Components and systems for terahertz applications
Projects
PHOtonic tools for Quantitative imaging in tissUeS
Marie Curie Initial Training Network, Seventh Framework Programme. Innovative doctoral training programme on photonic tools.
The PHOtonic tools for Quantitative imaging in Cells and tissUeS (PHOQUS) project aims to advance the development and application of novel imaging modalities and multimodal approaches for the quantitative investigation of biological processes across multiple scales, from molecules and cells to tissues and organs. The project brings together graduates in life sciences, medicine, physics, and engineering, training them to integrate photonics, nanotechnology, advanced spectroscopy, and novel spectral regions with the latest developments in live imaging and diagnostics.
Its photonics focus on new tools and sources creates opportunities to investigate mechanisms and nuclear dynamics involved in spindle formation and chromosome separation during mitosis, as well as cell migration, embryonic development, and cancer development in the gut. PHOQUS builds on world-class expertise in life sciences, pioneering surgical and image-interventional technologies, nanomedicine, and advanced photonics at the University of Dundee to deliver an innovative interdisciplinary doctoral training programme.
This three-year PhD programme is designed to train postgraduate students as genuinely interdisciplinary scientists working at the interface of physics, photonics, and live-imaging methodologies in life sciences and medicine. PHOQUS also benefits from the close involvement of 10 associate industrial partners and 9 associate academic partners across 7 European countries, who contribute both academic and commercial expertise as well as specialised training.
TERAHERTZ IMAGING SYSTEM MAINTAINED BY CHIRPED OPTICAL PULSES (TERAOPT)
The objective of the project is to develop a fast, compact, and relatively inexpensive terahertz imaging system by applying optical mixing of chirped pulses from a fibre laser to generate narrow-band terahertz pulses in an ultrafast semiconductor switch.
The TERAOPT project is partially funded by the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA).
Novel Compact Terahertz Sources Based on Dual Wavelength Lasers and Photomixers
This project focuses on developing low-cost technologies for the fabrication of compact, room-temperature submillimetre terahertz (THz) sources operating in the 0.3-3 THz range and beyond.
- Novel, efficient, and low-cost THz transceiver devices for next-generation security, medical imaging, and spectroscopy systems
- Ultra-compact room-temperature devices operating across a tunable THz frequency range
- Coherent THz radiation generated in novel semiconductor materials driven by high-power laser sources and efficient quantum-dot lasers
- Non-invasive, localised diagnosis and investigation of skin, gastric, cervical, and colon cancers
Funded by
Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
Seventh Framework Programme, People Programme
The TERA project received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 People 2011 IAPP) under Grant Agreement No. 285974.
Inočekiai LT
From 2012-12-03 to 2013-01-31, a project was carried out with partial funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the budget of the Republic of Lithuania under action programme VP2-1.3-ŪM-05-K "Inočekiai LT".