Seminarium Optyczne

Since 1982, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) have been developing solid-state and laser-based terahertz sources along with high-sensitivity incoherent and coherent receivers primarily for the design and implementation of high-resolution full-polarimetric imaging techniques. With the goal to develop and apply the technology in the frequency range of 100 GHz to 3 THz, UML researchers have engineered and constructed unique measurement systems for the acquisition of high-resolution imagery. These technologies combined with ourdielectric materials characterization and fabrication program, have allowed UML to not only pioneer the field of physical scale modeling but also to investigate a growing number of applications in the areas of medicine, materials science, and remote-sensing where atmospherictransmission is adequate. A summary of UML’s biomedical terahertz research initiatives will be presented.