Invited Speakers:
•H Altan
Dept of Physics, METU, Turkey
"Terahertz Imaging and Point Detection"
•E Brown
Dept of Physics, Wright State University, USA
"THz Biomedical Imaging: Phenomenology, System Design, and Performance"
•F Capasso
Harvard University, USA
"Quantum Cascade Lasers: Past, Present and Future"
•J Cockburn
Dept of Physics, The University of Sheffield, UK
"Short wavelength in GaAs/AlAs(Sb) quantum cascade lasers: recent advances"
•J Faist
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
"Polarisations and quantum cascade emitters"
M Guina
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
"Recent advances in the development of high power mid-IR VECSELs"
•Q Hu
MIT, USA
"High performance THz QCLs and applications"
•J Hebling
University of Pecs, Hungary
"Towards generation of mJ-level ultrashot THz pulses by optical rectification"
•M Ibrahim
National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
"Fullerene as Halogen Sensor: Modelling Approach"
•W Knap
CNRS & University of Montpellier, France
"Silicon technology for security imaging/screening up to 1 Thz"
•A Krotkus
Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania
"Highly mismatched III-V alloye for THz optoelectronic applications"
•E Linfield
University of Leeds, UK
"Coherent imaging with terahertz quantum cascade lasers"
•S Lynch
Cardiff University, UK
"Quantum manipulation of donor Rydberg states in silicon using coherent THz radiation"
•R Morandotti
INRS, Universite du Quebec, Canada
"THz nonlinear optics"
•M Razhegui
Northwestern University, USA
"State of the art infrared laser diodes with high power, high WPE, single mode, CW operation at RT"
•H Beere
University of Cambridge, UK
"Progress in THz QCL wafer growth"
•C Sirtori
Universite Paris-Diderot, France
"THz emitters based on strong light-matter interaction"
L Shvartsman
Hebrew University, Israel
"Bipolar THz-lasing structures based on inAs-GaSb coupled quatum wells and their potential for security checks"
•F Tittel
Rice University, USA
"Mid infrared laser based gas sensor technologies for environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, industrial and security applications"
•V Vaks
Academy of Sciences, Russia
"Sub-THz spectroscopy for security related gas detection"
•A Wacker
Lund University, USA
"Unfolding of free carrier absorption for THz radiation in heterostructures"
•SM Wang
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
"Dilute bismides for MIR applications"
•X.-C. Zhang
Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, USA
"Development of handheld battery operated THz devices for explosive detection"