Funded projects
Small Awards
THz-TDS testing of University of Surrey and Concordia University ion-exchange membranes (IEM) at the University of Warwick
Led by John Varcoe and Qamar Nisa (University of Surrey), George France and Hungyen Lin (University of Warwick), and Alannah Gowling (Concordia University, Canada)
Terahertz Quantum Secure Links: Feasibility of Continuous-Variable QKD using Terahertz Photonic Systems (TeraQLink)
Led by Jayaprasath Elumalai and Joshua Freeman (University of Leeds), and Mark Bason and Andy Vick (STFC RAL Space)
Medium Awards
Frequency doubling CW THz
Led by Mira Naftaly (NPL) and Sascha Preu (TU Darmstadt)
Ion‑Irradiation Engineering of Materials for Tailored Terahertz Devices
Led by Henry De Libero and Paul Nutter (University of Manchester), in collaboration with Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
Pushing near-field microscopy to the quantum limit (QT-SNOM)
Led by Luke Peters and Luana Olivieri (Loughborough University) and Jessica Boland (University of Manchester)
Next-generation Photoconductive Metasurface THz Detectors
Led by Oleg Mitrofanov (UCL) and Joachim Jonuscheit (Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany)
Exploring Photonic THz Sources for Rydberg Atom-Based THz Imaging
Led by James Seddon (UCL) and Aaron Strangfeld (Helicon Quantum Systems Ltd.)
Large Awards
Next-Generation Terahertz Communication Systems Enabled by Quantum Cascade Lasers, Low-Noise Schottky Detectors and Photonic Integration (TeraPicS)
Led by Mohammed Salih and Joshua Freeman (University of Leeds), and Ahid Hajo (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
THz Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Quantum Materials THzQOM
Led by James Seddon (UCL), and Luke Peters and Alessia Pasquazi (Loughborough University)
Ultrafast Dynamics in Solid-State Materials
Led by Thomas Gill and Andrew Burnett (University of Leeds), and Nils Huse (Universität Hamburg, Germany)