New Terahertz Radiation Source

Researchers at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow are developing an inexpensive and powerful THz radiation source.

Terahertz or THz technology is a new and exciting frontier in science and engineering with a huge number of potential applications.

Currently, most industrial THz generation systems are bulky and use high power lasers to excite oscillations in a biased semiconductor such as Gallium Arsenide. These systems are complicated, expensive (>$100,000) and are not very portable.

We are developing a planar Gunn diode semi-conductor device which will produce very high frequency radiation in an accessible and affordable way.

Key Benefits

Microchip-based technology
Room temperature operation
Physically small
Inexpensive to manufacture
Integratable into electronic circuitry

Applications

Automotive radar
High resolution radar
Broadband satellite communications
Wireless office communication systems
Medical scanning
Homeland security applications
Spectroscopy

IP Status

Patent application filed.

This technology is available to license in the all the above application areas. We are seeking industrial collaboration towards development in specific key applications.

This project was supported by a Scottish Enterprise Proof of Concept Programme Award.

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