TeraHertz Planar Gunn Diodes

太赫兹技术是科学和工程中一个非常新的和令人兴奋的前沿。已经提出了大量潜在的应用，从军用和民用的高级高分辨率雷达系统，到治疗压疮、皮肤癌和烧伤的医疗诊断辅助设备，无线办公通信，甚至考古和天文应用。医疗应用特别令人兴奋，并吸引了许多媒体的注意，太赫兹辐射已经被媒体称为T-射线这个项目建议开发这样一种太赫兹辐射源--一种新型的平面体效应二极管。这个装置已经实际实现，原型已经被证明是有效的(根据苏格兰行政部门的概念验证拨款)。这项拨款提案旨在开发该器件的全部潜力，探索和利用其不同寻常的几何结构，使其与传统的耿氏二极管相比，非常适合在MMIC电路中集成，从而增加其功率并将技术发展到将被英国工业采用的地步。

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.