2025

LDC Student Award

• LDC6-2 “Multi-Gbps Visible Light Communication with High-Efficiency, Low-speckle Contrast White Laser Light ” Joseph P. Lazzaro, Xiaoxin Wang, Charles J. Carver, Nicholas Shade, Hadleigh Schwartz, Yanchen Liu, Xia Zhou, Jifeng Liu, Eric R. Fossum

2024

LDC Award

• LDC14-03 “Analysis of RGB Speckle Grain Effects on Measured Color Speckle Distribution” Junichi Kinoshita, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Kazuo Kuroda

LDC Student Award

• LDC7-05 “Fundamental evaluation of the pseudo-3D perception on the 2D aerial images” Kenta Saito, Haruki Mizushina, Kenji Yamamoto
• LDC3-05 “Structured NIR and Yellow-Orange Light Generation from c(2) Nonlinear Photonic Crystals” Jie Hua Lai, K. H. Chang, B. W. Wu, T. F. Pan, M. S. Tsai, H. H. Chiu, C. C. Fan, S. M. Ousaid, A. Boudrioua, H. Yokoyama, E. Higurashi, H. Akiyama, C. M. Lai, L. H. Peng
• LDC8-04 “Laser beam shooting technology for physical pest control” Naohisa Yamamoto, Soichiro Nishiguchi, Hiroshi Fuji, Kana Fujioka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto

2023

Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2023 Award

• LDC2-03“Polarization Control of Long-Cavity Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers by Side-Facet Introduction” T. Makino, T. Hamaguchi, N. Kobayashi, K. Hayashi, M. Ito, M. Ohara, K. Sato, Y. Nakamura, T. Watanabe, S. Nagane, Y. Kikuchi, T. Jyokawa, Y. Hoshina, E.Nakayama, R. Koda, N. Futagawa, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Japan

Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2022 Student Award

• LDC5-03 “Development of a Submersible Compact Time-of-Flight Imager for In-situ Characterization of 3D Underwater Targets“ Kévin Walcarius, Malik Chami, Laurent Hespel , Thibault Dartigalongue, ONERA / DOTA, Université de Toulouse, LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, CNRS
• LDC8-06 “The analysis of near-infrared signals using multi-wavelength yellow-orange lasers
   generated by chi(2) chirped nonlinear photonic crystals” Ming Shung Tsai, Kai-Hsun Chang, Chia-Chun Fan, To-Fan Pan, Azzedine Boudrioua, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, Lung-Han Peng, National Taiwan University, Université Paris Nord, Tohoku University
•  LDC5-04 “Blue laser beam irradiation system for controlling flying pests” Soichiro Nishiguchi, Hiroshi Fuji, Kana Fujioka, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

2022

Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2022 Award

• LDC-2-04 “Highly efficient operation of curved mirror VCSELs and their uniform characteristics” Maiko Ito, Tatsushi Hamaguchi, Tomohiro Makino, Kentaro Hayashi, Jared A Kearns, Maho Ohara, Noriko Kobayashi, Shoetsu Nagane, Koichi Sato, Yuki Nakayama, Yukio Hoshina, Tatsurou Jyoukawa, Takumi Watanabe, Yuichiro Kikuchi, Seiji Kasahara, Susumu Kusanagi, Yuya Kanitani, Eiji Nakayama, Rintaro Koda, Noriyuki Futagawa; Sony group corporation, Japan
• LDC-8-04 “Quantitative Comparisons of Deconvolution Processing to Deblur Aerial Image Formed with Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection” Hayato Kikuta, Masaki Yasugi, Hirotsugu Yamamoto; Mitsubishi Electric Corp., Japan, and Utsunomiya University, Japan

Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2022 Student Award

• LDC-8-02 “Expansion of Arc 3D Display to Cone-Shaped Display” Akua Kawakami, Haruki Mizushina, Shiro Suyama, Kenji Yamamoto; Tokushima University, Japan, and Utsunomiya University, Japan
• LDC-8-03 “Improving Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection (AIRR) Using Collimation With Transparent Spheres” Kazuaki Takiyama, Haotong Guo, Kengo Fujii, Masaki Yasugi, Shiro Suyama, Hirotsugu Yamamoto, Utsunomiya University, Japan

2021

LDC regular award paper 2021

• LDC-5-04 “Color Shift Behavior at Image Pattern Edges of Raster-scan RGB Mobile Laser Projectors” Junichi Kinoshita, Akira Takamori, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Kazuo Kuroda, Koji Suzuki; Osaka University, Utsunomiya University, OXIDE Corporation
• LDC-5-05 “Ultra High Resolution and VAC-free N3D Technology and its Applications”Chin-Yung Hsieh, Hao-Yu Liu, Ruey-Jer Weng, Wei-Yi Lu, Naoki Sumi; Innolux Corporation, Taiwan ROC, and Innolux Japan K.K., Japan

LDC student award paper 2021

• LDC-2-02 “Subjective Super-Resolution Display on Aerial LED Signage Formed with Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection ”Kojiro Matsushita, Akinori Tsuji, Toyotaro Tokimoto, Hirotsugu Yamamoto; Utsunomiya University, Tokushima University, XAiX, LLC, JST ACCEL, Japan
• LDC-7-03 “Thermal Property of AlN-Ce:YAG Composite Ceramics Phosphor for Laser Lighting” Takuya Sawada, H. Huji, K. Yagasaki, H. Minemoto, Y. Manabe, K. Fujioka, K. Yamamoto; Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan

