• DocumentCode
    67596
  • Title

    Metal disc-type splitter with radially placed gratings for terahertz surface waves

  • Author

    Shibayama, J. ; Yamauchi, J. ; Nakano, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Hosei Univ., Koganei, Japan
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    2 19 2015
  • Firstpage
    352
  • Lastpage
    353
  • Abstract
    A novel way to split terahertz (THz) surface waves is presented on the basis of propagation characteristics of spoof surface plasmon polaritons. Metal disc-type splitters with a centre hole and radially placed gratings are proposed and analysed using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method in cylindrical co-ordinates. Numerical results demonstrate that the discs act as bi- and multi-directional THz surface wave splitters with large coupling regions, the frequency of which is selected by grating structures.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave photonics; optical beam splitters; polaritons; surface plasmons; terahertz waves; FDTD; bidirectional THz surface wave splitters; finite-difference time-domain method; grating structures; metal disc-type splitter; multidirectional THz surface wave splitters; propagation characteristics; radially placed gratings; surface plasmon polaritons; terahertz surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2014.4331
  • Filename
    7042459