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

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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.

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Recent News

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

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Terahertz Collaborative Research Center

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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:

• Wright State University [Colleges of Science and Mathematics (Physics) and College of Computer Science and Engineering (Electrical Engineering)]

• 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.

• University of Dayton (Electro-optics Program and Department of Physics)
  • Peter Powers (Professor of Physics and Electro-Optics)
  • Joe Haus (Professor and Director of Electro-Optics)
  • Qiwen Zahn (Associate Professor of Electro-Optics)
• University of Dayton Research Institute
  • Gil Pacey (Senior Research Scientist)
  • Anita Taulbee (Research Scientist)

• Ohio State University (Department of Physics)
  • Frank De Lucia (Distinguished University Professor), Microwave Lab

• Miami University

• Air Force Institute of Technology (Department of Engineering Physics)
  • Michael Hawks (Assistant Professor of Physics)

• Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Propulsion Directorate – Non-destructive spectroscopy and imaging techniques on propulsion related systems.
  • Materials and Manufacturing Directorate – Development of materials for THz sources and detectors, systems for non-destructive imaging of air craft structures, electronic and optical properties of new materials.
  • Sensors Directorate – Development of THz sources (QCL).
  • Human Effectiveness Directorate – Terahertz human signatures and bio-signatures. Health and safety studies associated with mmwaves and THz.

• LOCI at UD - Laser and Optical Communications Institute
• ElectroScience Laboratory at OSU
• Several companies through Third Frontiers programs and other companies through SBIRs.
  • Mound Laser and Photonics Center
  • Princeton Nanotechnology Systems
  • Spectral Energies
  • Traycer Diagnostic Systems
  • Photon-X Inc.
  • STAN Solutions

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