Title :
Switchable THz Filter Based on a Vanadium Dioxide Layer Inside a Fabry–Pérot Cavity
Author :
Born, Norman ; Crunteanu, Aurelian ; Humbert, Georges ; Bessaudou, Annie ; Koch, Martin ; Fischer, Bernd M.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys. & Mater. Sci. Center, Philipps-Univ. Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Abstract :
A terahertz amplitude switching device is proposed which allows for the efficient manipulation of sharp transmission bands. The switching concept is based on the thermally triggered insulator-to-metal transition of a thin vanadium dioxide layer, placed inside a Fabry-Pérot resonator.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; cavity resonator filters; millimetre wave filters; submillimetre wave filters; terahertz wave devices; vanadium compounds; Fabry-Perot Cavity resonator; VO2; switchable THz filter; terahertz amplitude switching device; thermally triggered insulator-to-metal transition; vanadium dioxide layer; Cavity resonators; Metamaterials; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Wires; Arrays; THz radar and communications; guided structures; terahertz (THz) antennas;
Journal_Title :
Terahertz Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TTHZ.2015.2478448
