Research Achievement Award)
2002	IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award, Hattori Hoko Award from Hattori Hokokai Foundation, Inoue Harushige Award from Japan Science and Technology Agency
2003	Ichimura Industrial Award (Achievement Award) from Research Development Corporation of Japan
2005	OSA Robert W. Wood Prize
2006	Torey Science and Technology Prize from Torey Science Foundation
2008	Shida Rinzaburo Award from Ministry of Post and Internal Affairs
2009	Prime Minister Award for Industry-academia-government collaboration Meritorious Achievement (joint award with Mr. Hagimoto), IEICE Distinguished Achievement and Contribution Award
2010	Medal with Purple Ribbon, JSAP Optics/Quantum Electronics Award, IEEE Quantum Electronics Award
2013	Japan Academy Prize, C&C Award from NEC C&C Foundation, JSAP Achievement Award
2014	OSA Charles H. Townes Award
2015	Fujiwara Prize from Fujiwara Foundation of Science, Kahoku Cultural Prize from Kahoku Cultural Foundation