• DocumentCode
    1548618
  • Title

    Polymer Fiber Polarizer for Terahertz Applications

  • Author

    Zhou, Shu Fan ; Chan, Hau Ping ; Reekie, Laurence ; Chow, Yuk Tak ; Chung, Po Sheun ; Luk, Kwai Man

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1490
  • Lastpage
    1492
  • Abstract
    An all-polymer fiber polarizer is proposed for terahertz applications. The polarizer is based on a mechanism which makes use of subwavelength fibers and absorption films. Several centimeters of the film could give an extinction ratio of 30 dB, while keeping the insertion loss below 4 dB. Experiments have been conducted to verify the mechanism and distinct polarization-dependent absorptions have been obtained.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; optical films; optical polarisers; optical polymers; absorption film; polymer fiber polarizer; subwavelength fibers; terahertz application; Absorption; Films; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optimized production technology; Positron emission tomography; Fiber optics; optical fiber devices; optical polarization; submillimeter wave devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2012.2206021
  • Filename
    6226439