Dielectric terahertz waveguides

Author

Jamison, S.P. ; McGowan, R.W. ; Grischkowsky, D.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

527

Lastpage

528

Abstract

Summary form only given. We believe we report the first demonstration of waveguide propagation of sub-ps THz pulses in a dielectric fiber. The experimental arrangement employed for coupling of free-space single-cycle THz radiation to the fiber is similar to that used for investigations of THz propagation in metallic waveguides. Briefly, the THz radiation is focused by a silicon lens to a waist diameter of /spl ap/200 /spl mu/m with the fiber entrance face placed at the waist position. An identical arrangement is used at the exit face of the sapphire fiber.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; lenses; optical fibre couplers; optical focusing; sapphire; 200 mum; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Si; Si lens; THz propagation; THz radiation; THz radiation coupling; dielectric fiber; dielectric terahertz waveguides; exit face; fiber entrance face; free-space single-cycle THz radiation; metallic waveguides; sapphire fiber; sub-ps THz pulses; waist diameter; waist position; waveguide propagation; Chirp; Dielectrics; Optical films; Optical waveguides; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907346

Filename

907346