Ph.D student in CENTERA WG1- Basic Physics and Electronics THz Phenomena Group

Center for Terahertz Research and Applications (CENTERA) is an autonomic research unit of the Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, crafted to become a specialized, world-class, interdisciplinary research unit offering an original inter-disciplinary approach to implement Terahertz science and technology to the benefit of the society.

CENTERA was founded by Prof. Wojciech Knap and prof. Thomas Skotnicki within the International Research Agendas Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, carried out from the funds of the European Regional Development Fund under the Smart Growth Operational Programme (SG OP), Priority Axis 4: Increasing the research potential (https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/centera-the-centre-for-terahertz-technology-research-and-applications/ )

CENTERA is supported by two main strategic foreign partners:

• Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (GUF), which runs the Goethe-Leibniz Terahertz Center, a joint research facility with the Ferdinand-Braun Institute (Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik), Berlin,

• the Institute for Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Lille, France (IEMN).

The activity of CENTERA will be carried out by 5 interacting groups working in the following domains:

• Solid State Physics - mainly THz plasma instabilities in semiconductor-based low dimensional systems and topological insulators (WG1) – leader: prof. Wojciech Knap;
• Innovative 2-D materials: basic science and technology with potential THz applications” (WG2, leader: prof. Marek Potemski);
• Electronics - the exploration of high-frequency limits of Field Effect Transistors (FETs), Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs) (WG3 - leader: prof. Alvydas Lisauskas) and innovative optics and antennas towards THz-Integrated-Circuit Electronics (WG4; leader: prof. Dmitri Lioubtchenko)
• THz applications - demonstrators, and technology transfer (WG5).

  Applications considered include (but are not limited to):

  (i) security scanners for letters, parcels, and packages;

  (ii) security scanners for people in crowded places;

  (iii) imaging systems for safety landing or driving;

  (iv) non-destructive control of products in factories;

  (v) monitoring of plant growth and content;

  (vi) examining living tissue or tissue samples for pathologies;

  (vii) wireless communication.

In course of the project, the number of groups and the scope of their interests may evolve.

Each WG is led by an independent Team Leader, selected via international competitions under the supervision of the International Scientific Committee of CENTERA. More information on the pertaining regulations can be found in IRAP Competition Documentation 8/2017 [https://www.fnp.org.pl/assets/Competition-Documentation-IRAP_8_2017_en.pdf] and the web page of IRAP call [https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/oferta/irap/] .