terahertz
Americannoun
plural
terahertz, terahertzesEtymology
Origin of terahertz
Example Sentences
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"If you have a terahertz microscope, you could study how terahertz light interacts with microscopically small devices that could serve as future antennas or receivers."
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
They created a new type of terahertz microscope that compresses this long-wavelength light into an extremely small region.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
Because of these advantages, terahertz radiation is being explored for security scanning, medical imaging, and communications.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
"There's a huge push to take Wi-Fi or telecommunications to the next level, to terahertz frequencies," says Alexander von Hoegen, a postdoc in MIT's Materials Research Laboratory and lead author of the study.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
"We see the terahertz field gets dramatically distorted, with little oscillations following the main pulse," von Hoegen says.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
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