Terasense

Course on Terahertz Technology and Applications - 2009

In the framework of the European School of Antennas (ESoA), I am pleased to do the first announcement of the course “Terahertz Technology and Applications” scheduled for May 2009. The course is organized by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Spain), with the participation of Prof. Peter H. Siegel (CalTech, USA), Prof. Giles Davies (University of Leeds, UK), Prof. Michael Siegel (University of Karlsruhe, Ge), Prof. Antti Räisänen (Helsinky University of Technology, Finland) and Dr. Peter de Maagt (European Space Agency). It will be given during the full week 25-29 May 2009 at the UPC in Barcelona Spain. The courses are mainly intended for PhD students, engineers and Post Doc with a background in Electromagnetics, but it is open to whoever is interested. The preliminary detailed program of the course, the registration form, the application form for student travel grant and the accommodation and access guide can be found the links below.

The Terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum, which spans from 100 GHz to 10 THz, has attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to the developments in new generation and detection techniques and due to the potential applications in the commercial, scientific, and government areas. As most dielectric materials are transparent at these frequencies and metals are opaque, there has been considerable interest in developing THz technology as an imaging technique for biomedical, industry, and security applications. The course will present the radiation and propagation characteristics of the electromagnetic waves at terahertz frequencies, will discuss the technological aspects and design criteria for its different components (sources, receivers and antennas), and will model and discuss measurement techniques. The main applications and system architectures for active and passive systems will be analyzed and the more significant parameters compared.

The participants will model the different components of a Terahertz System, with different analytical and software tools and asses their performance in terms of the system response. A realistic system for space or terrestrial applications will be designed and characterized, to check the validity of the methodology.

The course fee is 400 EUR for non-profit institutions and 1000 EUR for profit institutions. Reimbursements will be offered for up to 3 students based on their special course progress and personal needs. The number of participants is limited to 20, so please register as soon as possible. To start the registration process please contact Gemma Roqueta ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and send her the pre-registration form available as an attachment to this page.

Lecturers

• Prof. Lluis Jofre (course coordinator), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
• Dr. Peter H. Siegel, California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)
• Prof. Giles Davies, University of Leeds
• Prof. Michael Siegel, University of Karlsruhe
• Prof. Antti Räisänen, Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)
• Dr. Peter de Maagt, European Space Agency (ESA)
• Profs. Jordi Romeu, Antoni Broquetas, Lluís Pradell and Joan O’Callaghan, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)

Contents

• THz Fundamentals: Electromagnetic radiation and propagation fundamentals.

• THz Principles: THz principles and interaction with matter.

• THz Sources:THz sources and source design.

• THz Receivers:THz Receivers, sensors and receiving architectures.

• THz Antennas:THz antennas, principles, topologies and modeling.

• THz Measurement techniques:Time and frequency measurement principles and techniques.

• THz Applications and systems: Space applications and systems, terrestrial applications and systems and THz system design.

For course registration or further information the course organizer, Gemma Roqueta ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

For general information on ESoA 2009, please visit the ACE web site (http://www.antennasvce.org/Community/Education/)

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