Author: Kiyomi Sakai
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: optoelectronics, terahertz
Number of Pages: 350
Published: 2005-07-21
List price: $269.00
ISBN-10: 3540200134
ISBN-13: 9783540200130

The book presents recent and important developments in the field of terahertz radiation with a particular focus on pulsed terahertz radiation. Situated in the gap between electronics and optics, the terahertz frequency range of the electro-magnetic spectrum has long been neglected by scientists and engineers due to a lack of efficient and affordable terahertz sources and detectors. The advent of femtosecond lasers in the 1980s and photoconductive switches in 1984 have made the terahertz gap accessible, while at the same time advances in electronics and optics have made it narrower. Research ac

Author: Daniel Mittleman
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: radiation, terahertz, sensing
Number of Pages: 337
Published: 2002-12-16
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 3540431101
ISBN-13: 9783540431107

The purposes of this book are twofold. First, the various different methods of accessing the THz range discussed here should serve to convince the reader that there have been qualitative and significant improvements over older, more conventional techniques. It should be clear that these improvements enable practical "real-world" applications of THz technology, in a manner which would not have been possible before. The reader should be convinced that this is a realistic goal within the next few years. Second, the demonstrations and feasibility tests described here should serve as compelling evi

Author: Yun-Shik Lee
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: notes, physics, lecture, technology, terahertz, science, principles
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 2008-12-02
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 038709539X
ISBN-13: 9780387095394

Principles of Terahertz Science and Technology aims to elucidate the fundamentals of THz technology and science for potential new users. It surveys major techniques of generating, detecting, and manipulating THz waves and also discusses a number of essential processes where THz waves interact with physical, chemical, and biological systems. This book serves as an introduction to THz technology for new researchers in various fields. Many different disciplines, such as ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor device fabrication, bio-medical imaging and more, involve the recent development of THz te

Author: Susan L. Dexheimer
Publisher: CRC
Keywords: science, engineering, series, optical, applications, spectroscopy, principles, terahertz
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2007-12-22
List price: $164.95
ISBN-10: 0849375258
ISBN-13: 9780849375255

The development of new sources and methods in the terahertz spectral range has generated intense interest in terahertz spectroscopy and its application in an array of fields. Presenting state-of-the-art terahertz spectroscopic techniques, Terahertz Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications focuses on time-domain methods based on femtosecond laser sources and important recent applications in physics, materials science, chemistry, and biomedicine. The first section of the book examines instrumentation and methods for terahertz spectroscopy. It provides a comprehensive treatment of time-domain

Authors:S. G. Ganichev, W. Prettl,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: semiconductor, science, technology, series, semiconductors, terahertz, excitation, intense
Number of Pages: 434
Published: 2006-02-23
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0198528302
ISBN-13: 9780198528302

Intense Terahertz Excitation of Semiconductors presents the first comprehensive treatment of high-power terahertz applications to semiconductors and low-dimensional semiconductor structures. Terahertz properties of semiconductors are in the center of scientific activities because of the need of high-speed electronics. This research monograph bridges the gap between microwave physics and photonics. It focuses on a core topic of semiconductor physics providing a full description of the state of the art of the field. The reader is introduced to new physical phenomena which occur in the terahertz

Authors:R.E. Miles, P. Harrison, D. Lippens,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: mathematics, physics, chemistry, series, science, sources, systems, nato, terahertz
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2001-07-01
List price: $199.00
ISBN-10: 0792370961
ISBN-13: 9780792370963

Terahertz technology has moved on from being a useful but expensive circuit technique, applied largely in astronomy and space science, to become a subject in its own right, with important applications - terahertz imaging in particular. Indeed, the driving force in terahertz technology is currently imaging and spectroscopy. We now have the means to obtain images and chemical information in this frequency band. The images reproduced in this volume are striking and, not surprisingly, the clinical and analytical uses are the subject of intense activity. There is still, however, no complete

Authors:R.E. Miles, X.-C. Zhang, H. Eisele, A. Krotku,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: security, peace, series, physics, biophysics, science, nato, detection, frequency, identification, materials, objects, terahertz
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 2007-09-20
List price: $109.00
ISBN-10: 1402065027
ISBN-13: 9781402065026

Terahertz frequency sensing has a unique part to play in the detection and identification of materials and objects. This frequency range, corresponding to a wavelength of around 0.1 mm, can be used to identify materials from their molecular spectra and to produce images of concealed objects. Terahertz spectra of drugs of abuse and explosives presented by a number of the contributing authors show that the presence of these materials can be detected in envelopes, packages and through clothing. The technology of terahertz detection has largely been developed around expensive and bulky femtosecond