Published papers

• Peer-reviewed papers

• Review, Interpretive and Invitation articles (Japanese)

• Conference proceedings

Peer-reviewed papers

1. Collaboration
   Masato Suzuki, Tomoya Shimizu, Nozomi Nishizawa, Moritsugu Sakamoto, Kohei Noda, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Masayuki Tanaka, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, and Hiroshi Ono.
   Acquisition of full Mueller matrix distribution of cancer tissue with near-infrared polarization-probe polarization-imaging and search for its optimal polarization conditions,
   Optics Express, 33 (8), 18214-18224 (2025).
   [doi.org/10.1364/OE.559006]


2. 1st authorStudents
   Nozomi Nishizawa, Asato Esumi, Yukito Ganko.
   Depolarization diagrams for circularly polarized light scattering for biological particle monitoring,
   Journal of Biomedical Optics, 29(7), 075001 (2024).
   [doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.29.7.075001]


3. Collaboration
   Nicholas W. G. Smith, Yannick Pleimling, Brenden A. Magill, Rathsara R. H. H. Mudiyanselage, Alex Shenenberger, Shunta Ogawa, Nozomi Nishizawa, Hiro Munekata, and Giti A. Khodaparast.
   Probe and control of photo-excited magnetization precession in Co/Pd multilayer films at low laser fluence regime,
   Journal of Applied Physics, 132, 243902 (2022).
   [doi.org/10.1063/5.0131045]


4. 1st author
   Nozomi Nishizawa, Takahiro Kuchimaru.
   Depth estimation of tumor invasion in early gastric cancer using scattering of circularly polarized light: Monte Carlo Simulation study,
   Journal of Biophotonics, 15(10), 202200062 (2022).
   [doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202200062]


5. Reveiw Paper1st author
   Nozomi Nishizawa, Hiro Munekata.
   Lateral-Type Spin-Photonics Devices: Development and Applications,
   Micromachines, 12(6), 644 (2021).
   [doi.org/10.3390/mi12060644]
   (This article belongs to the Special Issue Spin-Photonic Devices and Its Applications)


6. 1st author<Press Rerease 東工大ニュース Tokyo Tech News>
   Nozomi Nishizawa, Bassam Al-Qadi, Takahiro Kuchimaru.
   Angular optimization for cancer identification with circularly polarized light,
   Journal of Biophotonics, 14, (3), 202000380 (2020).
   [doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202000380]


7. Ronel Christian Roca, Nozomi Nishizawa, Hiro Munekata.
   Modeling and Optimization of Refracting-Facet Spin-Photodiodes based on Ferromagnetic Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Tunnel Junctions,
   SPIN, 10, (2020).
   [doi.org/10.1142/S2010324720500174]


8. Collaboration
   A. Gatilova, E. A. Mashkovich, K. A. Grishunin, A. Pogrebna, R. V. Mikhaylovskiy, Th. Rasing, P. M. Christianen, N. Nishizawa, H. Munekata, A. V. Kimel.
   Far- and midinfrared excitation of large amplitude spin precession in the ferromagnetic semiconductor InMnAs,
   Physical Review B, 101, 020413(R) (2020).
   [https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.020413]


9. Hiro Munekata, Shunta Ogawa, Kento Michihiro, Kazuhiro Nishibayashi, Nozomi Nishizawa.
   Imparting memory functionality to planar waveguide structures with photo-magnetic materials,
   Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 59(SE), SEEA05 (2020).
   [https://doi.org/10.7567/1347-4065/ab658d]


10. 1st author
    Nozomi Nishizawa , Atsushi Hamada, Kazumasa Takahashi, Takahiro Kuchimaru, Hiro Munekata.
    Monte Carlo simulation of scattered circularly polarized light in biological tissues for detection technique of abnormal tissues using spin-polarized light emitting diodes,
    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 59 (SE), SEEG03 (2020).
    [https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ab69db ]


11. A. Goschew, R. C. Roca, N. Nishizawa , H. Munekata, A. Delimitis, P. Fumagalli.
    Spin Injection From EuS/Co Multilayers Into GaAs Detected by Polarized Electroluminescence,
    IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE, 55 (7), 1400804 (2019).
    [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2019.2895907 ]


12. B. Al-Qadi, Y. Sakatoku, N. Nishizawa , H. Munekata.
    Imaging in-plane 90° magnetization switching in a (Ga,Mn)As epitaxial layer,
    Journal of Applied Physics, 124 (6), 063901 (2018).
    [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5040129 ]


13. Ronel Christian Roca, Nozomi Nishizawa , Kazuhiro Nishibayashi, Hiro Munekata.
    A lateral-type spin-photodiode based on Fe/x-AlOx/p-InGaAs junctions with a refracting-facet side window,
    Journal of Applied Physics, 123 (21), 213903 (2018).


