Team
The TOP platform is led by Frédéric Teppe (L2C) and Jérémie Torres (IES).
The project of the joint Terahertz Spectroscopy team and the Terahertz Platform is the result of long-term collaboration between teams from the Insitut d'Électronique du Sud and the Laboratoire Charles Coulomb conducting research in THz frequency domain spectroscopy. This project is part of a (inter)national effort to bring together research and development centers for interdisciplinary research.
The Montpellier site is one of the few French sites to possess all the necessary skills to develop research activity focused on THz technologies, as evidenced by more than 400 publications since 2001 and technology transfer activities with the creation of the start-up Terakalis (formerly T-Waves Technologies).
The THz platform, which is the result of the pooling of THz activities at the Charles Coulomb Laboratory and the Institute of Electronics and Systems, significantly increases interactions between the fields of
- Physics,
- Electronics
- Biology
- Agronomy
- Health
by bringing together various local stakeholders around a theme dedicated to the study of living organisms.
The work already carried out highlights the value of new spectroscopic techniques implemented using the expertise within the MIPS community (the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, and Systems at the University of Montpellier) on electronic and optoelectronic systems at THz frequencies.
The missions of the joint Terahertz Spectroscopy team:
- explore new scientific and technological avenues to design and improve the THz components and systems of tomorrow;
- coordinate research in the THz field in the Occitanie region;
- serve as a showcase for research and development in France in the THz field;
- stimulate interest in these technologies among local and national manufacturers and help them integrate them into their R&D strategy;
- train a new generation of students in the Occitanie region, from bachelor's to PhD level, in these new subject areas.