Postings from June, 2006

New Scientific Possibilities with High Power THz Sources

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

A workshop to explore theory and experiments exploiting fourth generation light sources. 29 – 30 June 2006

South Pole-based THz receiver boosts astronomy

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

THz receiver installed on Ast/Ro telescope provides an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity over previous technology for studying the interstellar composition of the Milky Way

QWIP2006: International Workshop on Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

QWIP2006: The International Workshop on Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors will be held June 18-24, 2006 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Research Opportunities in Terahertz (THz) Science and Technology

Friday, June 16th, 2006

The primary goal of this workshop is to bring awareness of potential research opportunities in THz Science and Technology by introducing incoherent and coherent Synchrotron Radiation sources to the scientific and industrial communities. Friday, June 16, 2006, Saskatoon, Canada.

Fishing line guides THz

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

Taiwanese researchers make a low-loss terahertz waveguide out of readily available polyethylene fiber.

Great Lakes Photonics Symposium

Monday, June 12th, 2006

12-16 June 2006, Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio USA

Radio Australia: T-Rays

Monday, June 12th, 2006

The world of T-rays: they’re safer than X-rays and they can reveal the contents of packaging in a way X-rays cannot, so they could be the way of the future for security screening.

2006 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2006 (IMS2006) will be held in San Francisco, California, Sunday, June 11 through Friday, June 16, 2006 as the centerpiece of Microwave Week 2006.

10 European Fellowships in Paris – for master of science graduate students

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

NanOtime is an Early Stage Training project funded by the European Commission. It aims to train Master of Science graduate scientists in a hot topic research field: “terahertz detection & terahertz imaging”.

Researchers ‘lase’ a trail to early detection of breast tumors

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

A novel laser engineered to home in on tiny tumors may someday enhance early detection of cancers in breast, skin and other tissues, researchers report.