We combine Terahertz and Nanotechnology
THzNanoVision's novel THz devices can be generally applied in the fields of telecommunications, non-destructive material testing, and drug or food inspection. The application fields can be extended to biomedical engineering as well as security engineering. The unique value of our THz technology lies in its differentiation from hazardous alternatives such as X-ray and UV technology, as it is biocompatible and safe for human health.
Founder
Dr.-Ing. Ahid S. Hajo is the founder of the THzNanoVision. He has worked in the field of terahertz and nanotechnology for new THz sources and detectors as a part of his doctorate at the department of Photonics and Optical Communications at the Institute of Microwave Engineering and Photonics (IMP), Technical University of Darmstadt and of his master in Physics at the department of the Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Terahertz Physics at the Institute of Physics (PI), Goethe University Frankfurt. After his master, he worked as an Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) at the PI and then at the IMP. In Oktober 2020, he joined the department of the Terahertz Devices and Systems Laboratory, where he is currently working as a group leader. His current research interests include the field of nanowire based THz Schottky detectors, GaN based THz Gunn sources, anda CNT based THz detectors and sources for non-destructive security and telecommunication as well as biomedical applications. He has authored and coauthored more than 25 journal articles and published conference contributions as well as three patents.
Team
Deniz Cicek is working on the fabrication of the terahertz Gunn source. He received his master's degree in electrical engineering and information technology with a focus on communications engineering at the TU Darmstadt in 2012. From 2012 to 2017, he worked as a research assistant partially on the fabrication of GaN-Gunn diodes with photolithographic techniques and their electrical characterization at the High Frequency Electronics department. From 2017 to 2021, he worked at the Japanese company HORIBA EU GmbH as a project engineer. And from February 2021 to January 2023, he was working on data analysis and machine learning.
Yunus Celik is working on the simulations and designs of the terahertz Gunn sources. In 2022, he received his master's degree in information and communication technology at the TU Darmstadt in automation technology. From 2018 to Oktober 2022, he was working at Fraunhofer LBF in Darmstadt as a working student and HiWi as well as he was involved in several projects include the design and implementation of battery management systems.
Junaid Arshad is working on the characterization of terahertz Gunn sources. He received his master's degree in information and communication technology from the TU Darmstadt in 2018 with the research topics of retroreflective chip-less RFID tags. He was as an RF test engineer part of the team that worked on the successful demonstration of the world's first liquid crystal-based Ka-band phased array antenna for LEO and GEO constellations at ALCAN System.
Mentors
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Oktay Yilmazoglu is one of the two mentors of THzNanoVision. He has worked in the field of high-frequency technology as part of his doctorate and habilitation. He has over ten years of experience in the research and development of semiconductor-based novel high frequency sources, sensors and field emitters. During his habilitation he has worked intensively on GaN Gunn diodes for the generation of ultra-high frequency signals, the development of a new field emission spectroscopy method for the investigation of materials such as GaN and ZnO, as well as new CNT-based inertial sensors. These resulted in numerous publications and patents. During his doctorate and habilitation he was involved in several successful project proposals (DFG, BMBF, BMWi) and was mainly responsible for this.
Prof. Dr. Sascha Preu is one of the two mentors of THzNanoVision. He received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, in 2005 and 2009, respectively. From 2004 to 2010, he was with the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen. From 2010 to 2011, he was with the Department of Materials and Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, USA. From 2011 to 2014, he worked as the Chair of applied physics with Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In 2017, he received the ERC Starting Grant for developing ultra-broadband and photonic terahertz signal analyzers. In 2022, he received an ERC Proof of Concept grant focusing on pre-commercial prototypes of photonic spectrum analyzers. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, leading the Terahertz Devices and Systems Laboratory.
External Supporters and advisory board
The GaN-based wafers are provided through cooperation with Prof. Armin Dadgar from the University of Magdeburg. In addition, THzNanoVision is supported by a diverse group of advisors, who stand out for their experience and expertise in their respective relevant fields.
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