Sommerfeld Wires at Terahertz Frequencies

Author

Wächter, M. ; Nagel, M. ; Kurz, H.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Halbleitertechnik, Aachen

fYear

2006

fDate

11-16 June 2006

Firstpage

1299

Lastpage

1302

Abstract

In this work, we investigate the propagation behavior of THz surface-wave pulses along bare and dielectrically coated metal wires. Frequency-dependent attenuation and dispersion parameters are determined in the range of 0.02 THz to 0.4 THz with an optoelectronic time-domain measurement setup. Our results are in good agreement with numerical field simulations considering the propagation of an axial Sommerfeld surface-wave with metallic and dielectric losses. We discuss the influence of wire radius on wave propagation behavior and the application of THz Sommerfeld wires for sensing

Keywords

dielectric losses; dispersion (wave); submillimetre wave propagation; time-domain analysis; wires (electric); 0.02 to 0.4 THz; Sommerfeld wires; THz surface-wave pulses; axial Sommerfeld surface-wave; dielectric losses; dielectrically coated metal wires; dispersion parameters; frequency-dependent attenuation; metallic losses; optoelectronic time-domain measurement; wave propagation; Attenuation; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Hollow waveguides; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Optical transmitters; Planar waveguides; Wires; Plasmons; Waveguides; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9541-7

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249468

Filename

4015161