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CENTERA2

Center for Terahertz Research and Applications

Aktualności i wydarzenia

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Wojciech Knap

Principal Project Contractor - Head Researcher of the Project
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Mariusz Wielec

Director of the Project

IRA CENTERA 2 is continuation of IRA CENTERA realized from Aug 2017 to Dec 2023 ​in the Institute of Hight Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences.​

Presently IRA FENG CENTERA2 is realized in Centre for Advanced Materials and Technologies, ​CEZAMAT at Warsaw University of Technology using the resources ​of the Laboratory of Terahertz Radiation (TeraGaN) a join venture of IHPP and CEZAMAT. ​

International Scientific Committee:​

  • Prof. Dr Hartmut Roskos – Franfurt am Main — chairperson
  • Prof. Dr Izabella Grzegory – Warsaw — vice chairperson​
  • Prof. Dr Sylvain Bollaert – Lille
  • Prof. Dr. Guillaume Ducournau – Lille
  • Prof. dr Manfred Helm – Dresden​
  • Prof. Dr. Viktor Krozer – Frankfurt am Main
  • Prof. Alessandro Tredicucci – Pisa​
  • Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Wasilewski – Waterloo, Canada
  • Prof. Dr. Mariusz Zdrojek – Warsaw

Research Challenges and Work Groups

Scientific challenge of CENTERA2 will be to push-up and complete the CENTERA actions by covering​ all the steps in the ‘value chain’ Phenomena – Materials – Modelling – Devices & Systems necessary​ for successful exploitation of Terahertz field. These ‘value chain’ elements define the scientific activity​ organisation – that will be based on four interacting Work Groups (WG’s).​

WG1
Phenomena

WG1- Phenomena

Leader – Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Knap​
  • THz plasmonic crystals – towards voltage tunable THz filters and amplifiers​
  • THz generation by hot carriers in Dirac matter – towards Landau level lasers​
  • Dynamic nuclear polarisation at THz range – towards Silicon based quantum technology

WG2
Materials

WG2 - Materials

Leader – Prof. dr hab. Marek Potemski​​
  • Two dimensional semiconducting antiferromagnets for THz modulation​
  • Narrow gap semiconductors and semimetals with THz functionalities​

WG3
Modeling

WG3 - Modeling

Leader – to be recruited​​​
  • Modelling tool for electric and magnetic excitations in THz systems​
  • THz systems simulator​​

WG4
THz Devices & Systems

WG4 - THz Devices & Systems

Leader – to be recruited​​​
  • Ultimate magnetic field enhanced THz detectors – towards detection limits​
  • Ultrafast THz modulators – towards direct optical to THz wireless modulation for 6G​
  • Innovative THz imaging systems – towards real time 2D & 3D imaging​​​
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Projects closely related to IRA FENG CENTERA2 and their Principal Investigators

  • TERAPLASM - Towards On-Chip Plasmonic Amplifiers of THz Radiation

    • ERC Advanced Grant financed by European Research Council (ERC);​
    • Principal Investigator: Professor Wojciech Knap;​
    • Financial support: 2 499 999 EUR;​
    • Host Institution: Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS;​
    • Realization: 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2028.​
  • Terahertz metasurfaces for detection of viruses and other biological substances

    • National Science Center- Project Sonata Bis 2020/38/E/ST7/00476;​
    • Principal Investigator: Dr Maciej Sakowicz;​
    • Financial support: 2 899 000 PLN;​
    • Host Institution: Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS;​
    • Realization: 15 December 2021 – 14 December 2026​
  • Coulomb interaction in 2D bilayers: in the direction of two-stream instability for emission of THz

    • National Science Center- Project Miniatura 2024/08/X/ST11/01333;​
    • Principal Investigator: Dr Adil Rehman;​
    • Financial support: 49 999 PLN;​
    • Realization: 10 December 2024 – 9 December 2025.​
  • Magnon-Plasmon Polaritons: New Solid-State Quasiparticles

    • National Science Center- Project Sonata Bis 2023/50/E/ST3/00584 ​
    • Principal Investigator: Dr Marcin Białek;​
    • Financial support: 4 258 760 PLN;​
    • Host Institution: Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS;​
    • Realization: 2 April 2024 – 1 April 2029.
  • Device focused research of amplification, generation and control of terahertz radiation

    • Polish Academy of Sciences – PAN BFB.S.BWZ.367.022.2023 LTP for Ukraine;​
    • Principal Investigator: Professor V. Kochelap;​
    • Financial support: 2 071 200 PLN;​
    • Realization: 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2026.​
  • System of gas detection with detectors fabricated out of two dimensional materials

    • National Science Center- Project Opus 2019/35/B/ST7/02370;​
    • Principal Investigator: Professors Sergei Rumiancev & Janusz Smulko;​
    • Financial support: 928 680 PLN;​
    • Realization: 1 October 2020 – 30 September 2024​
Projekt współfinansowany przez Unię Europejską ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego w ramach Programu Funduszy Europejskich dla Nowoczesnej Gospodarki 2021–2027 (FENG), Konkurs Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej, Priorytet 2 Środowisko sprzyjające innowacjom, Działanie 2.1 Międzynarodowe Agendy Badawcze. Projekt nr FENG.02.01-IP.05-T004/23
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