Keynote lecture from Professor Mitsuo Takeda entitled “THz-TDS Principles and Devices”. The lecture was keenly heard by 43 attendees.
Next, lectures were presented by Tadashi Okuno of Kyowa Fine Tech. Co. Ltd., entitled “Time Domain Terahertz Spectroscopic Analyzer, IZNAGY, and its Latest Development Status”, Professor Fumiaki Miyamaru of the Shinshu University Faculty of Science entitled “Latest Topics in THz Spectroscopic Analysis”, and Associate Professor Toshihiko Kiwa of the Graduate School of Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Okayama University entitled “New Developments in Terahertz Waves”. Expectations are high for application of terahertz waves to fiber products, such as determining the area of production of natural fibers, determining genuineness, etc., and also new methods of characterization of fiber materials. The Institute is starting initiatives on these issues.