Workshop1 Program (Nov.30 - Dec. 3, 2009)
The International Workshop on Terahertz Technology 2009 (TeraTech ’09)

November 30
16:00
  Registration
 
17:00-19:00
  Reception & Exhibition
 
December 1
9:00
  Opening
  Plenary and Invited Talks
 
  （lunch)
 
  Invited Talks
  THz applications
 
  Invited Talks
  THz key compnents and systems
 
  Posters & Exhibition
December 2
9:00-
  Invited Talks
  THz source & applications
 
  （lunch)
 
  Posters & Exhibition
 
  Invited Talks
  Material Science THz Electronics and ITC (Parallel Session)
 
  Banquet
December 3
9:00-
  Invited Talks
  Metamaterials THz applications
 
  （lunch)
 
  Industrial Sessio
16:00
  Closing
Speakers
Plenary Talk:
Hiromasa Itoh (Riken)
"Challenges for frequency-agile THz-wave source and detection"
Keynotes:
Xi-Cheng Zhang (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., USA)
"THz Air Photonics"
Jerome Faist (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Terahertz quantum cascade laser circuits and antennas"
Invited talks:
Masahiro Asada (Tokyo Inst. Tech.)
"Resonant Tunneling Diode at Room Temperature"
Richard Averitt(Boston Univ., USA)
"TBA"
David M. Britz(ATT, USA)
"Terahertz wireless networks and the evolution of extreme bandwidth personal and small area wireless infrastructure"
Jean-Louis Coutaz (Univ. Savoie, France)
"Excitation of THz guided waves using diffraction gratings"
Kaori Fukunaga (NICT)
"Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging techniques for cultural heritage"
Martina Havenith (Ruhr-Univ.Bochum,Germany)
"The THz dance of the protein with the water"
Janos Hebling (Univ. Pecs, Hungary)
"High energy THz pulse generation by tilted pulse front excitation and their nonlinear optical applications"
Frank Hegmann(Univ. Alberta, Canada)
"Nonlinear absorption dynamics of intense THz pulses in semiconductors"
Iwao Hosako (NICT)
"TBA"
Rupert Huber(Univ. Konstantz, Germany)
"Nonlinear optics and coherent control with intense THz fields"
Peter Uhd Jepsen (Tech Univ. Denmark, Denmark)
"Polymer fiber technology for the terahertz range"
Yutaka Kadoya (Hiroshima Univ.)
"THz transmission lines - Properties and Applications"
Yukio Kawano (Riken)
"Highly sensitive detection and near-field imaging of terahertz waves: applications to materials science"
Kodo Kawase (Nagoya Univ., & Riken)
"THz generation and imaging applications"
Tosihiko Kiwa (Okayama Univ.)
"Terahertz Chemical Microscope for Bio-sensing Tool"
Martin Koch (Philipps Univ. Marberg, Germany)
"Industrial applications for Terahertz Systems"
Junichiro Kono(Rice Univ., USA)
"Terahertz Plasma Dynamics in Nanostructures"
Ajay Nahata(Univ. Utah, USA)
"Using Plasmonic Lattices to Examine the Role of Disorder"
Tadao Nagatsuma (Osaka Univ.)
"TBA"
Kiyoshi Nikawa (NECEL)
"Laser terahertz emission microscope as a novel tool for defect localization in an LSI chip"
Kenneth K. O (Univ. Texas, USA)
"Towards CMOS THz Systems"
Chiko Otani(Riken)
"TBA"
Taichi Otsuji (Tohoku Univ.)
"TBA"
Toshihiko Ouchi(Canon Inc.)
"Terahertz radiation emission and sensor devices for biological sensing"
Paul Planken (Tech. Univ. Delft, the Netherland)
"Terahertz near-field imaging of metal structures"
Mark Rodwell(UCBS, USA)
"TBA"
Charles Schmuttenmaer (Yale Univ., USA)
"Using THz Spectroscopy to Optimize Solar Energy Devices"
Philip Taday (TeraView, UK)
"Applications of terahertz pulsed technology in the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries"
Koichiro Tanaka (Kyoto Univ.)
"TBA"
Karl Unterrainer (Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria)
"Few-cylce THz studies of quantum cascade laser active regions and resonators"
Wojciech Knap (CNRS/Montpellier University, France)
"Field Effect Transistors for Terahertz Detection"
Takashi Yasui (Osaka Univ.)
"Terahertz frequency metrology based on frequency comb techniques"
Industrial Session:
Jeffrey Hesler (Virginea Diodes Inc.)
"TBA"
Naoki Oda (NEC)
"Prospect on Development of Bolometer-type THz Focal Plane Array and Camera"
Anselm Deninger (TOPTICA Photonics)
"Lasers for terahertz: Advanced approaches for frequency and time domain systems"
Rafal Wilk (Menlo Systems)
"TBA"
Irl N. Duling III(Picometrix)
"TBA"

* More informations are available at the workshop web site

Important Dates

Deadline for Abstract Submission
August 7, 2009
Notification of Acceptance
September 7, 2009
Deadline for Extended Abstracts
October 15, 2009
Deadline for early Registration
October 15, 2009
 

Venue

The Conference will be held at Nakanoshima Center, which locates near City Center. The location and transportation to Nakanoshima Center can be found at the web site. Osaka is located roughly at the center of Japan. It is one of the core areas of the Kansai region, which is also home to Kyoto and Nara, as well as the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage cities.

Nakanoshima Center
Address: 4-3-53 Nakanoshima Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005
Tel: 06-6444-2100
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