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
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