System Tackles THz Material Testing

June 10, 2014

A test system is designed for characterizing electronic, magnetic, and chemical materials into the THz frequency range.

Last week’s visitors to the 2014 IMS Exhibition in Tampa, FL may have been somewhat surprised by how high some of the latest microwave designs are reaching. At their booth, for example, Lake Shore Cryogenics showed its 8500 Series terahertz test system for characterizing electronic, magnetic, and chemical materials for use at terahertz frequencies.

The 8500 Series system can evaluate key material properties, such as dielectric constant and conductivity. It uses THz-frequency energy and an integrated high-field cryostat functionality to handle a wide range of frequencies, temperatures, and field strengths, providing a measurement range from 0.1 to 10 THz.

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Jack Browne | Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.