On-Chip Terahertz Nanophotonics for Single Molecule Spectroscopy

该项目旨在通过开发模块化，低成本，高效的基于芯片的设备来解决体内太赫兹光谱的基本限制，这些设备可以集中并产生纳米体积的强烈太赫兹场。该项目预计将使用几种创新的太赫兹纳米聚焦技术在太赫兹物理学、非线性光学和生物光谱学领域发展新知识。该项目的预期成果包括提供改进的技术，将太赫兹场与光子纳米结构相结合，并对单分子进行体内太赫兹光谱学研究。这将在生物化学和药物研究以及电信方面带来重大利益。

This project aims to address fundamental limitations of in-vivo terahertz spectroscopy by developing modular, low-cost, efficient chip-based devices that concentrate and generate intense terahertz fields in nanometer volumes. This project expects to develop new knowledge in the areas of terahertz physics, nonlinear optics and biospectroscopy using several innovative terahertz nano-focusing techniques. Expected outcomes of this project include providing improved techniques to interface terahertz fields to photonic nanostructures and performing in-vivo terahertz spectroscopy of single molecules. This should provide significant benefits in biochemistry and drug research, as well as telecommunications.