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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Manchester : B - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Room-temperature operation of a unipolar nanodiode at terahertz frequencies
Terahertz (1THz=1,000GHz) technology has huge potential applications in healthcare and security since the spectral signature of cancerous tissues and explosives are at THz frequencies. However, the bottleneck is the lack of semiconductor devices that are fast enough at room temperature. This work demonstrated the first nanodiode to function at 1.5THz, the highest speed to date. It was published in the top journal of applied physics and has led to a commercialisation project to exploit application for thermal energy harvesting, 2 EU patent applications (No.12306382.8, 12306383.6), and an invited talk by Song at the European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC) 2011.
