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Informationen zum Autor Daryoosh Saeedkia is the multi-award-winning CEO and President of TeTechS Inc, a terahertz technology solution company committed to developing sensor and imager systems for industrial and scientific applications, based in Canada. He is also owner of T-Era Consulting, and has published multiple research and conference papers.
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Preface
Part I: Fundamentals of terahertz technology for imaging, sensing and communications
Chapter 1: Optoelectronic techniques for the generation and detection of terahertz waves
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Terahertz detector technologies
1.3 Terahertz signal generation in terahertz photoconductive antennas (THz-PCAs)
1.4 Terahertz signal detection with terahertz photoconductive antennas (THz-PCAs)
1.5 Parametric interaction in nonlinear crystals
1.6 Difference frequency mixing in nonlinear crystals
1.7 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Transmission and propagation of terahertz waves in plastic waveguides
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Main challenges of the plastic-based terahertz fiber optics
2.3 Devices based on subwavelength fibers
2.4 Hollow-core fibers
2.5 Composite terahertz materials
2.6 Experimental characterization of terahertz waveguides
2.7 Conclusions
2.8 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3: Fundamental aspects of surface plasmon polaritons at terahertz frequencies
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Drude model
3.3 Surface plasmon polaritons on planar surfaces
3.4 Multilayered structures
3.5 New trends in terahertz plasmonics
3.6 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4: Fundamental aspects of terahertz near-field imaging and sensing
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Terahertz near-field measurements
4.3 Near-fields of various subwavelength holes
4.4 Kirchhoff formalism for near-field estimate
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5: Field effect transistors for terahertz applications
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Plasma waves in low-dimensional structures
5.3 Instability of the steady state with a dc current in field effect transistors (FETs)
5.4 Detection of terahertz radiation by an FET
5.5 Studies of terahertz emission from FETs
5.6 Experimental studies of terahertz detection by FETs
5.7 Conclusions
5.8 Acknowledgements
Chapter 6: Terahertz wireless communications
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Motivation for terahertz wireless communications
6.3 Atmospheric propagation for communications
6.4 Modeling of terahertz communication channels
6.5 Hardware for terahertz communications: sources and detectors
6.6 Modulators for terahertz waves
6.7 Modulation formats for terahertz signals
6.8 Examples of terahertz communication systems
6.9 Experimental characterization of rain, fog and scintillations on terahertz communication links
6.10 Future trends
6.11 Sources of further information
6.12 Acknowledgments
Part II: Recent progress and novel techniques in terahertz technology
Chapter 7: Terahertz bio-sensing techniques
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Sensing of water dynamics by terahertz waves
7.3 Sensing of proteins
7.4 Binding-state dependent sensing
7.5 Characteristic resonances of biomolecules in the terahertz range
7.6 Water-mediated terahertz molecular imaging
7.7 Conclusion
7.8 Acknowledgements
Chapter 8: Terahertz array imagers: towards the implementation of terahertz cameras with plasma-wave-based silicon MOSFET detectors
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Resistive mixing - a quasi-static analysis
8.3 Plasmonic mixing - a hydrodynamic analysis
8.4 Technology, design and implementation of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors as terahertz detectors
8.5 Characterization and optimization of field effect transistor (FET) detectors
8.5.6 Results for MOSFET THz detectors
8.6 Developme