14. 1st author
    Nozomi Nishizawa , Masaki Aoyama, Ronel C. Roca, Kazuhiro Nishibayashi, Hiro Munekata.
    Arbitrary helicity control of circularly polarized light from lateral-type spin-polarized light-emitting diodes at room temperature,
    Applied Physics Express, 11 , 053003 (2018).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026511 . (selected by "Editor's picks")


15. 1st author Press Rerease 東工大ニュース Tokyo Tech News Seiichi Tejima Research Award (Paper Award)
    N. Nishizawa , K. Nishibayashi, H. Munekata.
    Pure circular polarization electroluminescence at room temperature with spin-polarized light-emitting diodes,
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (8), 1783-1788 (2017).
    [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1609839114 ]


16. Ronel Christian Roca, Nozomi Nishizawa , Kazuhiro Nishibayashi, Hiro Munekata.
    Investigation of helicity-dependent photocurrent at room temperature from a Fe/x-AlOx/p-GaAs Schottky junction with oblique surface illumination,
    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56 (4S), 04CN05 (2017).
    [https://doi.org/10.7567/JJAP.56.04CN05 ]


17. Nobuhide Yokota, Yohei Aoshima, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Nozomi Nishizawa , Hiro Munekata, Hitoshi Kawaguchi.
    Room temperature spin injection into (110) GaAs quantum wells using Fe/x-AlOx contacts in the regime of current density comparable to laser oscillation,
    Journal of Applied Physics, 118 (16), 163905 (2015).
    [https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934518 ]


18. 1st author
    N. Nishizawa , J. G. Porquez, Y. Kitamoto, H. Munekata.
    Initial growth process of Co (Pd) layers on a Pd (Co) surface,
    Journal of Applied Physics, 117 (17), 17A720 (2015).
    [doi: 10.1063/1.4914875 ]


19. H. Ikeda, N. Nishizawa , K. Nishibayashi, H. Munekata.
    Circularly polarized light detector based on ferromagnet/semiconductor junctions,
    Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan, 38 (3-2), 147 (2014).


20. 1st author
    Nozomi Nishizawa , K. Nishibayashi, H. Munekata.
    A spin light emitting diode incorporating ability of electrical helicity switching,
    Applied Physics Letters 104 , 111102 (2014).


21. 1st author
    Nozomi Nishizawa , Hiro Munekata.
    Thickness dependence of magnetic anisotropy in MnSb epitaxial layers,
    Journal of Crystal Growth, 378 , 418-421 (2013).


22. 1st author
    Nozomi Nishizawa , H. Munekata.
    Efficient spin injection through a crystalline AlOx tunnel barrier prepared by the oxidation of an ultra-thin Al epitaxial layer on GaAs,
    Journal of Applied Physics, 114 033507 (2013).


23. B.A1-Qadi, N, Nozomi Nishizawa , K.Nishibayashi, M.Kaneko, H.Munekata.
    Thickness dependence of magneto-optical effects in (Ga,Mn)As epitaxial layers,
    Applied Physics Letters, 100 , 222410 (2012).


24. 1st author
    N. Nishizawa , K. Ishikawa, S. Kuroda, K.Takita, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, T. Dietl.
    Correlation between Cr distribution and ferromagnetism in iodine-doped (Zn,Cr)Te,
    Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 53 , 2917-2920 (2008).


25. S. Kuroda, N. Nishizawa , K. Takita, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, K. Osuch, T. Dietl.
    Origin and control of high-temperature ferromagnetism in semiconductors,
    Nature Materials, 6 , 440-446 (2007).


26. 1st author
    N. Nishizawa , S. Marcet, N. Ozaki, S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
    Magneto-optical study of ferromagnetic semiconductor (Zn,Cr)Te,
    physica status solidi c, 3 (12), 4102-4105 (2007).


27. N. Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , S. Marcet, S. Kuroda, O. Eryu, K. Takita.
    Significant Enhancement of Ferromagnetism in Zn1-xCrxTe Doped with Iodine as an n-Type Dopant,
    Physical Review Letters, 97 , 037201 (2006).


28. N. Ozaki, I.Okabayashi, T.Kumekawa, N. Nishizawa , S.Marcet, S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
    Suppression of ferromagnetism due to hole doping in Zn1-xCrxTe grown by molecular-beam epitaxy,
    Applied Physics Letters, 87 , 192116 (2005).


29. S. Kuroda, N. Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , T. Kumekawa, S. Marcet, K. Takita.
    Growth and magnetic properties of novel ferromagnetic semiconductor (Zn, Cr)Te,
    Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 6 , 558 (2005).


30. N. Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , S. Marcet, S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
    Magnetic behaviors of ferromagnetic semiconductor Zn1-xCrxTe grown by MBE,
    Journal of Superconductivity, 18 (1), 29 (2005).


31. Nobuhiko Ozaki, Nozomi Nishizawa , Shinji Kuroda, Koki Takita.
    Magnetic and structural properties of MBE-grown Zn1-xCrxTe,
    Journal of Physics : Condensed Matter, 16 (48), S5773 (2004).


