RCIQE History｜Research Center For Integrated Quantum Electronics, Hokkaido University

April 12, 1991	Founded as an Intra-University Research/Education Center of Excellence. The former RCIQE comprised three Research Areas (Formation of Quantum Structures, Integrated Quantum Functional Devices, and Quantum Interface Science).
June, 1992 - March, 1995	「Research Area for Quantum Materials Engineering, endowed by Hitachi Co. Ltd., was set up.
August, 1994	Completion of the RCIQE Laboratory Building

April 1, 2001	Reorganized as Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics. The present RCIQE comprises four Research Areas (Quantum Crystal Photonics, Quantum Intelligent Devices, Integrated Quantum Systems, and Quantum Integrated Processing).
April 1, 2004	Since the founding of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the RCIQE staff concurrently hold positions in the Research Group of Quantum Electronics and Informatics (a cooperative chair), Division of Informatics for Electronics.
April 1, 2019	The name of research area has been changed as follows. "Research Area for Quantum Crystal Photonics" -> "Research Area for Advanced Electronic Nanomaterials " "Research Area for Quantum Intelligent Devices (no change)" "Research Area for Integrated Quantum System" -> "Research Area for Functional Communication Devices and Circuits"

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