Title :
Silver/Polystyrene Coated Hollow Glass Waveguides for the Transmission of THz Radiation
Author :
Bowden, Bradley ; Harrington, James A. ; Mitrofanov, Oleg
Author_Institution :
State Univ. of New Jersey, Taylor
Abstract :
We report on the design theory and fabrication of silver/polystyrene(PS) coated hollow glass waveguides (HGWs) for THz radiation. We find that Ag/PS coated HGWs have significantly lower attenuation for 119 mum radiation than Ag-only HGWs.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; polymers; silver; submillimetre waves; Ag; THz radiation transmission; attenuation; design theory; dielectric thin film; metal coating; silver-polystyrene coated hollow glass waveguides; waveguide wall reflectivity; Attenuation; Glass; Hollow waveguides; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Silver; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452817
