Photo of Lab Members

We shared every part our lives with one another, like one big happy family.

Special Visit to Columbia University

Academia, Corporate, Industry -- Lipson Nanophononics Group

Prof. Set elected IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

CLEO TPC Meeting at City of Arlington Professor Yamashita and Set

A Green and Happy Party

We have a very good time together.

As part of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), we also actively pursue interdisciplinary research in collaboration with different labs from the industry, governmental organizations, and universities; domestically and internationally.

Optical Coherent Tomography

OCT is an imaging technique that uses coherent light to capture micrometer-resolution, used for medical imaging and industrial nondestructive testing.

Light Detection and Ranging

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a technology for detecting the distance. It can be applied for the auto driving car and 3D imaging.

Optical Fiber Device

Optical devices using nano-carbon (carbon nanotubes and graphene), fiber lasers and amplifiers, nonlinear optics, photonics, optoelectronics.

CNT Mode-Locked Fiber Laser

Achieve mode-locking of rare-earth-doped fiber laser at 2 μm by using graphene or single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Graphene Photonics

Chip Cavity Mode-Locked by using the graphene covered chip (intra-cavity patterned graphene on SiN Waveguides)

Photonic Sensing

Photonic sensing technologies based on spectroscopic, fiber optics, and LIDAR technologies. And explore the chip-scale integrated planar photonic sensing

Recent news and activities at Yamashita-Set Lab. Discover our laboratory, research works, conference presentations, papers and all the fun things that we do. We work hard and we play hard.

Dec 11, 2025

Maolin Dai Received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad

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Maolin Dai, a Ph.D. student in the Yamashita–Set Laboratory, has been awarded the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.

Prof. Yamashita, Prof. Set and Mr. Dai attended the award ceremony held at the Embassy of China in Japan. Prof. Yamashita delivered a speech as the representative supervisor.

We sincerely congratulate Maolin on this achievement and thank Prof. Yamashita and Prof. Set for the guidance and supervision.

Dec 11, 2025

Alumni Gathering & Celebration for Prof. Yamashita’s 60th Birthday

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We held an alumni gathering on December 7, 2025, with many graduates joining the event. During the gathering, we celebrated Prof. Yamashita’s 60th birthday and enjoyed a warm and memorable time together.

We sincerely appreciate everyone’s participation and would also like to express our heartfelt thanks to Prof. Yamashita for his continued guidance and contributions to the laboratory.

Oct 25, 2025

Prof. Zhenzhou Cheng visited us

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We warmly welcome Prof. Zhenzhou Cheng to visit our RCAST laboratory.

Prof. Cheng is the Chairman and Professor of the Department of Optoelectronic Information Engineering at Tianjin University, working on mid-infrared photonic chips for environment and biochemical sensing.