
— Daniel Headland
ARC DECRA Fellow
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Daniel Headland earned his doctorate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2017 at The University of Adelaide in Australia. His thesis received distinguished awards such as the University Doctoral Research Medal and a Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. Thereafter, Dr Headland obtained a competitive Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship to undertake abroad, at The University of Wuppertal in Germany. From 2018 to 2021, Dr Headland was a Specially Appointed Researcher at Osaka University under the Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) program of the Japan Science and Technology. At the conclusion of his time in Japan, Dr Headland’s distinguishment as an early career researcher was recognized with a competitive three-year CONEX-Plus research Fellowship under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions framework to undertake at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, in Spain.
As of late 2024 Dr Headland undertaken Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) fellowship. He is also a recipient of the 2025 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society's Young Professional Ambassador award. .
I am interested in Electromagnetics, the terahertz range, dielectric waveguides, passive devices, antennas, and beamforming. I am a member of the Terahertz Engineering Laboratory, please find information about our research activities here https://www.thz-el.org/
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2024 Chung, B., Headland, D., Ibrahim, M., & Withayachumnankul, W. (2024). 3D-Printed Quasi-Optics for Sub-Terahertz Range. In Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (2024) (pp. 1-2). Perth, Western Australia: IEEE.
DOI2024 Lees, H., Chung, B., Headland, D., & Withayachumnanku, W. (2024). Simultaneous Multi-Target Monitoring with Terahertz Leaky-Wave Radar. In Proceedings of the 49th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2024) (pp. 1-2). Perth, Australia: IEEE.
DOI2024 Headland, D., & Carpintero, G. (2024). Trapezoidal slot sections enabling tailored-width all-dielectric magnetic dipole antennas for substrateless all-silicon terahertz guides. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 1-2). Perth, Western Australia: IEEE.
DOI2024 Headland, D., Gallego, D. C., Ali, M., Liebermeister, L., Lauck, S., Rivera-Lavado, A., & Carpintero, G. (2024). Two-conductor access ports for hybrid-integrated broadband mm-wave and terahertz instrumentation. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 1-2). Perth, Western Australia: IEEE.
DOI2024 Carpintero, G., Headland, D., Schwanke, G., Deumer, M., Nellen, S., Lauck, S., . . . Kohlhaas, R. (2024). Photonic-Enabled Terahertz Phase Arrays Using Dielectric Rod Waveguides for 6G Wireless Communications. In IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest (pp. 74-77). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12024 Iwamatsu, S., Headland, D., Mohammad, I., Fujita, M., & Stohr, A. (2024). THz Near-Field Imaging Sensor Using Integrated Substrateless Silicon Interferometer. In 2024 15th German Microwave Conference, GeMiC 2024 (pp. 221-224). Duisburg, Germany: IEEE.
DOI2024 Carpintero, G., Headland, D., Piroutiniya, A., Ali, M., González-Guerrero, L., Tsokos, C., . . . Kohlhaas, R. (2024). Photonics-enabled millimeter-wave phase arrays based on dielectric rod antennas. In 2024 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2024 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). Rome, Italy: IEEE.
DOI2023 Kumar, A., Ali, M., Headland, D., & Carpintero, G. (2023). Compact and Robust Silicon Waveguide to Hollow Metallic Waveguide Coupling using a Quarter-Wave Dielectric Slot Waveguide for mmW and THz Waves. In 2023 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2023 - Proceedings (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
DOI Scopus12023 Kawamoto, Y., Gallego, D. C., Rivera-Lavado, A., Nagatsuma, T., Headland, D., & Carpintero, G. (2023). Sub-Diffraction-Limit Mm-Wave Near-Field Imaging using Truncated Silicon Rod. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI Scopus12023 Ali, M., Headland, D., Rivera-Lavado, A., Cojocari, O., Stohr, A., & Carpintero, G. (2023). A Novel Broadband Port-Access Scheme to Interface Several Waveguide Bands to a Single Schottky Barrier Diode Detector. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI Scopus42023 Headland, D., Gallego, D. C., Ali, M., Kumar, A., Mayorga, M. M., Lamela, H., . . . Carpintero, G. (2023). Broadband mm-wave sealed-volume liquid bio-sensor exploiting tailored delocalization of modal fields in a micro-scale silicon waveguide. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI Scopus12023 Kumar, A., Gallego, D. C., Ali, M., Rivera-Lavado, A., Headland, D., & Carpintero, G. (2023). Broadband 770° Phase Shifter for Mm-Waves Using Controllable Delocalization of Modal Fields in a Dielectric Rod Waveguide. In IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest Vol. 2023-June (pp. 732-735). IEEE.
