THz Science & Technology Network

In the 8 June and 28 September Physical Review Letters, researchers describe generating T-rays in a hair-thin plasma filament made by a laser pulse.

The next generation of technologies for detecting explosives, including so-called “electronic strip-search” body-scanning cameras, is to be tested for possible use in airports.

The workshop will bring together Synchrotron & FEL scientists and users to discuss the latest developments and future directions of the fields, and to promote even more promising applications. Awaji-Island, Hyogo, Japan, 25th - 29th September 2007.

September 23-25, 2007, UVSOR Facility, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has contracted Ohio-based Teraphysics Corp. for radar and wide-bandwidth communications applications.

As part of its current effort to refine a long-term scientific strategy, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble/ France) is organizing on September 10 -12, 2007 a workshop on: TeraHertz Dynamics probed with X-rays.

The 13th International Conference on II-VI Compounds will be held at The Shilla Jeju hotel, Jeju, Korea on September 10-14, 2007.

ITQW`07 will be the key event in 2007 in the area of intersubband transitions in quantum wells and intersublevel transitions in quantum dots. 9th-14th September 2007, Ambleside, Cumbria, U.K.

AILES is a beamline dedicated to infrared and THz which will start to welcome users at the beginning of 2008.

The 2007 IRMMW-THz conference will be held in Cardiff, Wales from September 2-7.