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Single-wire transmission lines at terahertz frequencies
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In this paper, an original way to excite surface waves on a single-wire transmission line was proposed, which is very well suited for the terahertz frequency range and allows the investigation of biological entities with high spatial resolution.Abstract:
In this paper, we report results on an original way to excite surface waves on a single-wire transmission line. Although these waves were proposed many decades ago by Goubau, the novelty of our structures is to achieve a broadband planar excitement. This configuration is very well suited for the terahertz frequency range and allows the investigation of biological entities with high spatial resolution with the use of novel biomicroelectromechanical systems, which include microfluidic functions. From experimental results, we compare different types of transitions from coplanar waveguides, and different substrates are also used. We show that the excitation is highly efficient and broadband for structures on a quartz substrateread more
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Terahertz technology in biology and medicine
TL;DR: Terahertz irradiation and sensing is being applied for the first time to a wide range of fields outside the traditional niches of space science, molecular line spectroscopy, and plasma diagnostics as discussed by the authors.
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Metal wires for terahertz wave guiding
Kanglin Wang,Daniel M. Mittleman +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown how a simple waveguide, namely a bare metal wire, can be used to transport terahertz pulses with virtually no dispersion, low attenuation, and with remarkable structural simplicity.
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Open Wire Lines
TL;DR: In this article, the properties of two-wire and single-wire transmission lines are compared on a comparative basis and the main domain of the twowire lines lies in the frequency range below 100 cm and that of the single wire line in the range above 100 cm.
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The interaction between Terahertz radiation and biological tissue
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the current understanding of the interactions between terahertz radiation and biological molecules, cells and tissues is presented, showing that at frequencies below approximately 6 THz the interaction may be understood as a classical EM wave interaction, whereas at higher frequencies transitions between different molecular vibrational and rotational energy levels are more readily understood using a quantum-mechanical framework.
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A functionalized THz sensor for marker-free DNA analysis
TL;DR: A novel resonant THz sensor for the label-free analysis of DNA molecules that allows the direct detection of DNA-probe molecules at functionalized electrodes via hybridization and can be extended to a parallel analysis of multiple DNA sequences.