Team
The TOP platform is managed by Frédéric Teppe (L2C) and Jérémie Torres (IES).
The Spectroscopie TéraHertz joint team and TéraHertz Platform project is the result of a long-term collaboration between teams at the Insitut d'Électronique du Sud and the Laboratoire Charles Coulomb involved in THz frequency-domain spectroscopy research. The project is part of an (inter)national drive to consolidate research centers and develop interdisciplinary research.
The Montpellier site is one of the few in France to possess all the skills needed to develop a research activity focused on THz technologies, as demonstrated by over 400 publications since 2001 and technology transfer activities with the creation of a start-up Terakalis (ex-T-Waves Technologies).
If the THz platform is the result of pooling the THz activities of the Laboratoire Charles Coulomb and the Institut d'Électronique et des Systèmes, it will significantly increase the interaction between the fields of
- Physics,
- Electronics
- Biology
- Agronomy
- Health
by bringing together different local players on a theme dedicated to the study of Life.
The work already carried out highlights the interest of new spectroscopic techniques implemented using the know-how within the MIPS community (The Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Systems Scientific Department 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 tomorrow's THz components and systems;
- coordinate THz research in the Occitanie region;
- to provide a showcase for French research and development in the THz field;
- stimulate interest in these technologies among local and national manufacturers, and help them integrate them into their R&D strategies;
- train a new generation of students in the Occitanie region, from undergraduates to PhD, in these new themes.