Title : 
Design and optimization of air-doped 3-dB terahertz fiber directional couplers
         
        
            Author : 
Hualong Bao ; Nielsen, Kristian ; Rasmussen, Henrik K. ; Jepsen, Peter Uhd ; Bang, Ole
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
DTU Fotonik-Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a thorough practical design optimization of broadband low loss, terahertz (THz) photonic crystal fiber directional couplers in which the two cores are mechanically down-doped with a triangular array of air holes.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical design techniques; optical directional couplers; optical fibre couplers; photonic crystals; terahertz materials; terahertz wave devices; air holes; air-doped terahertz fiber directional couplers; broadband low loss photonic crystal; design optimization; terahertz photonic crystal; triangular array; Bandwidth; Couplings; Directional couplers; Optical fiber couplers; Optimized production technology;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA