In vitro field exposition of skin cells between 100 GHz and 2.52 THz

Initiated by the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) field exposition experiments have been designed to examine genotoxic effects of THz radiation in vitro. Under defined environmental conditions, two different human skin cell types are exposed to continuous-wave radiation at six distinct frequencies between 100 GHz and 2.52 THz originating from different sources of THz radiation. The cell containers are irradiated with free space power densities between 0.1 mW/cm
²
and 10 mW/cm
²
measured traceable to the SI units.