DOI Scopus12023 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Fujita, M., Nagatsuma, T., Szriftgiser, P., & Ducournau, G. (2023). 200 Gbit/s terahertz tunneling demultiplexer in 300 GHz band. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 2 pages). Online: IEEE.
DOI2023 Lees, H., Sakaki, M., Headland, D., Benson, N., Balzer, J. C., & Withayachumnankul, W. (2023). Single-Mode Rib Waveguide for the Terahertz Range Using 3D Printed Alumina. In Proceedings of the 48th 48th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz, 2023) (pp. 2 pages). Online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12022 Headland, D., & Withayachumnankul, W. (2022). Continuous Leakage from Slow-Wave Structure for Integrated All-Dielectric Uniform Leaky Wave Antenna. In Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2022) (pp. 1-5). Online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus32022 Chung, B., Lees, H., Headland, D., & Withayachumnakul, W. (2022). Broadband and efficient terahertz beam scanning using a 3D-printed Risley prism. In Proceedings of the 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2022 ) Vol. 2022-August (pp. 1-2). Online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus42022 Lees, H., Headland, D., & Withayachumnankul, W. (2022). Integrated, broadband, arbitrary-ratio power division based on air-silicon effective mediums. In Proceedings of the 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) 2022 Vol. 2022-August (pp. 1-2). Online: IEEE.
DOI2022 Kawamoto, Y., Yoshioka, T., Shibata, N., Headland, D., Fujita, M., Koma, R., . . . Nagatsuma, T. (2022). 300-GHz-Band Diplexer Module for Frequency-Division Multiplexed Wireless Communications. In Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC Vol. 2022-November (pp. 827-829).
Scopus32022 Headland, D., & Withayachumnankul, W. (2022). Leaky-mode analysis of micro-structured dielectric waveguides toward integrated tunneling multiplexers with enhanced bandwidth. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2021) Vol. 2021-November (pp. 335-337). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus22022 Kumar, A., Gallego, D. C., Headland, D., Ali, M., Xenidis, N., Lioubtchenko, D., & Carpintero, G. (2022). Contactless Cost-effective Polarizer for mm-Wave Dielectric Rod Waveguide. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2022-August (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI2022 Headland, D., Ali, M., Gallego, D. C., & Carpintero, G. (2022). Broadband liquid sensing of sealed microfluidic channel using mm-wave dielectric rod waveguide. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2022-August (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI Scopus62021 Koala, R., Headland, D., Yu, X., Nishida, Y., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2021). Terahertz RTD Chip Backside-coupled to Photonic-crystal Waveguide. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2021-August (pp. 1-2). IEEE.
DOI Scopus22021 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Yu, X., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2021). Integrated Terahertz Tunneling Filter. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2021-August (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12021 Headland, D., Yu, X., Nagai, M., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2021). Packaged dish antenna for wireless terahertz photonic crystal waveguide devices. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2020) (pp. 15-16). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus42020 Headland, D., Nishigami, N., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Communications with Terahertz Slab-Mode Beam. In 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2020-November (pp. 397-398). online: IEEE.
DOI2020 Koala, R. A. S. D., Headland, D., Yamagami, Y., Masayuki, F., & Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Broadband Terahertz Dielectric Rod Antenna Array with Integrated Half-Maxwell Fisheye Lens. In 2020 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 54-57). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus92020 Sagisaka, T., Kaname, R., Kikuchi, M., Kukutsu, N., Headland, D., Yi, L., . . . Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Integrated Terahertz Optics with Effective Medium for 600-GHz-band Imaging. In 2020 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 62-65). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus122020 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Lee, W. S. L., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Dispersion in broadband terahertz photonic crystal waveguides employing Bragg-mirror suppression. In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics (ICCEM 2020) (pp. 23-24). Singapore: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12020 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Terahertz Slab-Mode Beam Launchers using Photonic Crystal Waveguides and Integrated Optics. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 1-2). online: OSA/IEEE.
