Title :
Polarization maintaining air-core fiber for terahertz guiding
Author :
Ren, Guobin ; Gong, Yandong ; Shum, Ping ; Yu, Xia ; Hu, JuanJuan
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
A polarization maintaining air-core polymer fiber for terahertz guiding is proposed. The bandgap repels modal power from the absorbent background polymers, resulting in significant suppression of modal absorption loss.
Keywords :
optical fibre polarisation; optical polymers; absorbent background polymers; air-core fiber; air-core polymer fiber; modal power; polarization; terahertz guiding; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729438
