BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: New Frontiers in Terahertz Te chnology DTSTART:20260415T121500 DTEND:20260415T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T192543Z UID:43503a1b53fcc2a37e9e3314d990f4b35f714b59017c00c544602e86 CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:Mona Jarrahi\, Professor and Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair i n Electrical and Computer Engineering\, University of California Los Ange les\, USA\n*** Drinks and pizza at 11:45 in the lobby of BM 5202 ***\n\nAb stract\nAlthough the unique potential of terahertz waves for chemical iden tification\, material characterization\, biological sensing\, and medical imaging has been recognized for quite some time\, the relatively poor perf ormance\, high cost\, and bulky nature of current terahertz systems contin ue to impede their deployment in field settings. In this talk\, I will des cribe our recent efforts to develop new terahertz electronic and optoelect ronic components\, as well as imaging and spectroscopy architectures\, to address the performance limitations of existing systems. Specifically\, I will introduce new designs for high-performance photoconductive terahertz sources and detectors that utilize plasmonic nanoantennas to achieve signi ficantly higher power efficiency and detection sensitivity. I will also pr esent a monolithically integrated terahertz optoelectronics (MITO) platfor m that employs quantum well (QW) structures to enable tunable terahertz si gnal generation and detection on a single chip\, with substantially enhanc ed power efficiency and sensitivity compared to previous devices. By integ rating semiconductor optical amplifiers\, lasers\, modulators\, filters\, demultiplexers\, and other passive optical components with photomixers usi ng commercially available photonic integrated circuit foundry processes\, this platform enables the development of compact\, scalable terahertz syst ems capable of high-speed data transfer\, spectroscopy\, and hyperspectral imaging.\n\nBio\nMona Jarrahi received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engi neering from Sharif University of Technology in 2000 and her M.S. and Ph.D . degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003 and 2 007. She served as a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California Berk eley from 2007 to 2008. After serving as an Assistant Professor at Univers ity of Michigan Ann Arbor\, she joined University of California Los Angele s in 2013 where she is currently a Professor and Northrop Grumman Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Terah ertz Electronics Laboratory. Prof. Jarrahi has made significant contributi ons to the development of ultrafast electronic and optoelectronic devices and integrated systems for terahertz\, infrared\, and millimeter-wave sens ing\, imaging\, computing\, and communication by utilizing novel materials \, plasmonic nanostructures\, and quantum structures. The outcomes of her research have appeared in more than 400 publications and 280 invited talks and have received significant attention from scientific news outlets incl uding Huffington Post\, Popular Mechanics\, EE Times\, and IEEE Spectrum. Her scientific achievements have been recognized by several prestigious aw ards including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engi neers (PECASE)\; Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from Alexander vo n Humboldt Foundation\; Moore Inventor Fellowship from Gordon and Betty Mo ore Foundation\; A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize from the Institutio n of Engineering and Technology (IET)\; Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\; Kavli Fellowship by the USA Nationa l Academy of Sciences\; Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award from the USA National Academy of Engineering\; Breakthrough Award from Po pular Mechanics Magazine\; Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics f rom the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)\; Aron Kress el Award from IEEE Photonics Society\; Advanced Career Technical Achieveme nt Award from IEEE Sensors Council\; Lot Shafai Mid-Career Distinguished A chievement Award from IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society\; Early Career Award in Nanotechnology from IEEE Nanotechnology Council\; Outstanding Yo ung Engineer Award from IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society\; Boo ker Fellowship from the USA National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science\; Research Award from Okawa Foundation\; Innovations in R egulatory Science Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\; Early Career Aw ard from the USA National Science Foundation (NSF)\; Young Investigator Aw ards from the USA Office of Naval Research (ONR)\, the Army Research Offic e (ARO)\, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)\; Wata nabe Excellence in Research Award from UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engine ering and Applied Science\; Elizabeth C. Crosby Research Award from the Un iversity of Michigan\; and Distinguished Alumni Award from Sharif Universi ty of Technology. Prof. Jarrahi is a Fellow of the American Association fo r the Advancement of Science (AAAS)\, Institute of Electrical and Electron ics Engineers (IEEE)\, Optical Society (OPTICA)\, International Society fo r Optics and Photonics (SPIE)\, American Physical Society (APS)\, Institut e of Physics (IoP)\, and has served as a distinguished lecturer of IEEE\, traveling lecturer of OSA\, and visiting lecturer of SPIE societies.\n  LOCATION:BM 5202 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%205202 https://epfl.zoom.u s/j/64413140571 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR