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182nd Committee on Terahertz Science, Technology and Industrial Development

Goals

Developments related to terahertz frequencies are anticipated in a wide range of fields, including those related to materials, bio-medicine, and safety and crime prevention (security), because terahertz frequencies can be used to find important information about the physical properties of matter and organisms. Vigorous research is being conducted on device development. Applications for cutting-edge measurement and analysis technologies, such as sensing and imaging, are using terahertz frequencies. Commercial, general-purpose, and medical analysis products are also becoming available now. With these hopes for the future innovation of the field of terahertz wave technology, vanguard academic and industrial researchers and engineers in the fields of terahertz wave, quantum physics and electronics, molecular chemistry, medicine, and pharmacology exchange information among organizations and disciplines to promote joint research. They are unearthing basic technologies, and also attempting to create new industries that utilize the characteristics of unexplored electromagnetic waves.


Research Themes

Research fields on which the committee focuses its discussions include the information and communication technology sector, providing wireless solutions for broadband networks; the security sector, realizing safety and security in society with technologies to detect concealed items; and the biology and medical sectors, employing spectroscopic technologies that interact with organic molecules.

Specifically, we decided to conduct research on four technologies—terahertz source and detection devices, spectroscopy, imaging, and other terahertz-related areas. Themes include difference-frequency-mixing terahertz wave generation, solid-state terahertz oscillators such as Gunn oscillators, IMPATT oscillators, TUNNET diodes and resonant tunneling diodes, spectroscopy and imaging systems that employ photoconductive antennae and non-linear optical crystals, quantum cascade and p-germanium lasers, gyrotrons, free-electron lasers, and terahertz wave detection devices such as thermal, quantum, superconducting and antenna coupled detectors.


Committee Chairperson

Norihisa Hiromoto
Professor Emeritus
Shizuoka University

Duration

October 2018 to September 2023 (Third term, Five years)


Membership Composition   (As of Apr.2019)

Academia: 23
Industry: 21
Total membership: 44


Committee Achievements and Special Activities

Committee session and research conference have been held as follows:

First committee session, research conference, and foundation assembly

December 16, 2008, at Kousai-kaikan

(1)  

“Characterization of solid state properties in Terahertz band region Raman scattering spectroscopy,” Shin-ichi Nakashima, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology


Second committee session and research conference

April 27, 2009, at Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(1)  

“Pioneering the terahertz region,” Koyomi Sakai, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

(2)  

“Development of terahertz time-domain spectroscopic system,” Keiko Kitagishi, New Field Research Laboratory, Otsuka Electronics Co. Ltd.

(3)  

“Report on International Workshop on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology 2009(OTST2009),” Koichiro Tanaka, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University


Third committee session and research conference

July 27, 2009, at Sony Corporation Osaki East Technology Center

(1)  

“Research and development trends of antenna coupled terahertz radiation detectors,” Yoshizumi Yasuoka, National Defense Academy of Japan

(2)  

"The present status on development of THz radiation sources using high energy electrons," Toshitaka Idehara, University of Fukui

(3)  

"Development of CW THz light sources based on difference frequency generation," Yutaka Oyama, Dep. Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University

(4)  

"Research and development trends of THz-QCLs," Iwao Hosako, Advanced Device Research Group, New Generation Network Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)


Fourth committee session and research conference

October 28, 2009, at Osaka Sangyo University Umeda Satellite Campus

(1)  

“Application of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy to molecular science,” Keisuke Tominaga, Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University

(2)  

“Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) approach to the quality control on pharmaceutical products,” Seizi Nishizawa, Aispec (Advanced Infrared Spectroscopy Co., Ltd.), and Faculty of Science, ShinShu University

(3)  

“Study on condensed-phase dynamics and solid-state electronic property based on dipole fluctuation and electric response,” Kohji Yamamoto, Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui

(4)  

“GaP terahertz spectrometer and its application,” Tetsuo Sasaki, Sophia University, Semiconductor Research Institute


Fifth committee session and research conference

January 28, 2010, at Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya

(1)  

”Current status of terahertz and semiconductor technologies in space and astronomical observations,” Hiroshi Shibai, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University

(2)  

”High sensitive detection of magnetic resonance by optical Kerr rotation measurement,” Kiyofumi Muro, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University

(3)  

“Metamaterials in the terahertz region,” Masanori Hangyo, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

(4)  

”Application oriented development of MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems),” Masayoshi Esashi, The World Premier International Research Center Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University


Sixth committee session and research conference

April 19, 2010, at Tokyo Office, Kyoto University

(1)  

“Highly sensitive and high resolution terahertz imaging with semiconductors and nano-carbon devices,” Yukio Kawano, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)

(2)  

“Development of THz array sensor and camera at NEC and Future subject,” Naoki Oda, NEC Corporation, Guidance and Electro-Optics Division

(3)  

“Real-time THz near-field microscope with intense THz waves,” Koichiro Tanaka, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences

(4)  

“Three-dimensional CT imaging system using terahertz waves,” Motoki Imamura, New Concept Product Initiative, Advantest Corporation


Seventh committee session and research conference

July 30, 2009, at Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.

(1)  

"Research and development trends of photoconductive antennas for terahertz time domain spectroscopy," Kazuyoshi Kuroyanagi, Development Bureau, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.

(2)  

"CLEO/QELS: 2010-conference on lasers and electro-optics, quantum electronics and laser science conference," Norihisa Hiromoto, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University

(3)  

"High responsivity AlGaN/GaN plasmon-resonant terahertz detector," Tatsuya Tanigawa1, Toshikazu Onishi1, Shinichi Takigawa1, Tetsuzo Ueda1, and Taiichi Otsuji2, 1 Semiconductor Device Research Center, Semiconductor Company, Panasonic Corporation, 2 Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

(4)  

"Current status of THz high field ESR and the development of THz ESR using micro-cantilever," Hitoshi Ohta, Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University


Eighth committee session and research conference

October 19, 2009, at Umeda Satellite Campus, Osaka Sangyo University

(1)  

“Sensing and Communication Mechanism in Gas Sensor Proteins Revealed with Resonance Raman Spectroscopy,” Teizo Kitagawa, Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo

(2)  

“Application of terahertz spectral-imaging to cancer diagnosis,” M.-A. Brun, F. Formanek, A. Yasuda, M. Sekine, Y. Eishii, Life Science Laboratory, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation

(3)  

“Development of terahertz devices and their applications for biological sensing,” Toshihiko Ouchi, Frontier research center, Canon Inc.

(4)  

“Intense Terahertz electromagnetic waves from coherent phonons in GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells,” Kohji Mizoguchi, Department of Physical Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University


Ninth committee session and research conference

January 26, 2011, at Tokyo Office, Kyoto University

(1)  

“Real-time terahertz-wave imaging,” Toshiaki Hattori, Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba

(2)  

“CARS spectroscopic imaging using a white-light laser source,” Hideaki Kano 1,2) and Hiro-o Hamaguchi 1), 1 The University of Tokyo, 2 PRESTO, JST.

(3)  

Studies for speeding up THz-imaging,” Masahiko Tani, Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui

(4)  

“State-of-the-art passive THz imaging camera,” Yoshihiro Hashi, Cornes Dodwell Ltd