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Prof. Dr. Hiroo Ukita
Ritsumeikan University
Faculty o f Science and Engineering
Departm ent of Photonics

Nojihigashi, Kusatsu1-1-1
525-8577 Shiga , Japan

Email: ukita@se.ritsumei.ac.jp

Series Editors:
Professor Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita
University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

Professor Dr. Dorian Liepmann
University of California, Department of Bioengineering
6117 Echteverry Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1740, USA

ISSN 1615-8326
ISBN 10 3-540-31333-8 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
ISBN 13 978-3-540-31333-5 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York

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