2020

LDC regular award paper 2020

• LDC14-03 “Color LiDAR using RGB visible laser diodes” Tomoyuki OHASHI, Masato Ishino, Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Kana Fujioka; Osaka University, Japan

LDC student award paper 2020

• LDC7-03 “High–direction and low coherence semiconductor laser with dumbbell-type cavity”Linhai XU, Yufei Wang, Yufei Jia, Wanhua ZhengChinese Academy of Sciences, China
• LDC8-04 “High-Frequency Modulation of RGB Semiconductor Lasers for High-Resolution Scanning Displays”Kiyoshiro YAMANAKA, Hiroshi Murata, Junichi Kinoshita, Kazuhisa YamamotoMie University, Osaka University, Japan
• LDC11-04 “Ce:YAG composite ceramic phosphors for laser lighting” Kenta YAGASAKI, Hisashi Minemoto, Kana Fujioka, Hiroshi Fuji, Kazuhisa Yamamoto; Osaka University, Japan

LDC Poster Award 2020

• LDCp-01 “Reforming of Computer Generated Hologram Pattern through Angular Spectrum Domain Computation” Chang Joo LEE, Woo Young Choi, Joong Ki Park, Kwan Jung Oh, Kee Hoon Hong, Ki Hong Choi, Seung Yeol Lee; Kyungpook National University, South Korea

2019

LDC Best Paper Award

• LDC-2-04 Evaluation of Adaptive Shifted Superimposition Technique for Enhancing the Projector Resolution^*Svein Arne Jervell Hansen^1,3, Muhammad Nadeem Akram¹, Jon Yngve Hardeberg²(1. Univeristy of South-Eastern Norway, 2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 3. Barco )
• LDC-5-03 Laser-phosphor light source with luminance up to 2000Mcd/m^2*Koji Takahashi¹, Karl Welna², Valerie Berryman- Bousquet², Mattia Signoretto², Toru Kanno¹, Hirokazu Ichinose¹, Hidenori Kawanishi¹(1. SHARP coporation, 2. Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd.)

LDC Student Award

• LDC-P-03 Holographic display using binary phase modulation by image segmetation method^*Kento Kurosawa¹, Xiangyu Quan¹, Kouichi Nitta¹, Osamu Matoba¹(1. Kobe University)
• LDC-5-04 Generation of multi-wavelength yellow-orange lasers using chi(2) chirped nonlinear photonic crystals^*To-Fan Pan¹, Kai-Hsun Chang^1,2, Jhih-Yong Han¹, Jui-Hung Hung³, Azzedine Boudrioua², Hiroyuki Yokoyama³, Katrin Paschke⁴, Lung-Han Peng^1,3(1. National Taiwan University, 2. Universite Paris 13, 3. Tohoku University, 4. Leibniz-Institut fur Hochstfrequenztechnik)

2018

LDC Best Paper Award

• LDC6-2 Image Resolution of Raster-scan Laser Mobile Projectors Considering Color Speckle Effects^*Junichi Kinoshita¹, Akira Takamori¹, Kazuhisa Yamamoto¹, Kazuo Kuroda², Koji Suzuki³(1. Osaka University, 2. Utsunomiya University, 3. Oxide Corporation)
• LDC6-3 Light source coherence and the impact of diffusers on the image quality of a holographic display system^*Yuanbo Deng¹, Daping Chu¹(1. University of Cambridge)

LDC Student Award

• LDC3-5 Aerial Protruding DFD Display with AIRR^*Yoshiki Terashima¹,Ryosuke Kujime^1,2, Shiro Suyama3,Hirotsugu Yamamoto^1,2(1. The University of Utsunomiya, 2 JST ACCEL,3. The University of Tokushima)
• LDC4-3 Spatial-division multiplexing in holographic 3D display using high-speed binary phase-mode spatial light modulator^*Shigehiko Washizu¹, Syo Harada¹, Xiangyu Quan¹, Kouichi Nitta1, Shinya Sato², Nobuyuki Hashimoto², Osamu Matoba¹(1. Kobe University, 2. CITIZEN Watch Co. Ltd.)

2017

LDC Best Paper Award

• LDC2-2 Laser Beam Scanning Short Throw Displays and an Exploration of Laser-Based Virtual Touchscreens^*Jari O. Honkanen¹, P. Selvan Viswanathan¹(1. MicroVision Inc.)
• LDC4-2 High-power and highly-reliable 638 nm band BA-LD for CW operation^*T. Nishida1, K. Kuramoto¹, S. Abe¹, M. Kusunoki¹, M. Miyashita¹, T. Yagi¹(1. Mitsubishi Electric Corp.)

LDC Student Award

• LDC2-4 Electro-Optic Bragg Diffraction Type Spatial Light Modulator Using Periodically Poled Structures for Laser Displays^*Yuta Hayashi¹, Toshiyuki Inoue¹, Hiroshi Murata¹, Atsushi Sanada¹(1. Osaka Univ., Japan)