Research Opportunities in Terahertz (THz) Science and Technology

Friday, June 16, 2006 (Morning, 1/2 Day Workshop)

Energy on the THz scale is pervasive to physical, chemical and biological processes. However, the THz spectral region has been ‘off-limits’ to researchers until recently; it is still not readily accessible to most researchers. It is thus important to build instruments and further develop this technology to make this region more accessible so that THz Science can evolve. The primary goal of this workshop is to bring awareness of potential research opportunities in THz Science and Technology by introducing incoherent and coherent Synchrotron Radiation sources to the scientific and industrial communities. We have invited several leading international scientists from various research areas (solid-state devices, Long wave spectroscopy and imaging systems, instrumentation, high-resolution gas-phase spectroscopy, chemical dynamics) to discuss their current THz scientific studies, and to offer their views on research possibilities in the THz region, and future directions of THz technologies.

Workshop Organizer: Tim May, Canadian Light Source Inc.

Location:      Arts 217

The following proposed agenda will be updated as meeting details are confirmed.

Time	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
8:00-16:30	Registration Geology Atrium
8:30	Opening remarks Dominique Appadoo,  Canadian Light Source
8:40	Michael Martin	Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Terahertz Spectroscopy at the ALS: Examples, Coherence and the Future
9:20	G. Larry Carr	National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory	Studies of Electron Dynamics using THz Sources at the NSLS
10:00	Coffee Break Geology Atrium
10:30	Robert McKellar	NRC-Steacie Institute of Molecular Sciences	Applications of high resolution Terahertz spectroscopy
11:00	Ulli Schade	BESSY Synchrotron, Berlin	Scientific experiments at BESSY using coherent synchrotron radiation in the Far IR
11:30	Wolfgang Jaeger	Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta	Backward Wave Oscillators for Terahertz Spectroscopy of Weakly Bound Complexes
12:00	Workshop Adjournment Lunch Geology Atrium

Program Related Inquiries to:Tim May tim.may@lightsource.ca

This workshop was organized and sponsored by the Canadian Light Source and the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies.

Last modified: 2008-07-29 14:07:42