Terahertz Diagnostics and Treatment (TDT-2009) Conference at the Second International Symposium on Topical Problems of Biophotonics—2009статья
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Аннотация:The history of optics and optoelectronics in the terahertz frequency range (millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths) began with the pioneering works of H.R. Hertz, J.C. Bose, and A.S. Popov. Initially, this science was developed in the interests of astronomy, astrophysics, and the physics of plasma. Fields of research such as the generation and various applications of terahertz radiation obtained using synchrotron accelerators, free electron lasers, and lamp sources; studying the propagation of terahertz radiation in free space; terahertz lidars, and developing new principles of information transmission in the terahertz frequency range can already be considered mature. The early 21st century has been characterized by the creation of new powerful sources of pulsed terahertz radiation and ultrasensitive methods of its detection, which initiated the development of several fundamentally new directions that could not previously be attributed to this frequency range. In these directions, the application of terahertz radiation in biology and medicine, the study of chemical reactions in real time, and the development methods of the formation of informative confocal images and tomography undoubtedly should belong.