人工知能の発展は半導体微細化技術の進展に支えられています。その微細化技術で重要となるのが紫外レーザー光の短波長化と高出力化であり、 この実現なしには微細化は達成できません。マテリアルイノベーション領域では「CsLiB₆O₁₀（CLBO）」という 全く新しい波長変換結晶を発見・開発し、世界で最も高出力な短波長レーザー光発生に成功しています。CLBOを搭載したレーザーは既に 世界中の半導体工場で普及し始めていますが、今後さらに高出力な光源の開発と新しい分野での応用に向け、最先端分野では結晶の高品質化が 求められています。本領域ではこの産業上極めて重要な波長変換結晶の高品質化とその実用化を目的として、国内外の大学や民間企業との 共同研究を推進し、2016年には CLBO結晶の製造販売に向けて㈱創晶超光を起業しています。

he development of artificial intelligence is supported by the progress of semiconductor miniaturization technology. The key to this miniaturization technology is to shorten the wavelength and increase the output of the ultraviolet laser light, and without realizing this, miniaturization cannot be achieved. In the material innovation field, we have discovered and developed a completely new wavelength conversion crystal called "CsLiB₆O₁₀ (CLBO)" and succeeded in generating the world's highest power short wavelength laser light. Lasers equipped with CLBO have already begun to spread in semiconductor factories around the world, but in order to develop light sources with even higher output and to apply them in new fields in the future, higher quality crystals are required in the most advanced fields. In this area, we promote joint research with domestic and foreign universities and private companies with the aim of improving the quality and practical application of wavelength conversion crystals, which are extremely important in this industry. In 2016, SOSHO CHOKO Inc. was established to manufacture and sell CLBO crystals.