• DocumentCode
    1146554
  • 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
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    2469
  • Lastpage
    2473
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2005.849904
  • Filename
    1498951