Terahertz and mm-Wave Research in Latin America
In this review article, a broad overview of multiple terahertz- and mm-wave-related activities in Latin America is presented. Latin America houses two of the largest radiotelescopes in the world, a synchrotron terahertz beam line, and multiple activities related to sources, detectors, and instrumentation are underway throughout the region. Furthermore, we describe applications of terahertz spectroscopy and imaging in materials inspection, biomedical, industrial, agronomical, and cultural heritage fields, among others. While we try to include a diverse collection of topics and research groups, this review is not exhaustive, and there are additional activities that we could not include.
Authors
- Raul O. Freitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-5447)
- F. G. G. Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-3786)
- Élodie Strupiechonski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8991-8499)
- Mónica Ortiz‐Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-6753)
- Jimy Oblitas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-6672)
- Mariana Alfaro-Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-7031)
- Enrique Castro-Camus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-9155)
- Naser Qureshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5333-9126)
- D. Ferrusca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8103-3100)
- David Hughes
- Federico Sanjuan
- Alma Montserrat Gomez-Sepulveda
- John Carpenter
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (FR)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Autonomous University of Aguascalientes (MX)
- Centro de Investigaciones en Optica (MX)
- Atacama Large Millimeter Submillimeter Array (CL)
- National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (MX)
- Secretaría de Salud de Jalisco (MX)
- Center for Engineering and Industrial Development (MX)
- Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (BR)
- Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (MX)
- Private University of the North (PE)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-026-01131-6
- Primary Topic
- Terahertz technology and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00