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Taming the Terahertz: T-Rays could be more versatile than X-Rays

Technology Review, June 2003

"One such system, made by Brattleboro, VT-based Vermont Photonics, works by sending an electron beam across the microscopically rippled surface of a conductor, such as aluminum; the beam causes electrons in the conductor to move up and down the undulations, a motion that shakes loose t-rays. Changing the energy of the electron beam also changes the terahertz frequency generated, says Vermont Photonics cofounder Michael Mross. The company is targeting its instrument primarily at observing interactions involving biomolecules for applications such as drug discovery."

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