Integrated Terahertz Systems

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microelectronics".

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Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City 30013, Taiwan
Interests: plasmonics; terahertz optoelectronics; 5G/6G antennas; non-destructive evaluation; high-speed wireless communication

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Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 425 UCB, ECEE 1B48, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: ultrafast phenomena; nanophotonics; biophotonics; THz technologies

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Head of Terahertz Photonics Group, Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: terahertz science and technology; spectroscopy; pump-probe; material science; phase transitions and fast processes

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Dear Colleagues,

Terahertz (THz) technology has attracted extensive attention from industry and academia due to its unique applications in chemical identification, environmental monitoring, security screening, biomedical imaging, and space explorations. Bringing these applications to daily use urgently requires compact and high-speed modalities to empower THz systems. Thanks to the rapid development of THz materials and devices in recent years, high-efficiency integrated THz systems with a compact size have become possible, delivering numerous unique functionalities that have never been achieved. Nowadays, the realm of integrated THz systems applications is vast and expanding, ranging from advanced material development, non-destructive evaluation, nanoimaging, nanomedicine, sensing, and cultural heritage exploration, to 6G communication.

This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of integrated THz systems—from the perspective of material, device, and system levels—and their applications. Submissions can focus on research in topics including but not limited to the following:

  •  mmWave and THz antennas;
  • THz vacuum electronics;
  • Active THz devices;
  • Integrated THz optoelectronics;
  • THz metamaterials for high-speed THz systems;
  • THz spectroscopy systems;
  • THz imaging systems;
  • THz nanoscopy systems;
  • Sub-THz and THz communication systems;
  • THz systems for material development, non-destructive evaluation, and industrial inspection;
  • THz information and signal processing.

Dr. Shang-Hua Yang
Dr. Shu-Wei Huang
Dr. Nazar Nikolaev
Guest Editors

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Perspective on Terahertz Applications of Molecular Crystals
by Anton Sinko, Ilya Ozheredov, Elena Rudneva, Vera Manomenova, Natalia Kozlova, Natalia Lobova, Alexey Voloshin, Jean-Louis Coutaz and Alexander Shkurinov
Electronics 2022, 11(17), 2731; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11172731 - 30 Aug 2022
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In this review, we present a survey on the use of molecular nonlinear crystals in the context of terahertz (THz) photonics. The fundamentals of nonlinear optics for converting optical and infrared radiation into THz radiation with the basic theory of femtosecond optical rectification [...] Read more.
In this review, we present a survey on the use of molecular nonlinear crystals in the context of terahertz (THz) photonics. The fundamentals of nonlinear optics for converting optical and infrared radiation into THz radiation with the basic theory of femtosecond optical rectification and difference frequency generation are described. Various types of phase-matching conditions that can be achieved in molecular crystals are discussed. It is shown that one of the unique features of molecular crystals is the ability to generate tunable narrowband terahertz radiation using femtosecond lasers. We also provide a detailed description of the most commonly used and promising molecular crystals such as DAST, DSTMS, OH1, HMQ-TMS, DCMBI, and GUHP. This review also presents a description of recent publications which show the prospects of using molecular nonlinear optical crystals in THz photonics. Full article
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