Final Report Summary - THEIA (Route to guided TeraHertz backscattering Inspection and Analysis)
Description of the work performed and research output
In terms of research output, the Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (CIG) contributed to the implementation of a THz time-domain spectroscopy system based on a waveguide structure, which is the main deliverable of the second part of the project. The involved team investigated methodologies to handle the surface scattering. This process fed into a novel THz waveguide design and resulted in a new generation of prototypes suitable for the purpose.
The work performed here directly contributed to the research outputs of several connected research investigations. The research output directly and indirectly generated by the project is detailed in the project website http://theia.scienceontheweb.net/ and includes several conferences and publications in reference journals in photonics.
As far as the research career development and long-term integration are concerned, the MC fellow recently became Full Professor in Photonics in June 2017, only about 3.5 years after his hiring at the University of Sussex as Lecturer. This progression is certainly very steep. In this framework, the CIG was extremely successful in securing and boosting the fellow’s career.
The contribution of the CIG directly affected the capability of the fellow to attract further research funds. The most notable example is the ERC-Consolidator Grant awarded to the fellow for a total contribution of about 2MEuro and started in June 2017