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The terahertz region extends from approximately 100 GHz to 10 THz and this frequency range can be considered as a link between electronics and photonics. Since the beginning of the 90s this domain was growing first with the development of time-domain spectroscopy and now is becoming more and more attractive with the emergence of new technologies: quantum cascade lasers, nano-transistors, photomixing, and mixers. Systems based on these devices have found a lot of applications exploiting unique properties of the THz domain of the electromagnetic spectrum. This conference is intended to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers from a diverse set of disciplines who are interested in either learning more about terahertz technology. The scope of the conference includes sources and detectors of THz radiation, optical components and systems for this frequency domain, as well as different applications utilizing this technology.

Papers are solicited in the following areas:

 

Fundamentals of generation, detection, and propagation of THz waves

 

modeling of THz sources and detectors, performance limitations, optical components and systems, gratings, waveguides, couplers, photonic crystal structures and metamaterials, photonic crystal devices and applications, single element antennas, phased array antennas, photonically driven antennas, photonic phase locked loops, MMICs, THz imaging systems.

 

Sources of THz radiation

 

quantum cascade lasers, frequency mixers, frequency multipliers, FET and HEMT sources, resonant tunneling diodes, parametric oscillators, solid-state sources, electron beam sources, vacuum electronics sources, graphene, p-germanium sources, photoconductive sources, single frequency and broad band sources, tunable sources, high power sources.

 

THz detectors

 

quantum detectors, Schottky and other mixers, bolometers and other thermal detectors, THz focal plane arrays, antenna integrated detectors, heterodyne detection techniques, active and passive imaging systems.

 

Spectroscopy

 

spectral measurement techniques

spectroscopic approaches and techniques

identification of organic and inorganic materials using THz spectroscopy.

 

Biomedical applications

 

DNA identification, cell abnormalities, medical imaging

identification of biological and chemical species

burn and water content analysis, tissue abnormality identification, cancer identification and screening

pharmaceutiques, dentistry, other medical and clinical applications.

 

Other applications

 

nondestructive testing

security and defense applications

THz communications, principles , instrumentation, media characteristics, wireless communications, detection systems

astronomy and space applications, imaging techniques.

 

Novel concepts and materials for THz technology

 

new concepts, experimental procedures, and implementations

new fabrication processes

novel applications

integrated photonic devices

linear and nonlinear optical materials and devices

III-nitride alloys

organic source and modulator materials and devices.