Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Wright State University Terahertz Research Cluster- (with many interesting THz links)

Terahertz Research Cluster
Dr. Elliott Brown
Dr. Jason Deibel
Dr. Ivan Medvedev
Dr. Doug Petkie

Overview

The WSU Terahertz Research Cluster consists of four core faculty members and their respective research groups. These faculty include Dr. Elliott Brown, the Endowed Chair of Terahertz Sensing and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, who has extensive expertise in millimeter wave and terahertz device physics, science, and systems. Dr. Jason Deibel, Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, specializing in time-domain spectroscopy using ultrafast lasers and computational electromagnetics. Dr. Ivan Medvedev, Assistant Professor of Physics, who specializes in gas phase spectroscopy and the development of spectrometers. Dr. Doug Petkie, Associate Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, who focuses on millimeter and submillimeter wave continuous-wave systems for radar, imaging and spectroscopy applications. Overall, the research cluster studies a wide range of phenomenology and develops applications in the areas of spectroscopy, imaging, microscopy, and non-destructive evaluation techniques. The group has over 6000 sq ft laboratory space on campus and also has access to space at the IDCAST facility. The research group is well equipped with instrumentation and methods covering most THz techniques.
The Terahertz Collaborative Research Center (THz CRC) is a cohort of university and government laboratories and research groups in the greater Dayton Region that have research efforts focused on millimeter wave and terahertz basic and applied science and engineering. This collaborative effort is made possible by the State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Program through awards to the Institute for the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology (IDCAST) and the Ohio Academic Research Cluster for Layered Sensing (OARCLS). The research groups work closely with many companies, particularly those associated with IDCAST, such as Traycer Diagnostics Systems and Photon-X, to acceleration the commercialization of THz technology.

Recent News

  • Midwestern THz Workshop at WSU on November 19. Please see this announcement.

Terahertz Collaborative Research Center

THz CRC Related Links: (not a complete list!)

The microwave/millimeterwave/THz portion of the research cluster and other collaborators includes several faculty members at universities local to the Dayton, research scientists at AFRL, and several Ohio companies. Some of the partners include:
    • Elliott Brown (Endowed Chair in THz Sensing and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering) Devices, systems/applications, multi-modal sensing and advanced materials.
    • Doug Petkie (Associate Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering) – continuous-wave mmwave/THz electronic experimental techniques, imaging, radar and gas phase spectroscopy.
    • Jason Deibel (Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering) – Time-Domain Spectroscopy experimental techniques, imaging, materials science, and computational EM modeling.
    • Ivan Medvedev (Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering) –
    • Gregory Kozlowski (Associate Professor of Physics) – Microwave evanescent imaging and spectroscopy, nano sensing materials, and superconductivity.
    • Lok Lew Yan Voon (Professor of Physics and Chair of Physics) – Band Structure Theory and Applications to Nanostructures, Computational Electromagnetics for Metamaterials
    • Yan Zhuang (Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering) – NEMs, MEMs, high frequency and microwave components, and device physics.
    • Brian Rigling (Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering) – Signal processing for radar and imaging exploitation.




Please send any comments to thz-physics'at'wright.edu or to Drs. Brown, Deibel, Medvedev or Petkie.

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