Coordinates
41.9036428022199, 12.514534957176009
Contact name
Massimo Petrarca
CIVIS Label
No
Acronym
SAPIENZA TERAHERTZ--SRI
Scientific domain
SH5_8 - Cultural studies, cultural identities and memories, cultural heritage - Cultures and Cultural Production
LS3_16 - Functional imaging of cells and tissues - Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
PE7_6 - Communication systems, wireless technology, high-frequency technology - Systems and Communication Engineering
LS7_1 - Medical imaging for prevention, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases - Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases
PE10_1 - Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric composition, air pollution - Earth System Science
LS9_9 - Plant pathology and pest resistance - Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering
PE4_2 - Spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques - Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Keywords
THz
THz source
spectrometer
biomedical imaging
imaging
THz detector
atomic and molecular physics and optics
Optics
heritage
Atmospheric chemistry
atmospheric composition
air pollution
Partner institution
Sapienza Università di Roma
Website
No
Technical staff available
No
Remote access details
No
Remote access available
No
Open to external users
No
Equipment
No
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
http://sapienzaterahertz.sbai.uniroma1.it/
Online booking system available
No
Description
The Sapienza Terahertz laboratory is devoted to R&D on spectroscopic and imaging at THz frequencies. The laboratory is equipped with a state-of-art compact Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) source with a close-loop cooling system. Emission range is (1-5)THz with mW power level. The emission lines are particularly narrow and tunable allowing for high resolution spectroscopy. Different detection systems can be used to perform a 2D+1 image: a state-of-art room temperature 2D bolometer camera that allows “real-time” diffraction limited and w high sensitivity measurement (NEP of about 10 pW/sqrt(Hz) and a sensor composed by ~ 380x280 pixels) and standard pyroelectric sensors in a raster-scan configuration.
The laboratory host also a CW coherent detection spectrometer working in the range (0.05-3)THz with resolution down to 10MHz. This system adopts state-or-art fiber-coupled distributed-feedback-laser as highly wavelength-tunable infrared coherent sources. This radiation is then traduced into THz by photo-antennas technology.