Terahertz Measurement Station

乌尔姆大学和电子工程、计算机科学和心理学院正在努力战略性地加强微毫米波技术研究领域，Damm教授被任命为教授。同时，研究活动将扩大到包括太赫兹（THz）范围内的更高频率。特别是，将与医学和生物学院系合作创建用于生物医学应用的电磁传感器技术领域及其跨学科研究。太赫兹范围对这项研究特别有趣，因为高频可以实现更高的灵敏度。因此，利用电磁测量技术可以记录细胞水平上更小的变化和更小的病原体浓度。此外，电磁传感器技术为实验性生物医学研究和未来具有成本效益的护理点应用开辟了新的可能性。太赫兹范围还显示出许多分子特异性的光谱共振，这可以用来提高灵敏度或增加选择性，通过光谱指纹直接识别特定的生物分子。此外，毫米和太赫兹频率的高比特率数据通信领域将通过新的测量能力得到加强。微波技术研究所的Waldschmidt教授对雷达技术的非常成功的研究将通过新的测量技术扩展到太赫兹范围，用于未来的超宽带，高分辨率多通道成像雷达系统。为此目的，需要建立太赫兹测量站，在时间和频率范围内进行测量。325ghz到6thz。该大学和微波技术研究所的初始设备可用于此目的。该测量站结合了高达750 GHz的矢量测量技术和高达6太赫兹的光子信号产生和检测技术。对于每一个有针对性的研究项目，总是同时需要几种不同的测量技术，这就是为什么必须建立一个专门的测量站。

The University of Ulm and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Psychology are striving to strategically strengthen the research field of micro- and mm-wave technology with the appointment of Prof. Damm. At the same time, research activities are to be expanded to include higher frequencies in the Terahertz (THz) range. In particular, the area of electromagnetic sensor technology for ​​biomedical applications and its interdisciplinary research are to be created in cooperation with the medical and biological faculties. The terahertz range is particularly interesting for this research, as the high frequencies enable much higher sensitivities. As a result, much smaller changes on the cellular level and much smaller concentrations of pathogens can be recorded using electromagnetic measurement technologies. Further, electromagnetic sensor technology opens up new possibilities for experimental biomedical research and future cost-effective point-of-care applications. The THz range also shows many molecule-specific spectroscopic resonances, which can be used to increase the sensitivity or to increase the selectivity with the direct identification of specific biomolecules by their spectroscopic finger print. Furthermore, the area of ​​high bit-rate data communication for mm and THz frequencies is to be strengthened by new measurement capabilities. The very successful research focus on radar technology by Prof. Waldschmidt at the Institute for Microwave Technology is to be expanded through new measurement technology up to the THz range for future ultra-broadband, high-resolution multi-channel radar systems for imaging. For this purpose, a THz measuring station is to be set up for measurements in the time and frequency range from approx. 325 GHz up to 6 THz. Initial equipment from the university and the Institute for Microwave Technology are available for this purpose. The measuring station combines vector measurement technology up to 750 GHz with photonic signal generation and detection up to 6 THz. For each of the targeted research projects, several of the different measurement techniques are always required at the same time, which is why a dedicated measurement station must be set up.