News: OTST - International Workshop

Added Monday 3rd November 2008

The International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology 2009 will be held in Santa Barbara, California, USA from 7th to 11th March 2009.

The aim of the workshop is to foster discussion on the newest and most exciting research in the development and applications of terahertz instrumentation based on optical sources. In addition to the presentation of peer reviewed papers, there will be activities for students and newcomers, including a tutorial session immediately before the conference begins.

Sources and applications at wavelengths between 30 and 3000 microns (0.1-10 THz) will be emphasised. Full details of the Workshop can be found on the OTST Website.

Contemporary scientific topics will be highlighted in areas such as:

• Terahertz pulse generation and detection
• Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
• THz imaging and nondestructive evaluation
• THz near-field microscopy: developments and applications
• Nanotechnology impact on terahertz instrumentation
• Terahertz characterization of nanomaterials
• Time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
• Probing ultrafast carrier dynamics and transport in materials
• Novel optical and material development: metamaterials and plasmonics
• Applications to molecular, biomolecular, and liquid phase spectroscopy
• Portal security applications
• Quantum cascade lasers
• Sources based on telecom pumps
• Emerging laser technology for use in optical THz sources and detectors
• Terahertz communications
• Terahertz waveguides
• LIDAR/DIAL systems