• DocumentCode
    1612907
  • Title

    Fabrication of silicon quarter wave plate at Terahertz frequency

  • Author

    Saha, Shimul C. ; Ma, Yong ; Grant, James P. ; Khalid, A. ; Cumming, David R S

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    We have developed anisotropically etched artificial dielectric quarter wave plates (QWPs) for use at 1.5 and 2.5 Terahertz. A SU8 anti-reflection coating is used to further improve the transmission coefficient by up to 12%.
  • Keywords
    antireflection coatings; elemental semiconductors; etching; high-speed optical techniques; optical fabrication; silicon; terahertz waves; SU8 anti-reflection coating; anisotropically etched artificial dielectric quarter wave plates; frequency 1.5 THz; frequency 2.5 THz; transmission coefficient; Dielectric substrates; Etching; Fabrication; Frequency; Gratings; Optical imaging; Optical retarders; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Majorca
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5240-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5241-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2010.5421976
  • Filename
    5421976