A team of researchers led by Hideo Hosono at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has shown that terahertz rays can be converted to light visible to the human eye. The finding is a breakthrough for functional materials ...
Nanophysics
Nov 29, 2017
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The secrets of 17th century artists can now be revealed, thanks to 21st century signal processing. Using modern high-speed scanners and the advanced signal processing techniques, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 21, 2017
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A mineral discovered in Russia in the 1830s known as a perovskite holds a key to the next step in ultra-high-speed communications and computing.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 6, 2017
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A flexible detector for terahertz frequencies (1000 gigahertz) has been developed by Chalmers researchers using graphene transistors on plastic substrates. It is the first of its kind, and can extend the use of terahertz ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 31, 2017
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In a significant breakthrough, scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, have devised a high-power radiation source in the terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This study, ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 30, 2017
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Brown University researchers have demonstrated a way to bring a powerful form of spectroscopy—a technique used to study a wide variety of materials—into the nano-world.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2017
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Terahertz radiation—the band of the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and visible light—has promising applications in medical and industrial imaging and chemical detection, among other uses.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 8, 2017
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In materials research, chemistry, biology, and medicine, chemical bonds, and especially their dynamic behavior, determine the properties of a system. These can be examined very closely using terahertz radiation and short ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 7, 2017
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Brown University researchers have developed a new method of manipulating the polarization of light at terahertz frequencies.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 19, 2017
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When we look at a painting, how do we know it's a genuine piece of art?
Optics & Photonics
May 15, 2017
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