{"id":25277,"date":"2016-05-02T16:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T23:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/northwestern-university-research-group-uses-3d-printing-to-create-terahertz-lens"},"modified":"2017-04-26T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T19:59:15","slug":"northwestern-university-research-group-uses-3d-printing-to-create-terahertz-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/northwestern-university-research-group-uses-3d-printing-to-create-terahertz-lens","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern University Research Group Uses 3D Printing to Create Terahertz Lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/northwestern-university-research-group-uses-3d-printing-to-create-terahertz-lens.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Illinois-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestern.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northwestern University<\/a> has utilized 3D printing technology to research a variety of vital applications, from <a href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/29454\/3D-printed-fuel-cells\/\" target=\"_blank\">3D printing fuel cells<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/73150\/iin-4d-printing-grant-from-dod\/\" target=\"_blank\">4D printing materials on the nanoscale<\/a>. Now, researchers from the prestigious institution are looking at 3D printing technology through a unique lens\u2014a terahertz lens, to be exact. Generally unknown within the electromagnetic spectrum, hidden in between the more commonly known wavelengths of microwaves and infrared, lies the information-packed terahertz spectrum. The terahertz is not only a forgotten frequency, it\u2019s also rarely studied, let alone well understood, yet it has high value in applications regarding imaging and communications.<\/p>\n<p>One research group, led by Northwestern University\u2019s Cheng Sun, has used metamaterials and a unique style of SLA technology called projection micro-stereolithography to manufacture a novel lens capable of working with terahertz frequencies. The 3D printed terahertz gradient-refractive index lens has better imaging capabilities than other commonly used lenses, and also enables researchers to make more advances with the relatively unknown world of the terahertz.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/3dprint.com\/132220\/northwestern-terahertz-lens\/\">https:\/\/3dprint.com\/132220\/northwestern-terahertz-lens\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois-based Northwestern University has utilized 3D printing technology to research a variety of vital applications, from 3D printing fuel cells to 4D printing materials on the nanoscale. Now, researchers from the prestigious institution are looking at 3D printing technology through a unique lens\u2014a terahertz lens, to be exact. Generally unknown within the electromagnetic spectrum, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1991,1497,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-4d-printing","category-energy","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56231,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25277\/revisions\/56231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}