• DocumentCode
    3008846
  • Title

    Silver/Polystyrene Coated Hollow Glass Waveguides for the Transmission of THz Radiation

  • Author

    Bowden, Bradley ; Harrington, James A. ; Mitrofanov, Oleg

  • Author_Institution
    State Univ. of New Jersey, Taylor
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the design theory and fabrication of silver/polystyrene(PS) coated hollow glass waveguides (HGWs) for THz radiation. We find that Ag/PS coated HGWs have significantly lower attenuation for 119 mum radiation than Ag-only HGWs.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical glass; optical waveguides; polymers; silver; submillimetre waves; Ag; THz radiation transmission; attenuation; design theory; dielectric thin film; metal coating; silver-polystyrene coated hollow glass waveguides; waveguide wall reflectivity; Attenuation; Glass; Hollow waveguides; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Silver; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452817
  • Filename
    4452817