Main research topics:
1. Development of high-performance terahertz wave source or detector
2. Terahertz spectroscopy and measurement applications in organic and biomolecules
3. Development of terahertz wave imaging technology
4. Solution/condensed matter system terahertz spectroscopy
5. Computational simulation of materials for THz generation/emission
Equipment (Experiment):
Equipment (Experiment):
1. Spectra-Physics Tsunami Mode-Locked Ti:Sapphire Laser
![](../img/Tsunami_1.jpg)
2. Spectra-Physics Spitfire Pro ultrafast regenerative Amplifer pumped with Mai Tai Ti:Saphhire laser and Empower pulsed DPSS
![](../img/Spitfire_1.jpg)
3. Kapteyn-Murnane Laboratories Cascade™ Cavity-Dumped Ti:sapphire Laser pumped with a 5-W Coherent Verdi DPSS laser
![](../img/Cascade_1.jpg)
4. A highly-compact THz-TDS system using an IMRA Femtolite C-20-SP femtosecond fiber laser
![](../img/IMRA_1.jpg)
5. Lotis TII LS-2136 LP LS-2136 High repetition rate Q-switched nanosecond Nd: YAG Laser with 2nd Harmonic module
![](../img/LOTIS_2.jpg)
6. Femtosecond Fiber Laser coupled to an Erbium-doped fiber optical amplifier
![](../img/Fiber_1.jpg)
7. AISPEC THz-TDS System and a home-built THz transmission spectroscopy setup
![](../img/AISPEC_1.jpg)
8. THz-TDS systems to study helical metal structures and to study various THz emitters
![](../img/TDS_1.jpg)
Equipment (Computational):
1. High Performance Computing Cluster Fukui (HPCCF)
2. Access to Kyoto University Supercomputer