Title :
A novel Terahertz waveguide: Polymer tube
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Opt., Zhejiang Normal Univ., Jinhua, China
Abstract :
A low-loss polymer tube which can trap a large part of mode power inside the air core is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for Terahertz wave guiding. Simulation results also show that an elliptical polymer tube can be used as a highly birefringent low-loss Terahertz waveguide.
Keywords :
birefringence; polymers; submillimetre wave tubes; waveguides; birefringent waveguide; elliptical polymer tube; low-loss polymer tube; mode power; terahertz waveguide; Absorption; Electron tubes; Optical fiber theory; Polymers; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682764
