Advances in Terahertz Source Technologies

Gun-Sik Park, esteemed as Professor Emeritus in Physics and Astronomy at Seoul National University, Korea, directs the Center for THz-Driven Biological Systems at the university. With a career exceeding two decades on the IEEE Electron Devices Society's technical committee on Vacuum Electronics, his leadership was highlighted as chair of the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves from 2015 to 2018. His pioneering work in vacuum electronics earned him the prestigious John R. Pierce Award from the IEEE Electron Device Society in 2021.Masahiko Tani is a professor at the Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, Japan, president of the Terahertz Technology Forum, Japan, and an executive board member of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. His fields of interest are ultrafast nonlinear optics, terahertz spectroscopy and sensing, and biological and industrial terahertz wave applications.Jae-Sung Rieh is a professor at School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Korea. His major research interest lies in the mm-wave and terahertz devices and circuits. Dr. Rieh was a recipient of IBM Faculty Award (2004) and a co-recipient of IEEE EDS George E. Smith Awards (2002 and 2006) and IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters Tatsuo Itoh Best Paper Award (2013). He is a fellow of IEEE.Sang Yoon Park is a professor at the School of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University, Korea. He has been a director of the Center for Applied Electromagnetic Research at the Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University. His research interests are in the synthesis of nano-bio hybrid materials, electromagnetic metamaterials, and electronic devices, including terahertz waves.

“An extremely comprehensive and up-to-date survey of THz generation techniques and applications, including some very unusual and hard-to-find subjects that have not been presented before. Well worth having in your library, whether you are starting out in the field, or are already a well-established THz researcher.”Dr Peter H. SiegelCalifornia Institute of Technology, USA

• Part 1: THz Photonic Sources 1. THz Optical Parametric Generators and Oscillators 2. THz Wave Emission with Photoconductive Antenna 3. THz Optical Rectification Based Sources 4. THz Liquid Photonics 5. Photomixing THz Sources 6. Spintronic THz Emitters 7. THz Frequency Comb Part 2: THz Solid-State Electronic Sources 8. High Efficiency THz oscillators 9. RTD THz Sources 10. Plasma-Based THz Oscillators 11. Beamforming THz Transmitters 12. Solid-State Power Amplifiers 13. THz Silicon On-Chip Antennas 14. Package Technologies for THz Devices 15. Semiconductor Technologies for THz Applications Part 3: THz Vacuum Electronic Sources 16. THz Gyrotron 17. THz Extended Interaction Klystron (EIK) 18. THz Backward Wave Oscillator (BWO) 19. THz Folded Waveguide Travelling Wave Tube(TWT) 20. Vacuum Nanoelectronic Sources 21. THz Free Electron Laser 22. Cathode Technologies 23. Microfabrication Technologies