A S A TRIBUTE to individuals who have contributed significantly, and over many years, to the terahertz community, and as a guide and inspiration for those who are just beginning their professional association with this field of study, these transactions have included, on a regular basis, a series of biographical interviews with technical researchers who have appreciably impacted the THz community in a positive manner. In order to go beyond a strict technical review and to take better advantage of the information and commentary only available through a direct discussion, these articles take on a less formal style than the research articles that can be found within the remaining pages of the transactions. The Editor-in-Chief has taken some leeway in this regard, for the benefit of communicating more fully the character, experiences, and historic circumstances that have shaped our community and set the directions for our collective research. As a further means of assuring that the true flavor and circumstances of the contributions are expressed in the text, all of the articles are compiled after a face-to-face interview. The final text is shared with, and often helped considerably, by comments from the subject of the article. This month we travel to Japan to speak with Dr. Hiromasa Ito,1 a longterm affiliate of the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University, Sendai, and a former Team Leader in Terahertz Photonics at Japan's premier science research institution, RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research). Professor Ito is a link in a long chain of noted THz advocates and researchers at Tohoku. This chain began with Jun-Ichi Nishizawa2 who according to Ito, “predicted the possibility of using the resonance of phonons and molecular vibrations to generate THz electromagnetic radiation”3 in 1963. Nishizawa came to RIEC in 1953, and established

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High resolution fourier transform spectroscopy in the far-infrared

Terahertz Pioneers

This chapter reviews some recent spectral applications of the Fourier transform techniques as they are applied in spectroscopy. An overview about Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTS) used like a powerful and sensitive tool in medical, biological, and biomedical analysis is provided. The advanced spectroscopic techniques of FTS, such as Fourier transform visible spectroscopy (FTVS), Fourier transform infrared-attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR), Fourier transform infrared-photoacoustic spectroscopy (FTIR-PAS), Fourier transform infrared imaging spectroscopy (FTIR imaging), and their biomedical applications are described. A special attention has been paid to the description of the FTVS method of commercial quantum dots like an innovative and reliable technique used in the field of nanobiotechnology.

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High resolution fourier transform spectroscopy in the far-infrared

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New Spectral Applications of the Fourier Transforms in Medicine, Biological and Biomedical Fields

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