IRMMW-THz 2008
33rd International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves
and
16th International Conference on THz Electronics
“Terahertz for Life”
The International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves/THz Electronics (IRMMW-THz), currently in its 31st year, is the oldest and largest continuous forum specifically devoted to the field of ultra high frequency electronics and applications. The IRMMW conference and it’s long standing accompanying monthly publication, International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, were among the very first scientific outlets for the burgeoning field of far infrared components and instruments that arose in the mid 1970s. The scope of the conference extends from millimeter wave devices, components and systems to far-infrared detectors and instruments, and encompasses micro- and nano-scale structures to large-scale accelerators and Tokomaks and their applications. The international organizing committee is composed of world-recognized experts from fifteen countries. The conference typically alternates between Europe, Asia and the US on a three year cycle. Past conferences have been supported by US agencies such as IEEE, APS, DOE and DoD and dozens of local societies within the hosting countries. In 2003 both the IRMMW and THz Electronics conferences were held sequentially in Japan. Total attendees for both events was 520 registrants from 18 countries with 340 submitted papers. After 2003 the two conferences joined and attendance in 2004 (Karlsruhe, Germany) exceeded 450 scientists from 28 countries with over 400 contributed papers. The 2005 conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, hosted 300 scientists from 23 countries with more than 375 contributed papers. After traveling to Shanghai, China in 2006 and Cardiff, Wales, UK, in 2007, the conference will be held at the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, USA, between September 15th-19th, 2008.
Over the past four years the organizing committee has significantly expanded the conference scope and the participating research communities. There is now a special focus on terahertz techniques and applications, including both the traditional radio frequency domain, and the new fast pulse time domain approaches to generating, detecting and using high frequency energy. The conference offers the attendee a chance to hear and participate in a wide range of topic areas that span all aspects of Infrared, Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave (IR, THz, and MMW) technology and applications from quantum physics, chemistry, and biology to radio astronomy and plasma physics.
Sandwiched between the optical on the short wavelength side and radio on the long wavelength extreme, the Terahertz or Far-Infrared has long been considered the last remaining scientific gap in the electromagnetic spectrum. Due to the historic role the IRMMW conference has played in bridging this gap by bringing together international researchers in many diverse fields - from space science to nuclear fusion - and recently chemistry, biology and security, the 2008 organizing committee would again like to reach out to scientists in adjacent fields who can benefit from recent developments in the far-IR.
In the last few years interest in terahertz imaging and spectroscopy from the biology, ultra-fast chemistry and health science communities has grown exponentially as new instrumentation and techniques have begun to make their way into many laboratories world-wide. This is especially the case in Europe and Japan, both of which have thriving cross-disciplinary programs supporting new applications in this frequency domain.
As a long standing member of the space science community and a recent cross-over to the biological sciences, the conference chair directly reflects this goal of the 2008 International Organizing Committee: to reach out to communities in the life sciences and bring attention to the very unique techniques and applications that might cross-over into these fields. Consequently Sponsorship for the 2008 conference is being solicited, for the first time, from the US National Institutes of Health, NASA/JPL and both the divisions of Engineering and Biology at Caltech. We are looking forward to a very well attended and internationally supported cross-disciplinary conference venue that will set IRMMW up as THE conference for information exchange in the “Terahertz Gap.”
Important Dates:
Abstracts due: Friday April 4, 2008 (1 Page PDF Format)
Notification of Paper Acceptances: Friday May 16, 2008
Final Papers Due: Monday June 30th, 2008 (2 Page PDF)
MAJOR TOPICAL AREAS:
The following is a representative list of topics typically covered at the conference:
1. New IR, THz and MMW applications in Biology and Medicine
2. IR, THz and MMW Imaging, especially biomedical applications
3. Ultra-fast Components and Measurements in Chemistry and Physics
4. IR, THz and MMW Astronomy, Atmospheric and Environmental Science Applications
5. IR, THz and MMW Spectroscopy, Instrumentation and Material Properties
6. IR, THz and MMW Applications in Security and Defense
7. MMW Telecommunication and Industrial Applications
8. Ultra High Speed MMW Digital Devices
9. MMW and Submillimeter-Wave Radar and Communications
10. MMW systems, Transmission Lines and Antennas
11. Gyro-Oscillators and Amplifiers
12. Free Electron Lasers and Synchrotron Radiation
13. Plasma Diagnostics
14. Novel devices and Instruments for IR, THz and MMW applications
15. Terahertz Devices, Components and Instruments; both Frequency and Time Domain.
16. IR, THz, and MMW Sources, Detectors and Receivers
17. IR, THZ and MMW Future Applications, Markets and Directions
INVITED PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, President, Caltech
Dr. Charles Elachi, Director, Jet Propulsion Lab
Professor Robert G. Griffin, MIT
Professor Andrew Lange, Caltech
Professor Alexander Litvak, Nizhny Novgorod
Professor Frank De Lucia, Ohio State Univ.
Professor Dan Mittleman, Rice University
Professor Arye Rosen, Drexel University
Professor David B. Rutledge, Caltech
Professor Maurizio Seracini, Univ. of Florence
More than 25 additional Keynote and Tutorial Speakers are planned. Names and topic areas will be posted on the conference website in May.
For more information, see the conference website: http://www.irmmw-thz2008.org/.