NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects
Terahertz Frequency Detection and Identification of Materials and Objects
6th - 11th July 2006
Spiez, Switzerland
As part of the NATO “Security Through Science” programme an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) will be held in Switzerland from Thursday July 6th to Tuesday July 11th 2006. The workshop will bring together world authorities in terahertz electronics and systems to discuss and identify their possible uses in the fight against crime and terrorism.
During the course of the workshop the key speakers listed below will present an overview of their latest results which will cover all aspects of the technology. The workshop will conclude with round table discussions and recommendations on the way forward.
Topics and Key Speakers
THz Devices
Prof. Arunas Krotkus: THz Emission from Semiconductors Excited by Ultrafast lasers
Prof. Jan Stake: THz Generation by Multiplication
Dr. Heribert Eisele: Superlattice and other NDR Devices
Prof. Hartmut Roskos: Superlattice THz amplifiers
Prof. Jerome Faist: Quantum cascade Lasers for the generation of THz waves
Prof. AlessandroTredicucci: Quantum Cascade Lasers II
THz Systems
Dr. Dwight Woolard: THz-Frequency Sensing Science & Electronic Technology
Prof. Peter Uhd-Jepson: THz Spectroscopy
Dr. Paul Planken: Near-field THz microscopy
Prof. Carlo Sitori: Quantum Cascade Laser-Applications
THz Interactions
Dr. Daniel Mittleman: THz Transmission and Reflection: the Effects of Scattering
Prof. Giles Davies: Molecular and Organic Interactions
Prof. Bob Miles: Interactions with Inorganic Materials
Detection and Sensing
Dr. Don Arnone: THz System Engineering for Real World Applications
Dr. Andrea Markelz: Development of Tagless Biosensors for Detecting Pathogen Presence
Prof. Dan Van der Weide: Biomolecular Interaction Sensing with sub-THz fields
Prof. Kodo Kawase: THz Rays to Detect Drugs of Abuse
Dr. Howard Cummings: Challenges to THz Terrorism and Security Related Applications
Dr. Roger Appleby: THz Scanning for the Detection of Illegal Objects
Prof. Tom Crowe: Science and Technology of THz Chemical and Biological Sensing
Prof. Peter Haring-Bolivar: THz Frequency DNA Chips
Special Evening Lecture Prof. Martin Koch: THz Communications – a 2020 vision
Prof. Martyn Chamberlain: Workshop Overview, Summary and the Way Forward
If you are working in the area of THz technology and would like to take part in the workshop please contact one of the organisers listed below and provide them with a list of recent relevant publications. Successful applicants will receive free accomodation at the conference venue and a contribution towards their travel expenses - NATO restrictions apply. They will also be expected to present a poster on a topic that complements the above Key Topics. The ARW is limited to a total of about 40 participants.
Co-Director
X-C. Zhang
zhangxc@rpi.edu
Co-Director
Arunas Krotkus
krotkus@uj.pfi.lt
Secretary
Bob Miles
r.e.miles@leeds.ac.uk or eenarw06@leeds.ac.uk
Treasurer
Heribert Eisele
h.eisele@leeds.ac.uk or eenarw06@leeds.ac.uk