Designs of porous polymer THz fibers

Alexandre Dupuis; Alireza Hassani; Maksim Skorobogatiy

doi:10.1117/12.762332

14 February 2008 Designs of porous polymer THz fibers

Alexandre Dupuis, Alireza Hassani, Maksim Skorobogatiy

Proceedings Volume 6892, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XII; 68921G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762332
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2008, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We propose various designs of porous polymer fibers for guiding terahertz radiation. Numerical simulations are presented for three fiber geometries: a Bragg fiber consisting of periodic multilayers of ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and polycarbonate (PC), a sub-wavelength waveguide containing multiple sub-wavelength holes, as well as a cobweb-like porous Bragg fiber consisting of solid film layers suspended by a network of bridges. Various properties of these fibers are presented. Emphasis is put on the optimization of the geometries to increase the fraction of power guided in the air, thereby alleviating the effects of material absorption. Losses of about 10 dB/m, 7.8 dB/m, and 1.7 dB/m at 1 THz are respectively predicted for these three structures.

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Alexandre Dupuis, Alireza Hassani, and Maksim Skorobogatiy "Designs of porous polymer THz fibers", Proc. SPIE 6892, Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XII, 68921G (14 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.762332

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