Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP200101948 [ 2020-04-01 - 2024-06-30 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Thomas Taimre (Chief Investigator) ,  Prof Aleksandar Rakic (Chief Investigator) ,  Yah Leng Lim (Chief Investigator) ,  A/Prof Dragan Indjin (Partner Investigator) ,  ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by)
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Brief description Engineering the Next Generation of Broadband Terahertz Technologies. This project proposes a new broadband, high-power, laser technology for THz sensing. This semiconductor laser based THz technology is crucial for a wide range of applications requiring the acquisition of THz spectral signatures of materials and high-frame rate hyper-spectral THz imaging. We propose two pathways to engineer this novel THz technology: using a tuneable, coupled-cavity quantum cascade semiconductor laser and by creating the broad emission spectra through active mode locking in a THz semiconductor laser. The THz laser coupled with the self-detection technique is the key to realising this, and will be explored both in model and experiment.

Funding Amount $440,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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