The 2017 terahertz science and technology roadmap

Science and technologies based on terahertz frequency electromagnetic radiation (100 GHz–30 THz) have developed rapidly over the last 30 years. For most of the 20th Century, terahertz radiation, then referred to as sub-millimeter wave or far-infrared radiation, was mainly utilized by astronomers and some spectroscopists. Following the development of laser based terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in the 1980s and 1990s the field of THz science and technology expanded rapidly, to the extent that it now touches many areas from fundamental science to 'real world' applications. For example THz radiation is being used to optimize materials for new solar cells, and may also be a key technology for the next generation…

• SR
  Sight Research UK

  Award: NE/L012375/1
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Awards: EP/J017671/1, EP/P015883/1, EP/M017095/1, EP/L026597/1, EP/M00306X/1, EP/K023349/1
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  Natural Environment Research Council

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  Science and Technology Facilities Council

  Award: ST/P002056/1