Title :
Adiabatically compressed THz waveguides
Author :
Zhang, Jiangquan ; Grischkowsky, D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA
Abstract :
We report adiabatically compressed parallel-plate copper waveguides for THz propagation with high throughput compared with straight waveguides of the same separation. This technique can be used for sensitivity enhancement of waveguide THz-TDS.
Keywords :
copper; microwave photonics; optical waveguides; Cu; THz propagation; adiabatic compression; parallel-plate copper waveguides; Conductivity; Copper; Lenses; Optical waveguides; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon; Throughput; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202389
