MRS Symposium on Materials Research for THz Applications
Materials Research for THz Applications
The field of terahertz research has been expanding in the past several years covering a broad range of applications. This symposium will focus on the progress of the materials research at THz frequencies (0.1-10 THz) and on devices for THz applications. The goal is to bring together experts from the materials and device communities to advance our understanding of ultrafast processes and to address challenges in developing novel devices and techniques. The broad scope of the symposium will include research on material systems ranging from molecules to metamaterials, developing THz sources and detectors, as well as spectroscopic and imaging methods and techniques. Contributions related to novel materials and devices for THz applications, physics and chemistry of ultrafast processes, and sensing and imaging at THz frequencies are encouraged.
Session Topics
Contributions are solicited in the following and related areas:
* Novel materials for THz applications
* Material properties at THz frequencies
* Ultrafast chemistry and physics
* Molecular- and condensed-phase THz spectroscopy
* THz sources and detectors
* Novel devices for THz applications
* THz imaging
* Remote THz sensing
Invited Speakers
Invited speakers include: Stefano Barbieri (Teraview, United Kingdom), Peter Haring Bolivar (Univ. of Siegen, Germany), Giles Davies (Leeds Univ., United Kingdom), Qing Hu (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Robert Kaindl (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab), Kodo Kawase (RIKEN, Japan), Mark Lee (Sandia National Labs), Paul Planken (Delft Univ. of Technology, The Netherlands), and Daniel van der Weide (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison).
Symposium Organizers
Oleg Mitrofanov
Bell Laboratories
Lucent Technologies
600 Mountain Ave
Murray Hill, NJ 07974
Tel 908-582-5267
Fax 908-582-4868
olegm@lucent.com
Xi-Cheng Zhang
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180
Tel 518-276-3079
Fax 518-276-3292
zhangxc@rpi.edu
Richard Averitt
Los Alamos National Laboratory
MS K764
Los Alamos, NM 87545
Tel 505-667-1644
Fax 505-665-7652
raveritt@lanl.gov
Kazuhiko Hirakawa
University of Tokyo
Institute of Industrial Science
4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku
Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
Tel 81-3-5452-6260
Fax 81-3-5452-6262
hirakawa@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Alessandro Tredicucci
NEST-INFM
Scuola Normale Superiore
Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7
56126 Pisa, Italy
Tel 39-50-509424
Fax 39-50-509417
a.tredicucci@sns.it
The MRS Symposium on Materials Research for THz Applicationswill be held April 17 - 21, 2006 in San Francisco, CA at the MRS Spring Meeting.
For more information:
http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/doc.asp?CID=3336&DID=167408