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History
History
- 1989
- Photon Storage Ring concept, a new type of infrared free electron laser, was developed by Dr. Hironari Yamada.
- 1996
- Dr. Hironari Yamada developed a new miniature synchrotron theory.
- 1997
- Photon Production Laboratory, Ltd. was established with the objective to develop and commercialize its tabletop hard X-ray emission synchrotron “MIRRORCLE.”
- 1998
- Photon Production Laboratory was re-commissioned for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and New Energy Development Organization (NEDO) for the “Development of a Hard X-Ray Generation Device based on Ultra-Portable Electron Storage Ring” project.
- 2000
- Construction of MIRRORCLE-20 was completed with successful beam injection in December (we received a grant for basic research in science category “A”).
- 2001
- The company received certification under the “Temporary Law Concerning Measures for the Promotion of the Creative Business Activities of Small and Medium Enterprises.”
- 2002
- Ritsumeikan University’s “Synchrotron Light Life Science Program” using MIRRORCLE was selected as a MEXT 21st Century COE program.
- 2003
- World’s smallest tabletop synchrotron, “MIRRORCLE-6X” begins operations (we received a grant for basic research in science category “S”).
- 2004
- Laser oscillation in a photon storage ring was observed for the first time, verifying the theory developed by Professor Hironari Yamada and Dr. Andrey Kleev.
- 2005
- Development of MIRRORCLE-20SX as an X-ray lithography device for the semiconductor industry began.
- We were selected for NEDO’s “Subsidies to Realize Development of Industrial Technologies (individual application)” and started the development of a portable MIRRORCLE device. The theme was “development of a high-precision nondestructive inspection device using tabletop synchrotron.”
- 2006
- We were selected for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s “Research and Development Project by Regional Regeneration Consortiums” project and started the development of protein structure analysis BL in collaboration with Nagahama Institute of BioSciences and Technology.
- MIRRORCLE was registered and officially certified as a tabletop synchrotron device in “Nuclear Power Library, Genshiro.”
- 2007
- We received certification under New Partnership Business program
- An investigative research for the establishment of the “MIRRORCLE EU Centre” in Europe was adopted by the European Union Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Five institutions in Europe collaborated on designing a beam line, led by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven).
- 2008
- Development of MIRRORCLE-CV4 is complete.
- 2009
- Received advanced certification for the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency’s “SME Core Manufacturing Technologies.”
- 2010
- Development of MIRRORCLE-CV1 is complete.
- 2011
- Radioactivity measurement service started.