Hidetoshi Katori

is a Japanese physicist and professor at the University of Tokyo best known for having invented the magic wavelength technique for ultra precise optical lattice atomic clocks. Since 2011, Katori is also Chief Scientist at the Quantum Metrology Lab, RIKEN.

Recently, Katori's group performed a measurement of gravitational redshift with two transportable strontium optical lattice clocks over nearly the entire height of the Tokyo Skytree, setting a new record for the best ground-based test of general relativity.

Recognition 2005 – Award of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2005 – Springer Nature Applied Physics Award 2006 – Japan IBM Science Prize 2008 – I. I. Rabi Award 2010 – Ichimura Academic Award 2011 – Award of Minister of MEXT 2011 – Philipp Franz von Siebold-Preis, Germany 2012 – Asahi Prize 2013 – Nishina Memorial Prize 2013 – Fujiwara Prize 2013 – Toray Award in Science and Technology 2014 – Medal with Purple Ribbon 2015 – Japan Academy Prize (academics) 2017 – Leo Esaki Prize 2022 – Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2022 – Honda Prize 2022 – Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist

Selected publications