Title :
Coupling and cm propagation of long-range guided THz radiation in thin layers of water
Author :
Sczech, R. ; Gomez Rivas, Jaime ; Berrier, Audrey ; Giannini, V. ; Pirruccio, Giuseppe ; Debus, Christian ; Schafer-Eberwein, Heiko ; Bolivar, P. Haring
Author_Institution :
Inst. of High Freq. & Quantum Electron. (HQE), Univ. of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate the coupling of THz radiation in thin layers of water by means of attenuated total reflection measurements. Moreover, we excite this mode by end-fire coupling and experimentally show propagation lengths of 2 cm.
Keywords :
attenuated total reflection; optical couplers; optical waveguides; submillimetre wave propagation; terahertz wave spectra; water; THz radiation coupling; attenuated total reflection measurements; cm propagation; distance 2 cm; end-fire coupling; long-range guided THz radiation; propagation lengths; water thin layers; Absorption; Attenuation measurement; Couplings; Frequency measurement; Reflection; Reflectivity; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
