Title :
Inhomogeneous artificial dielectrics for the THz region
Author :
Mendis, Rajind ; Liu, Jingbo ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
Starting from the parallel-plate waveguide technique which mimics an artificial dielectric, we develop an inhomogeneous medium suitable for the THz region, whose effective refractive index has a non-uniform distribution.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; inhomogeneous media; parallel plate waveguides; submillimetre wave devices; terahertz materials; terahertz wave devices; THz region; inhomogeneous artificial dielectric; inhomogeneous medium; nonuniform distribution; parallel-plate waveguide technique; refractive index; Dielectrics; Face; Frequency measurement; Indexes; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105146
