Title :
Inhibiting the TE1-mode diffraction losses in parallel-plate waveguides via slightly concave plates
Author :
Mbonye, Marx K. ; Mendis, Rajind ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We investigate how to inhibit the diffraction losses inherent to the TE1 mode of the parallel-plate waveguides via slightly concave plates. This would lead to the realization of an ultra-low-loss THz waveguide as predicted previously.
Keywords :
Diffraction; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optimized production technology; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
