Terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves, phenomena in the THz range and related technological issues have been explosively investigated during the recent two decades. However, its potential as a disruptive technology to commercial applications has yet to make any impression.The Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Problems of Terahertz Devices and Technologies (RJUSE-TeraTech 2016), held at Katahira Campus of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan on October 31 - November 4, 2016, aims to bring together researchers from Russia, Japan, USA and Europe, who are working on the broad range of related problems in the terahertz devices, technologies and applications, to discuss on state-of-the-art results and future directions and collaborations in the development of THz.This is the fifth in the series of preceding successful symposiums in Terahertz Devices and Technologies. It contains 14 selected extended papers presented at the RJUSE-TeraTech 2016 symposium, addressing the variety of topics, in particular, THz detectors based on double heterojunction bipolar transistors (DHBT) and field effect transistors (FET) utilizing resonant plasma effects, quantum cascade (QCL) and HgCdTe quantum-well heterostructures, and graphene-based THz devices.

"Terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves, phenomena in the THz range and related technological issues have been explosively investigated during the recent two decades. However, its potential as a disruptive technology to commercial applications has yet to make any impression. The Russia-Japan-USA-Europe Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Problems of Terahertz Devices and Technologies (RJUSE-TeraTech 2016), held at Katahira Campus of Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan on October 31 - November 4, 2016, aims to bring together researchers from Russia, Japan, USA and Europe, who are working on the broad range of related problems in the terahertz devices, technologies and applications, to discuss on state-of-the-art results and future directions and collaborations in the development of THz. This is the fifth in the series of preceding successful symposiums in Terahertz Devices and Technologies. It contains 14 selected extended papers presented at the RJUSE-TeraTech 2016 symposium, addressing the variety of topics, in particular, THz detectors based on double heterojunction bipolar transistors (DHBT) and field effect transistors (FET) utilizing resonant plasma effects, quantum cascade (QCL) and HgCdTe quantum-well heterostructures, and graphene-based THz devices."--Publisher's website.

This book features the selected articles from the 25th annual symposiums Connecticut Microelectronics and Optoelectronics Consortium (CMOC), that focus on micro/nano-electronics and optoelectronics/Nano-photonics, to cover not only the technologies, but also the applications ranging from biosensors/nano-biosystems, to cyber security.Enabling materials research involving growth and characterization of novel devices such as multi-bit nonvolatile random access memory with fast erase, high performance circuits, and their potential applications in developing new high-speed systems. Other articles focus on emerging nanoelectronic devices including topological insulators, spatial wavefunction switching (SWS) FETs as compact high-speed 2-bit SRAM circuits, quantum dot channel (QDC) FETs. Fundamental work on critical layer thickness in ZnSe/GaAs and other material systems impacts electronic and photonic devise integrating mismatched layers are also reported. While another article investigates linearly graded GaAsP-GaAs system with emphasis on strain relaxation. Based on these technologies, area of analyzes multiple junction solar cells using semiconductors with different energy gaps, as a possible application were also featured; Pixel characterization of protein-based retinal implant, as well as a low-power and low-data-rate (100 kbps) fully integrated CMOS impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) transmitter were investigated as a potential candidate for biomedical application. While other articles looked at carbon nanofibers/nanotubes for electrochemical sensing. In the area of cyber security, two articles present encrypted electron beam lithography fabricated nanostructures for authentication and nano-signatures for the identification of authentic electronic components.In summary, papers presented in this volume involve various aspects of high performance materials and devices for implementing high-speed electronic systems.

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Published as part of the well-established book series, Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems, this compendium features 18 peer reviewed articles focusing on high-performance materials and emerging devices for implementation in high-speed electronic systems.Wide-ranging topics span from novel materials and devices, biosensors and bio-nano-systems, artificial intelligence, robotics and emerging technologies, to applications in each of these fields.Systems for implementing data with security tokens; single chemical sensor for multi-analyte mixture detection; RF energy harvesters; additively manufactured RF devices for 5G, IoT, RFID and smart city applications are also prominently included.Written by eminent researchers, recent developments also highlight equivalent circuits models at room temperature and 4.2 K; quantum dot nonvolatile memories, 3D-confined quantum dot channel (QDC) and spatial wavefunction switched (SWS) FETs for high-speed multi-bit logic and novel system applications.

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