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11 January 2007 Microwire fibers for low-loss THz transmission
Shaghik Atakaramians, Shahraam Afshar Vahid, Bernd M. Fischer, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Tanya Monro, Derek Abbott
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Proceedings Volume 6414, Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems III; 64140I (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695785
Event: SPIE Smart Materials, Nano- and Micro-Smart Systems, 2006, Adelaide, Australia
Abstract
In this paper, we will investigate microwire fibers for low-loss terahertz transmission. Microwires, air-clad wire waveguides with diameter smaller than the operating wavelength (a few μm), have an enhanced evanescent field and tight wave confinement resulting in a low loss waveguide structure for the terahertz (T-ray) frequency regime. Based on our experimental data for the bulk material absorption of four glasses (F2, SF6, SF57 and Bismuth) and a polymer (PMMA), we calculate the normalized field distribution, power fraction outside the wire and effective loss. It will be shown that regardless of material, the effective loss of all microwires converges to the same order < 0.01 cm-1.
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Shaghik Atakaramians, Shahraam Afshar Vahid, Bernd M. Fischer, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Tanya Monro, and Derek Abbott "Microwire fibers for low-loss THz transmission", Proc. SPIE 6414, Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems III, 64140I (11 January 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.695785
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KEYWORDS
Optical fibers

Terahertz radiation

Waveguides

Bismuth

Absorption

Polymethylmethacrylate

Dielectrics

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