Title :
Origins of dispersive terahertz pulse propagation in tapered parallel plate waveguides
Author :
Mueckstein, Raimund ; Navarro-Cia, M. ; Mitrofanov, Oleg
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron.&Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Unexpected dispersion of the TEM mode in tapered parallel plate waveguides is investigated experimentally and numerically. The TE02 mode that adiabatically converts into the TEM mode interferes with the genuine TEM and explains this behavior.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical waveguides; parallel plate waveguides; TE02 mode; TEM mode dispersion; dispersive terahertz pulse propagation; tapered parallel plate waveguides; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Electric fields; Imaging; Interference; Semiconductor waveguides; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA