Terahertz and Mid Infrared Radiation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Plasma Sensing Using Terahertz Waves

   • H. Altan

   Pages 1-8

3. A Study of Tunable Metamaterial Devices for the THz Region

   • N. Chikhi, E. Di Gennaro, E. Esposito, A. Andreone

   Pages 9-13

4. High-Resolution THz Spectroscopy to Measure Strong THz Absorption Signatures of si-RNA in Solution

   • E. R. Brown, E. A. Mendoza, Y. Kuznetsova, A. Neumann, S. R. J. Brueck

   Pages 15-22

5. THz Waveguide and Bends Based on Metallic Photonic Crystals

   • Elif Degirmenci, Frederic Surre, Pascal Landais

   Pages 23-27

6. Flux-Flow Oscillator (FFO) Made with the Fluxon Cloning Circuits

   • H. Farhan-Hassan, D. R. Gulevich, P. N. Dmitriev, V. P. Koshelets, F. V. Kusmartsev

   Pages 29-41

7. Left-Handed Properties of Composite Ferrite/Semiconductor Medium Oriented in Staggered Order

   • A. Girich, S. Tarapov

   Pages 43-47

8. Technology of Cavity Fabrication for Whispering Gallery Modes Laser (\(\lambda \sim 3\mbox{ \textendash }4\,\mu \)m)

   • E. A. Grebenshchikova, V. V. Sherstnev, N. D. Il’inskaya, S. S. Kizhayev, S. I. Troshkov, Yu. P. Yakovlev

   Pages 49-58

9. Modeling of Optical Spectral Characteristics of Nitrides-Based Quantum-Cascade Detectors

   • Sergii V. Gryshchenko, Mykhailo V. Klymenko, Volodymyr V. Lysak, Igor A. Sukhoivanov

   Pages 59-64

10. Solid Solution Hg 1–x Mn x Te– Based Mid Infrared Schottky Diodes

    • I. V. Ivanchenko, V. M. Godovanyuk, M. L. Kovalchuk, S. E. Ostapov, S. Yu. Paranchich, N. A. Popenko et al.

    Pages 65-72

11. Characterization of Air-Nitrogen-Argon DC Glow Discharge Plasma with THz Time Domain Spectroscopy

    • G. Karaoglan, Z. Tosun, D. Akbar, H. Altan

    Pages 73-77

12. Interperiods Electron Transport Coherences in Quantum-Cascade Structures

    • Mykhailo V. Klymenko, Oleksiy V. Shulika, Igor A. Sukhoivanov

    Pages 79-84

13. Numerical Improvement of Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopic Measurements

    • D. Koseoglu, H. Berberoglu, H. Altan

    Pages 85-90

14. Development of (λ ∼ 9.4μm) GaAs-Based Quantum Cascade Lasers Operating at the Room Temperature

    • Kamil Kosiel, Anna Szerling, Maciej Bugajski, Piotr Karbownik, Justyna Kubacka-Traczyk, Iwona Sankowska et al.

    Pages 91-100

15. Bovine Serum Albumin 3D Structure Determination by THz Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling

    • Maria Mernea, Aurel Leca, Traian Dascalu, Dan Mihailescu

    Pages 101-105

16. Influence of the Spot Size of the Probe Beam on the Detected THz Power Using Electro-Optic Detection Method

    • Mukaddes Meliz Metbulut, Hasan Hüseyin Güllü, Hakan Altan

    Pages 107-111

17. Mid-Infrared GaInSb/AlGaInSb Quantum Well Laser Diodes Grown on GaAs

    • G. R. Nash

    Pages 113-122

18. Microwave Features of Optic Photonic Crystals

    • S. V. Nedukh, M. K. Khodzitsky

    Pages 123-126

19. Terahertz Active Media on Intra-Center Transitions: Tuning by Nano-Layers

    • A. P. Solovjeva, E. E. Orlova

    Pages 127-131

20. Microscopic Simulation of Quantum Cascade Laser Structures

    • T. Schmielau, M. F. Pereira

    Pages 133-137

Terahertz (THz) and Mid-Infrared (MIR) radiation (TERA-MIR) can be transmitted through nearly any material without causing biological harm. Novel and rapid methods of detection can be created with devices operation in these spectral ranges allowing scanning for weapons, detecting hidden explosives (including plastic landmines), controlling the quality of food and a host of other exciting applications.  This book focuses on mathematical and physical aspects of the field, on unifying these two spectral domains (THz and MIR) with regard to common sources, detectors, materials and applications, and on key interdisciplinary topics. The main THz and MIR source is the quantum cascade laser (QCL). Thus significant attention is paid to the challenge of turning this advanced technology into affordable commercial devices so as to exploit its enormous potential. However other alternatives to THz QCLs are also presented, e.g.  sub-terahertz imaging from avalanching GaAs bipolar transistors, Josephson junctions as THz sources, semiconductor materials for pulsed THz sources,  superconducting THz electronics with Josephson vortices.  In summary this book delivers a global picture of the state of the art in TERA-MIR generation, detection and applications.

• Mid Infrared Radiation
• Quantum Cascade Laser
• THz radiation

• Sheffield Hallam University, Materials and Engineering Research Insti, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  Mauro F. Pereira

• Kharkov National University of Radio Ele, Kharkov, Ukraine

  Oleksiy Shulika