DOI2020 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2020). Unclad microphotonic waveguide bend. In Proceedings of the 45th IEEE International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (2020) Vol. 2020 (pp. [416]-[417]). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12019 Zatta, R., Jain, R., Headland, D., & Pfeiffer, U. R. (2019). Incoherent Power Combining of THz Source Arrays. In 2019 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus52019 Headland, D., Yu, X., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2019). Near-field vertical coupling between terahertz photonic crystal waveguides. In 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, URSI AP-RASC 2019 (pp. 1-4). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus42019 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Fujita, M., & Nagatsuma, T. (2019). Integrated Luneburg and Maxwell fisheye lenses for the terahertz range. In Proceedings of International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus52018 Headland, D., Hillger, P., Zatta, R., & Pfeiffer, U. (2018). Incoherent, spatially-mapped THz spectral analysis. In 2018 43rd IEEE International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2018-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus92018 Headland, D., Zatta, R., & Pfeiffer, U. (2018). Diffuse Beam with Electronic THz Source Array. In 2018 43rd IEEE International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2018-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus72017 Headland, D., Chang, C. -C., Abbott, D., Withayachumnankul, W., & Chen, H. -T. (2017). Efficient terahertz metasurface-based flat lens. In Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2017 42nd International Conference on (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12016 Fumeaux, C., Zou, C., Headland, D., Nirantar, S., Gutruf, P., Zou, L., . . . Withayachumnankul, W. (2016). Terahertz and optical Dielectric Resonator Antennas: potential and challenges for efficient designs. In Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp. 4 pages). Davos, Switzerland: IEEE.
DOI Scopus102016 Withayachumnankul, W., Headland, D., Sriram, S., Bhaskaran, M., & Fumeaux, C. (2016). Silicon terahertz resonators. In Proceedings of the 2nd Australian Microwave Symposium (pp. 27-28). Adelaide, SA: IEEE.
DOI2016 Headland, D., Nirantar, S., Gutruf, P., Abbott, D., Bhaskaran, M., Fumeaux, C., . . . Withayachumnankul, W. (2016). Fabrication of micro-scale single-crystal silicon structures for efficient terahertz magnetic mirror. In 2016 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2016-November (pp. 1-2). Copenhagen: IEEE.
DOI2016 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Webb, M., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Luiten, A., & Abbott, D. (2016). Reflective terahertz optics using 3D-printed metals. In 2016 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2016-November (pp. 1-2). Copenhagen: IEEE.
DOI2016 Headland, D., Carrasco, E., Nirantar, S., Gutruf, P., Schwarz, J., Abbott, D., . . . Withayachumnankul, W. (2016). Efficient terahertz reflectarray based on dielectric resonator antennas. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2016-January (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
DOI2015 Headland, D., Taha, M., Gutruf, P., Withayachumnankul, W., Bhaskaran, M., Fumeaux, C., . . . Sriram, S. (2015). Passive electric monopole array for terahertz surface wave launcher. In IRMMW-THz 2015 - 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (pp. 2 pages). Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12015 Headland, D., Thurgood, P., Stavrevski, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Abbott, D., Bhaskaran, M., & Sriram, S. (2015). Modified elastomeric polymers for loss reduction in the terahertz range. In IRMMW-THz 2015 - 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (pp. 2 pages). Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PEOPLES R CHINA: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12014 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Webb, M., Upadhyay, A., Bhaskaran, M., Sriram, S., & Abbott, D. (2014). Dielectric hole lattice for terahertz diffractive optics with high transmission. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz (pp. 2 pages). Tucson, AZ: IEEE.
DOI2014 Cheng, Y. Z., Withayachumnankul, W., Upadhyay, A., Headland, D., Nie, Y., Gong, R. Z., . . . Abbott, D. (2014). Broadband terahertz reflective linear polarization convertor. In 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 (pp. 1-2). Tucson, Arizona: IEEE.
DOI Scopus12013 Headland, D., Withayachumnankul, W., Webb, M., & Abbott, D. (2013). Beam deflection lens at terahertz frequencies using a hole lattice metamaterial. In Proceedings of the IEEE 38th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2013 (pp. 1-2). USA: IEEE.
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Recipient of 2024-round ARC DECRA fellowship, which commenced December 2024.
Course coordinator and lecturer for Engineering Electromagnetics, S1 2025
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2025 External Supervisor Terahertz antennas Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Junwei Liang 2024 External Supervisor Large Scanning Range and Circularly Polarized Metasurface-based Antenna for Communication Systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Komal Iqbal 2022 External Supervisor Terahertz imaging and communications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bryce Anthony Chung -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 - 2025 External Supervisor All-dielectric Terahertz Waveguides, Devices, and Techniques Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Harrison Noel Lees
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