Transmission of terahertz radiation using a microstructured polymer optical fiber

College

College of Science

Department/Unit

Physics

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Optics Letters

Volume

33

Issue

9

First Page

902

Last Page

904

Publication Date

5-1-2008

Abstract

A hollow-core microstructured polymer optical fiber was analyzed in the terahertz (THz) region. Spectral analysis of time domain data shows propagation of THz waves in both the hollow-core and the microstructured cladding with a time delay of ∼20 ps. The frequency range and shift of the transmission bands between different sized waveguides suggested photonic bandgap or resonant guidance. Finite-difference time domain calculations agree relatively well to the experimental transmission results. Propagation losses were estimated to be as low as 0.9 dB/cm. © 2008 Optical Society of America.

html

Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1364/OL.33.000902

Disciplines

Physics

Keywords

Submillimeter waves; Plastic optical fibers—Microstructure; Time-domain analysis

Upload File

wf_no

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS