Areas of Impact for our Technology
Astronomy Enabling cutting-edge space missions & ground-based projects.
- The Herschel and Planck satellites
- ESA's Cornerstone 4 mission launched 2009
- Far Infrared Observatories
- Herschel telescope measuring 3.5 meters, operating at 80 K
- Both satellites equipped with three instruments
- Filters and polarizers from Cardiff
Earth Observing
- MWS, the MicroWave Sounder; an ESA meteorolgical satellite.
- Equipped with 6 instruments
- Dichroic filters from Cardiff
- Thomas Keating Ltd./Cardiff University collaboration
Plasma Diagnostics
- Laser Interferometry and Electron Cyclotron Emission spectroscopy.
- Filters within cryogenically cooled detection systems
- Dichroics & Polarisers
- QMC Instruments Ltd./Cardiff University collaborations
The Diversifying and Expanding Global THz Market
Global terahertz technology market = M$526.7 in 2021¹. at a CAGR of between 14.6%¹ and 20%² . Therefore > $2bn in 2031.
¹Polaris Market Research Report, US 2021
²Prescient and Strategic Intelligence, US 2021
The impact of maturing THz technologies
Existing and emerging THz applications, adapted from the 2023 terahertz science and technology roadmap.³
From Leitenstorfer et al (2023) J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56 223001, UK_
Future Markets
Security Screening
Sequestim Ltd., a Cardiff University spin-out, is developing walk-through security body scanners using passive imaging at terahertz frequencies.
Each scanner contains a sophisticated system of filters to generate very high imaging sensitivity.
6G Communications
The International Telecommunications Union has begun work on the vision for 6G & will exploit frequencies between 90 and 300 GHz.
Beyond 6G, high data throughput wireless comms will target 2–5 THz.