32. N.Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , K.-T. Nam, S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
    Magnetic properties of MBE-grown Zn1-xCrxTe,
    physica status solidi c, 1 (4), 957 (2004).

Review, Interpretive and Invitation articles (Japanese)

1. Review, Interpretive and invited Article 1st author
   西沢　望 ,
   円偏光散乱を用いた悪性腫瘍の無染色・非侵襲診断,
   日本レーザ医学会誌 2024年 45巻 2号 p. 119-126 (JSLSM Vol. 45 No. 2 Pages 119-126) .
   日本レーザー医学会.


2. Review, Interpretive and invited Article 1st author
   西沢　望 ,
   がん組織を評価する円偏光光源と検出技術,
   光学 2023年 5月号 P.208-212 ("Kogaku" Vol. 52 No.5 P.208-212) .
   日本光学会.


3. Review, Interpretive and invited Article 1st author
   西沢　望 , 口丸高弘,
   円偏光散乱によるがん診断技術,
   光アライアンス 2022年 8月号 .
   日刊工業出版.


4. Review, Interpretive and invited Article 1st author
   西沢　望 ,
   結晶成長からがん研究へ,
   クリスタルレターズ, No.79 (2022.1) .
   (応用物理学会結晶工学分科会会誌).


5. Review, Interpretive and invited Article 1st author
   西沢　望 ,
   スピンフォトニックデバイスの進展と応用,
   電気学会論文誌. A, 基礎・材料・共通部門誌, 140 (3), 113 (2020).
   [doi.org/10.1541/ieejfms.140.113 ].

Conference proceedings

1. 1st author
   Nishizawa, N. , Kuchimaru, T.
   Experimental depth estimation of cancer invasion via circularly polarized light scattering,
   Proceedings of SPIE, 12628 , 1262814 (2023).
   [doi.org/10.1117/12.2669167 ]


2. 1st author
   Nishizawa, N. , Kawashima, S., Al-Qadi, B., Kuchimaru, T., Munekata, H.
   Spatial discrimination of cancer using circular polarization of light scattered by biological tissues,
   Proceedings of SPIE, 11521 , 1152114 (2020).
   [doi.org/10.1117/12.2573280 ]


3. R. C. Roca, N. Nishizawa , K. Nishibayashi, H. Munekata.
   Progress in the room temperature operation of GaAs-based lateral-type spin-PD in near-infrared wavelength region,
   Proceedings of SPIE, 10357 , 103571C (2017).
   [https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275577 ]


4. Hiro Munekata, Masaki Aoyama, Ronel Roca, Nozomi Nishizawa .
   Spin-photonic devices based on crystalline-AlOx / GaAs for emission and detection of circular polarized light,
   Proceedings of SPIE, 9551 , 9551120 (2015).
   [https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187003 ]


5. K. Ishikawa, N. Nishizawa , S. Kuroda, H. Ikeda, K. Takita, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, T. Dietl.
   Inhomogeneous Cr distribution and superparamagnetic behavior in magnetic semiconductor (Zn, Cr)Te,
   the 29th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, AIP conference proceedings, 1199 , 419 (2010).


6. H. Takayanagi, T. Akazaki, N. Nishizawa , Y. Sawa, T. Yokoyama, Y. Tanaka, A. A. Golubov, H. Munekata.
   Spin-Polarized carrier injection effect in ferromagnetic semiconductor / diffusive semiconductor / superconductor junctions,
   the 9th International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology - ISQM-TOKYO’08, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology - ISQM-TOKYO’08, June 2009.


7. T. Akazaki, Y. Sawa, T. Yokoyama, Y. Tanaka, A. A. Golubov, H. Munekata, N. Nishizawa , H. Takayanagi.
   Spin-polarized Carrier Injection Effect in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor / Diffusive Semiconductor / Superconductor Junctions,
   the 25TH International Conference on Low Temperature Physics (LT25), Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 150 , 022085 (2009).


8. 1st author
   N. Nishizawa , S. Kuroda, K. Takita, M. Mitome, Y. Bando, T. Dietl.
   Correlation Between Ferromagnetism and Cluster Formation in (Zn, Cr)Te Co-Doped with Charge Impurities,
   2007 MRS Spring Meeting and Exhibit, Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings, 999 (K), 6-11 (2007).


9. H. Ofuchi, N. Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , H. Kinjyo, S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
   Fluorescence XAFS Study on Local Structure around Cr Atoms Doped in ZnTe,
   X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE - XAFS13: the 13th International Conference, AIP conference proceedings, 882 , 517 (2007).


10. N. Ozaki, N. Nishizawa , S. Kuroda, K. Takita.
    Magnetic properties of undoped and N-doped Zn1-xCrxTe Grown by MBE,
    the 27th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors - ICPS-27, AIP conference proceedings, 772 , 345 (2005).