Title :
Ferroelectric PVDF cladding terahertz waveguide
Author :
Hidaka, Takehiko ; Minamide, Hiroaki ; Ito, Hiromasa ; Nishizawa, Jun-ichi ; Tamura, Kouta ; Ichikawa, Shinto
Author_Institution :
Shonan Inst. of Technol., Fujisawa, Japan
Abstract :
A new type of flexible terahertz-wave hollow waveguide has been developed using ferroelectric polymer poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as the cladding material. The transmission efficiency of the PVDF waveguide was better than a metal hollow waveguide with the same size and structure as the PVDF waveguide. This paper also reports the bent-angle dependencies of the transmission efficiency of the hollow PVDF.
Keywords :
claddings; ferroelectric materials; polymers; submillimetre wave devices; waveguides; bent-angle dependencies; cladding material; ferroelectric polymer polyvinylidene fluoride; hollow waveguide; terahertz waveguide; transmission efficiency; Electromagnetic waveguides; Ferroelectric materials; Hollow waveguides; Indium tin oxide; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Solids; Surface waves; Ferroelectric poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF); terahertz waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.849904
