Monitoring the dynamics of quantum organic materials with THz technologies
Jean-Michel Ménard explores groundbreaking techniques for synthesizing quantum organic materials by combining THz light and metasurfaces, unlocking new possibilities for chemistry, biology, and medicine.
May 09, 2025
3:00 PM UTC
1 hour
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Now Available On-Demand Original Broadcast Date: May 9, 2025 Duration: 1 hour
The intersection of THz photonics and quantum technologies is attracting attention. Specifically because it introduces an efficient technique for synthesizing quantum organic materials by combining THz light and matter.
The speaker will discuss:
The unique properties exhibited in a resulting quantum molecular system.
How they could lead to potential applications including chemistry, biology, and medicine. For instance, quality control and medical diagnostics through better molecular identification
Promising results are addressing existing obstacles, including the challenges of organic material dynamics (often irreversible and non-reproducible) by developing a real-time THz monitoring system
Speaker
Jean-Michel Ménard
Associate Professor
University of Ottawa
Jean-Michel Ménard, University of Ottawa, is Associate Professor in the department of physics and cross-appointed to the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at uOttawa. He holds the University Research Chair in Quantum THz Photonics. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Toronto in 2011 under the supervision of Henry van Driel. Then, he conducted postdoctoral research projects with Rupert Huber at the University of Regensburg (2011-2014) as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and with Philip Russell at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (2014-2015).
