Comment by malfist Comment by malfist 21 hours ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News > except typically with frequency range in microwaves instead of visible lightThat's a big freaking deal.
Copy Link cap11235 20 hours ago Collapse Comment - eg, consider WiFi. They choose their bands carefully for wireless standards, and terahertz is pretty far from microwave GHz. I've never seen direct THz synthesis outside of partially-insane radar engineers. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link ben_w 28 minutes ago Parent Collapse Comment - I thought half the controversial scanners since 9/11 were THz (the other half being backscatter X-ray)? Was that just a marketing term?(I can easily imagine "terahertz for terrorism" being a slogan…) Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link ben_w 28 minutes ago Parent Collapse Comment - I thought half the controversial scanners since 9/11 were THz (the other half being backscatter X-ray)? Was that just a marketing term?(I can easily imagine "terahertz for terrorism" being a slogan…) Reply View | 0 replies
eg, consider WiFi. They choose their bands carefully for wireless standards, and terahertz is pretty far from microwave GHz. I've never seen direct THz synthesis outside of partially-insane radar engineers.