TeraHertz Planar Gunn Diodes

THz技术是科学和工程领域一个非常新的和令人兴奋的前沿。从军用和民用的上级高分辨率雷达系统到治疗褥疮、皮肤癌和烧伤的医疗诊断辅助设备、无线办公室通信，甚至考古和天文应用，已经提出了大量的潜在应用。医疗应用是特别令人兴奋的，并吸引了媒体的关注，太赫兹辐射已经被称为T射线的新闻界，该项目提出了这样一个太赫兹辐射源的发展-一种新形式的平面古恩二极管。该设备已经在物理上实现，原型已经被证明可以工作（根据苏格兰行政概念验证赠款）。这项拨款提案旨在开发该器件的全部潜力，探索和利用其不寻常的几何形状，使其非常适合集成在MMIC电路中，而不是传统的古恩二极管，增加其功率并将技术发展到英国工业所采用的程度。

THz technology is a very new and exciting frontier in science and engineering. A vast number of potential applications ranging from superior high resolution RADAR systems for both military and civilian use to medical diagnostic aids for treatment of bed sores, skin cancer and burns, wireless office communications and even archaeological and astronomical applications have been proposed. The medical applications are particularly exciting and are attracting much media attention, THz radiation having already been dubbed T-Rays by the pressThis project proposes the development of just such a source of THz radiation - a novel form of Planar Gunn diode. This device has already been physically realized and the prototypes have been proven to work (under a Scottish Executive Proof of Concept grant). This grant proposal seeks to develop the full potential of the device, exploring and exploiting its unusual geometry which makes it ideally suited to integration in MMIC circuitry in contrast to conventional Gunn diodes, increasing its power and developing the technology to the point where it will be taken up by British industry.