"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

part I. Photothermal and optoelectronic devices. 1. Bolometers, Golay cells and pyroelectric detectors -- 1.1. Bolometers -- 1.2. Uncooled bolometers -- 1.3. Cooled superconducting bolometers -- 1.4. Golay cell -- 1.5. Pyroelectric detector -- 1.6. Discussion and conclusions

2. Optical rectification and electrooptic effect-based components -- 2.1. Non-linear optics -- 2.2. Linear versus non-linear optics -- 2.3. Electromagnetic wave propagation in linear optical media -- 2.4. Electromagnetic wave propagation in non-linear optical media -- 2.5. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to single-electromagnetic wave input -- 2.6. Visualization and observation of optical rectification -- 2.7. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to two-electromagnetic wave input -- 2.8. Second-order response of a non-linear medium to an ultrashort pulse of single-electromagnetic wave input -- 2.9. Detection of terahertz wave pulses -- 2.10. Discussion and conclusions

3. Photoconductive antennas and photomixers -- 3.1. Photoconductive antenna -- 3.2. PCA time-domain spectroscopy system -- 3.3. Photomixer -- 3.4. Salient features of the PCA mixer -- 3.5. Antenna-less large-area emitter approach of terahertz generation -- 3.6. Photomixer using UTC-PD -- 3.7. Discussion and conclusions

4. Quantum cascade and optically-pumped gas lasers -- 4.1. Features of semiconductor diode lasers and their failure to produce terahertz waves -- 4.2. Quantum cascade laser -- 4.3. Optically-pumped methanol gas laser -- 4.4. Discussion and conclusions

part II. Applications. 5. Communication -- 5.1. Recapitulation of common communication terms and laws -- 5.2. Effects of frequency of electromagnetic waves on their propagation characteristics, antenna dimensions and information-carrying capacity -- 5.3. Atmospheric attenuation of space waves beyond 30 GHz microwaves towards terahertz waves -- 5.4. Free space path loss -- 5.5. Link budget analysis -- 5.6. Opportunities offered by terahertz waves for communications -- 5.7. Biosafety and human health concerns on electromagnetic radiation exposure -- 5.8. Salient features of terahertz communication -- 5.9. Challenges posed/implementational difficulties of terahertz communication, and possible solutions -- 5.10. Optically- and electrically-driven terahertz wave modulators -- 5.11. Optically-pumped spatial modulator -- 5.12. Electrically-driven modulator using two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) -- 5.13. Electrically-driven metamaterial-based modulator -- 5.14. Graphene modulators -- 5.15. Discussion and conclusions

6. Spectroscopy -- 6.1. Spectra and spectroscopies -- 6.2. Scheme of terahertz TDS -- 6.3. Rotational and vibrational aspects of terahertz spectroscopy -- 6.4. Comparison of THz time-domain with far infrared Fourier transform spectroscopic techniques -- 6.5. Discussion and conclusions

7. Imaging -- 7.1. Types of imaging -- 7.2. Close-range imaging techniques -- 7.3. Stand-off imaging techniques -- 7.4. Security surveillance -- 7.5. Pharmaceutical products characterization -- 7.6. Clinical diagnosis -- 7.7. Food and agricultural products inspection -- 7.8. Non-destructive testing (NDT) -- 7.9. Discussion and conclusions.

This research and reference text provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the state-of-the-art in terahertz electronics research Covering the fundamentals, operational principles, and theoretical aspects of the field, the book equips the reader to take the practical steps involved in the fabrication of devices that work in the terahertz frequency range.

Researchers and professionals working with terahertz electronics and technologies.

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Vinod Kumar Khanna is an independent researcher at Chandigarh, India. He is a retired Chief Scientist from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani-India, and retired Professor from Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India. He is a former Emeritus Scientist, CSIR and Professor Emeritus, AcSIR, India. His broad areas of research were the design, fabrication and characterization of power semiconductor devices, micro- and nanosensors.

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