Postings from July, 2007

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications

Monday, July 30th, 2007

The purpose of this meeting is to provide an international forum for discussion of all aspects of nonlinear optics, including new phenomena, novel devices, advanced materials and applications. July 30–August 3, 2007, Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa Kona, Hawaii

Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Leeds

Monday, July 30th, 2007

MBE growth of THz and microwave components

Terahertz Senior Research Scientist

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The UKs National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are searching for an enthusiastic Scientist with a good understanding of Terahertz Measurements to join the NPL Communication Technologies Group, which undertakes a range of metrology-orientated research including high-speed waveform analysis, wireless interference and propagation, antenna profiling and the health and safety of electromagnetic fields exposure.

Team generates most energetic terahertz pulses yet, observes useful optical phenomena

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have generated extremely short pulses of light that are the strongest of their type ever produced and could prove invaluable in probing the ultra-fast motion of atoms and electrons.

Can metal-insulator electronics do it better, sans semiconductors?

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Ultrahigh-speed electronics is quickly approaching a “terahertz gap” between semiconductors that top out at hundreds of gigahertz and optical frequencies that hit hundreds of terahertz. Promising to span that breach, where wavelengths are measured in millimeters, is a new breed of metal-insulator electronics that inventor Phiar Corp. (Boulder, Colo.) has demonstrated at frequencies up to 3.8 THz.

NIST Postdoctoral Fellowships

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Postdoctoral Fellowships are available in the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Nanowires face THz probe

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

Single-photon detectors, electrically driven lasers and nanoscale transistors have all been named as promising applications for semiconductor nanowires. In each case, understanding the dynamics of the charge carriers is critical, but first scientists need to find a reliable way of measuring the data.

Research center to fathom terahertz applications

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

German research group Leibniz-Gemeinschaft has launched a terahertz research center.

New Lens Device Will Shrink Huge Light Waves To Pinpoints

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a way to make a lens-like device that focuses electromagnetic waves down to the tiniest of points.

RIKEN Researching How to Make, Detect and Use THz Waves – Video Report

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Far infrared or terahertz waves have some interesting and unique properties, thus RIKEN has been researching how to make, detect and use terahertz waves.