Title :
Porous fibre: A novel THz waveguide
Author :
Atakaramians, Shaghik ; Shahraam, Afshar V. ; Fischer, Bernd M. ; Abbott, Derek ; Monro, Tanya M.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Expertise in Photonics, Adelaide Univ., Adelaide, SA
Abstract :
We propose a novel class of fibre with a porous core transverse crosssection that can offer a combination of low transmission loss and high mode confinement in the THz regime.
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; porous materials; submillimetre wave devices; mode confinement; porous core; porous fibre; terahertz waveguide; transmission loss; transverse crosssection; Biomedical optical imaging; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Rectangular waveguides; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610449
