Postings from May, 2009

DARPA’s THz Electronics Program

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded contracts for innovative research proposals under its Terahertz (THz) Electronics Program.

TERAHERTZ MODULATORS – one highlight of presentations at CLEO

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Scientists have for the first time devised a multi-pixel modulator for light waves at terahertz frequencies.

Opto-Mechanical Engineer (R&D): Zomega Terahertz Corp.

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

The successful candidate designs and analyzes opto-mechanicals systems for the development of terahertz systems.

Europe launches cosmic explorers

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Two groundbreaking missions to map the geometry of the universe and study the formation of the earliest galaxies have successfully launched.

THz Waves Measure Nanofilms

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, the researchers discovered an efficient new approach to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films used in high-speed integrated circuits.

EngD in passive mm-wave imaging (with QinetiQ)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

A 4-year EPSRC and QinetiQ sponsored EngD studentship is available to work on the development of the world’s first real-time electronic beam-forming passive millimetre-wave (PMMW) imager.

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging received $8M DARPA THz award

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC, was awarded on May 1, 2009 a $ 8,275,593 contract for research on the DARPA Terahertz (THz) Electronic Program.

To the heart of darkness: a laboratory THz study of dark energy

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

The finite value of dark energy density dictates that the team should see no zero-point fluctuation current generated above a critical frequency of around 1.7 THz.