Terahertz Antenna Technology for Imaging and Sensing Applications

Introduction.- Terahertz Imaging Modality: State-of-the Art and Open challenges.- Terahertz Antenna Technology for Imaging and Sensing Application Devices.- Small-Gap Photoconductive Dipole Antenna for Imaging.- Analytical Framework of Small-Gap Photoconductive Dipole Antenna: Equivalent Circuit Model.- Directivity Enhancement of Terahertz photoconductive Antenna: Approach of frequency Selective Surface.- Highly-Directive Lens-Less Photoconductive Dipole Antenna Array for Imaging Applications.- Beam-Steering Characteristics of Highly-Directive Photoconductive Dipole Phase Array Antenna.- Terahertz Near-field Imaging and Sensing.- Aspects of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Terahertz Frequencies.- Terahertz Integrated Devices and Systems for Imaging and Sensing.

Isha Malhotra is an Associate Professor at the Dronacharya College of Engineering, in Gurugram, India. Along with teaching and other technical responsibilities, she has also worked as Co-ordinator Students' welfare (Technical Activities) at Chitkara University, Punjab and served at the position for more than 2.5 years. Areas of interest include: Digital Signal Processing, Antenna and Wave Propagation, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Signals and Systems, Electrical Technology and Control systems.



Prof. Ghanshyam Singh received PhD degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, in 2000. He was associated with Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, and Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, respectively, where he was Research Scientist.He had also worked as an Assistant Professor at Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Nirma University of Science and Technology, Ahmedabad, India. He was a Visiting Researcher at the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. He also worked as assistant Professor, Associate Professor and full Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, India. At present, he is full Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, APK Campus, University of Johannesburg, S Africa. He is an author/co-author of more than 250 scientific papers of the refereed Journal and International Conferences. His research and teaching interests include RF/Microwave Engineering, Millimeter/THz Wave Antennas and its Applications in Communication and Imaging, Next Generation Communication Systems (OFDM and Cognitive Radio), and Nanophotonics. He has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience in the area of Electromagnetic/Microwave Engineering, Wireless Communication and Nanophotonics. He has supervised 14 Ph. D.