Title :
A proposal for coupling of Terahertz pulse onto a subwavelength cylindrical waveguide using a polymer taper
Author :
Hongzhi Chen ; Bing Sun ; Daru Chen ; Shiming Gao ; Sailing He
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
A polymer taper is proposed for coupling THz pulse onto a subwavelength dielectric waveguide. A coupling efficiency of 81.56% is achieved based on the optimization of the structural parameters of the polymer taper.
Keywords :
optical polymers; optical waveguides; polymer taper; subwavelength cylindrical waveguide; subwavelength dielectric waveguide; terahertz pulse coupling;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
