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Breakthrough at Jefferson Lab: Terahertz Light ("T-rays")

Gwyn Williams holding a 5-cell cavity inside JLab's FEL.

Spot the knife? Millimeter waves, close to terahertz, show their ability to see through clothes and paper. Science Vol. 297, 2 Aug. 2002.

• Jefferson Lab's own nontechnical summary
  
  
• Brainstorming Their Way to An Imaging Revolution
  
  
• High-power terahertz radiation from relativistic electrons
  (November 14, 2002, Nature)
  
  
• Terahertz Power
  (November 14, 2002, Nature)
  
  
• Jefferson Lab generates high-power terahertz light
  (January/February 2003, CERN Courier)
  
  
• Splitternackt auf dem Monitor
  (November, Der Spiegel, Germany)
  
  
• Power from terahertz beams
  (November 14, 2002, British Institute of Physics Web)
  
  
• T-rays: What a Bright Future
  (November 14, 2002, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  
  
• Illuminating idea: Lab's T-light work may have uses in
  medicine, security
  (November 15, 2002, Daily Press)
  
  
• Powerful T-Lux Spotted in Virginia
  (November 13, 2002, AIP Physics News)
  
  
• ESA makes breakthrough in terahertz imaging technology
  (February 11, 2003, EE Times UK)
  
  
• Terahertz camera takes snapshot of the future
  (February 11, 2003, ZDNet UK)