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1990 Table of Contents

FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

ON SPACE TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY

March 5 - 6, 1990

Lee Iacocca Lecture Hall, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1. Opening Session, Chair: Fawwaz Ulaby

   • Overview of The University of Michigan Space Terahertz Program

     Fawwaz T. Ulaby

   • NASA's Terahertz Technology Program

     Martin Sokoloski, Carl A. Kukkonen

   • Astrotech 21: Terahertz Technology for Space Astronomy in the 21st Century

     James A. Cutts

2. Session 1: Oscillators, Chair: Erik Kollberg

   • Submillimeter-Wave Resonant-Tunneling Oscillators

     E.R. Brown

   • Potential and limitations of resonant tunneling diodes

     C. Kidner, J. Mehdi, J.R. East, and G.I. Haddad

   • Tunnel Transit-Time (TUNNETT) Devices for Terahertz Sources

     G.I. Haddad and J.R. East

   • Watt-Level Quasi-Optical Mono1ithic Frequency Multiplier Development

     R.J. Hwu, N.C. Luhmann, Jr., L. Sjogren, X.H. Quin, W. Wu, D.B. Rutledge, B. Hancock, J. Maserjian, U. Lieneweg, W. Lam, C. Jou

   • Submicrometer Devices and Monolithic Functions Using InAlAs/InGaAs Heterostructures

     Geok I. Ng, Youngwoo Kwon, and Dimitris Pavlidis

3. Session 2: Antennas and Circuits, Chair: Michael Stroscio

   • Aperture Efficiency of Integrated-Circuit Horn Antennas

     Yong Guo, Karen Lee, Philip Stimson, Kent Potter, David Rutledge

   • Integrated Tapered Slot Antenna Arrays and Devices

     K. Sigfrid Ynguesson

   • Theoretical Analysis of a Dipole-Fed Horn Antenna

     G.V. Eleftheriades, Walid Ali-Ahmad, L.P.B. Katehi, G.M. Rebeiz

   • Twin-slot Multi-layer Substrate-supported Antennas and Detectors for Terahertz Imaging

     Stuart M. Wentworth, Robert L. Rogers, John G. Heston, and Dean P. Neikirk

   • A Wideband Monolithic SubmilIimeter-Wave Quasi-Optical Power Meter

     Curtis C. Ling and Gabriel M. Rebeiz

   • A Submillimeter-Wave Heterodyne Array Receiver Using A Dielectric-Filled Parabola: Concept and Design

     Peter H. Siegel

   • Millimeter and Submillimeter Studies of Planar Antennas

     H. van de Stadt, Th. de Graauw, A. Skalare. R.A. Panhuyzen, R. Zwiggelaar

4. Session 3: Mixers and Multipliers, Chair: Carl Kukkonen

   • GaAs Schottky Barrier Diodes for Space Based Applications at Submillimeter Wavelengths

     Thomas W. Crowe, W.C.B. Peatman, and W.L. Bishop

   • Recent Results On: Surface-Channel Schottky, InGaAs Schottky, and Nb Based SIS Mixer Element Research

     R.J. Mattauch, W.L. Bishop, and A.W. Lichtenberger

   • Capability of Schottky Diode Multipliers as Local Oscillators at 1 THz

     Antti Räisänen and Mikko Sironen

   • Planar Doped Barrier Devices for Subharmonic Mixers

     J.R. East, T. Lee, and G.I. Haddad

   • Quantum Well Multipliers: Triplers and Quintuplers

     M.A. Frerking

5. Session 4: Receiver Systems, Chair: Anthony Kerr

   • SIS Receivers for Submillimeter Wave Astronomy

     T.G. Phillips, Thomas H. Büttgenbach, and Brian N. Ellison

   • Some Recent Developments in the Design of SIS Mixers

     A.R. Kerr, S.-K. Pan

   • Multi-element Quasi-optical Oscillator Arrays for Terahertz Region

     M. Nakayama, M. Hieda, T. Tanaka, K. Mizuno

   • Quantum Well and Quantum Barrier Diodes for Generating Sub-Millimeter Wave Power

     Hans Grönqvist, Erik Kollberg, and Anders Rydberg

   • Low Noise 500-700 GHz Receivers Using Single-Diode Harmonic Mixers

     Neal R. Erickson

   • Development of a 600 - 700 GHz SIS Receiver

     W.R. McGrath, K. Jacobs, J. Stern, H.G. LeDuc, R.E. Miller, M.A. Frerking

6. Session 5: Applications, Chair: Sam Gulkis

   • Submillimeter Astronomy in France

     P. Encrenaz

   • Submillimeter Wavelength Astronomy Missions for the 1990s

     S. Gulkis

   • Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite

     Paul F. Goldsmith

   • Submillimeter Remote Sensing of Stratospheric Gases

     Joe W. Waters

   • Atmospheric Remote Sensing in the Terahertz Region

     Paul B. Hays and Hilary E. Snell

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