THz for CBRN and Explosives Detection and Diagnosis

Part I Sensing Techniques and Systems.- Toward Standoff Sensing of CBRN with THz Waves.- THz Wave Sensing at ETRO-VUB: Beyond Conventional Limits.- Near-Field Characterization of Conductive Micro-Resonators for Terahertz Sensing.- Bio-chemical Process Monitoring with Terahertz Sensors.- SubMM-wave Reflection and Transmission Technique for Testing and Monitoring of Biochemical Solutions.- Radiation Induced Molecular Damage Addressed by Terahertz Spectroscopy - a Theoretical Study.- Compressive Sensing Imaging at sub-THz Frequency in Transmission Mode.- Testing of sub-THz Properties of Bioliquids using WGM Resonator with Microfluidic Channel.- Optical and THz Evaluation of Components for Gas Sensing Spectroscopy in Hazardous Environments.- Analysis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients by Terahertz Spectroscopy.- Fabrication of Bi2212 Single Crystal Bolometer for Detection of Terahertz Waves.- Integrating THz Sensors/Structures through Electrowetting in Dielectrics (EWOD) for Security Applications.- Part II Materials Properties.- The Critical Effect of Hydration on the THz Signatures of Biomolecules and Bioparticles.- Anisotropic Medium Approach for the Optical Nonlinearities of Dilute Nitride Superlattices.- Part III THz Sources.- Development of Terahertz Frequency Quantum Cascade Lasers for the Applications as Local Oscillators.- Broadband Heterogeneous Quantum Cascade Lasers.- AlGaAs/GaAs Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser with Gold-Based Metal - Metal Waveguide.- Infrared Laser Frequency Combs for Multispecies Gas Detection.- CBRN Defense Using THz Pulse Trains from Semiconductor Disk Lasers.- Progress in Development of the Resonant Tunneling Diodes as Promising Compact Sources at the THz Gap Bottom.- Investigating Glow Discharge Detectors as a Millimeter-Wave/Terahertz Radiation Detection Tool.- The Linewidth Enhancement Factor of Dilute Nitride Intersubband Lasers without Inversion.