A silicon photonics based terahertz synthesizer Ghent University
This project aims to develop a compact (chip-scale) source of terahertz waves. These are light
waves with a frequency somewhere between those of cellphones and those used for thermal
imaging. These terahertz waves could be used for telecommunication since they can provide much
higher wireless data rates than the currently used 3G, 4G and WiFi technologies. This increase in
data rate is needed since wireless channels ...