The potential applications of terahertz radiation are numerous and diverse, ranging from security and materials science to communications and medicine. If the technological challenges of creating ...

Current terahertz sources are large, multi-component systems that sometimes require complex vacuum systems, external pump lasers, and even cryogenic cooling. The unwieldy devices are heavy, expensive, ...

The Biomedical Terahertz Technology Center (BTTC) was established in 2012 with the goal of translating the extensive terahertz technology expertise available at UMass Lowell to biomedical applications ...

Terahertz (THz) technology has long promised transformative applications in fields ranging ... AlGaN/GaN HEMTs to generate high-power THz radiation through plasma wave instability.

A startup debuting at ISC West is bringing the futuristic technology out of the lab and into the field for enterprise ...

A simple tweak to the usual setup is all that is needed to enhance a spectroscopy technique that uses waves in the terahertz ...

Another field would be applications in the detection and imaging of technologically relevant terahertz radiation. "Based on the demonstrated switching processes in atomically thin semiconductors ...

Terahertz waves have been proposed ... like X-rays—only without the hazardous ionizing radiation. Actually implementing these ...

Researchers show that terahertz imaging can be used to visualize internal details of the mouse cochlea with micron-level spatial resolution. The non-invasive method could open new possibilities for ...

Consequently, the quantum effect causes a reaction in the terahertz radiation itself ... future development of ultrafast magnetic memory applications.

The BTTC, in collaboration with Dr. Karim Alavi in the Division of Colorectal Surgery at UMass Medical School in Worcester, is evaluating the tissues’ intrinsic contrast, combining it with the ...

That said, security applications are not the only attractive ... In fact, for some types of tumour in breast tissue terahertz radiation has been shown to be more discriminating than X-rays.