April 9 - 13, 2007
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Guidelines
The terahertz (THz) portion of the frequency spectrum (0.3-10 THz) has attracted interest for various potential applications such as hidden weapons discovery, checking personnel and packages for guns and explosives, chemical and biological detection, and even communications. However, the spectral region has been underutilized because of the inadequacy of THz sources, detectors, and components that are in turn limited by materials. This symposium intends to focus on the latest advances in materials that will enable the development of the terahertz region of the spectrum. The symposium is open to electronic and optical THz-producing techniques. Materials work in growth (bulk, epi, and engineered), characterization (spectroscopy, loss, dielectric studies, etc.), and devices (including vacuum electronics) will be welcomed, but not limited to semiconductors, polymers, biological, chemical, gas, engineered, negative index, molecular, nanotubes, and other materials.
The proposed topics include, but are not limited to:
* Materials for THz sources
* Materials for THz detectors
* Materials for THz components (i.e., modulators, lenses, mirrors, transmission lines, etc.)
* THz spectroscopy of materials (molecular, organic, and inorganic)
* Ultrafast chemistry and physics as it relates to THz
* Material properties at THz frequencies
* Negative Index and other novel materials
* Novel devices for THz applications
Tutorial
A tutorial complementing this symposium is tentatively planned. Further information will be included in the program that will be available in January.
Invited Speakers
Invited speakers include: Mark Allen (Physical Sciences Inc.), Martyn Chamberlain (Teranova), Jim Dayton (Genovac), Yujie Ding (Lehigh Univ.), Martin Dressel (Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany), Nader Enhgeta (Univ. of Pennsylvania), J�r�me Faist (Univ. of Neuch�tel, Switzerland), Tatiana Globus (Univ. of Virginia), Art Gossard (Univ. of California-Santa Barbara), Daniel Mittleman (Rice Univ.), Jorge Seminario (Texas A&M Univ.), Hong Zhang (Northrop/Grumman), and Xi-Cheng Zhang (Rennselaer Polytechnic Inst.).
Symposium Organizers
* Ed Stutz
Air Force Research Laboratory
Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Rm. 253
3005 Hobson Way
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7707
Tel 937-255-9889
Fax 937-255-4913
charles.stutz@wpafb.af.mil
* Ingrid Wilke
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Dept. of Physics
Applied Physics and Astronomy
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Tel 518-276-6318
Fax 518-276-6680
wilkei@rpi.edu
* Kenneth Kreischer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Vacuum Electronics Technology
MS H6402
600 Hicks Rd.
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Tel 847-259-9600 x-4544
Fax 847-506-7923
kenneth.kreischer@ngc.com
* Qing Hu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rm. 36-465
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel 617-253-1573
Fax 617-253-1301
qhu@mit.edu
For more information:
see the Conference Website.
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