• DocumentCode
    3278247
  • Title

    Air-core bandgap terahertz fiber with wider bandwidth

  • Author

    Gong, Yandong ; Ren, Guobin ; Chuen, Michael Ong Ling ; Shum, Ping

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Infocomm Res., A-star, Singapore
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel air-core bandgap polymer fiber for terahertz (THz) wave guiding is investigated. The periodic arrangement of square holes with round corners in cladding offers bandgap effect for mode guiding, such THz fiber shows much wider propagation bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre cladding; optical polymers; photonic band gap; polymer fibres; submillimetre wave propagation; air-core bandgap polymer fiber; cladding; propagation bandwidth; round corners; square hole periodic arrangement; terahertz wave guiding; Bandwidth; Crystalline materials; Frequency; Lattices; Optical attenuators; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Bandgap; Fiber; Terahertz;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2119-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2120-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665708
  • Filename
    4665708