Title :
Plastic photonic crystal fiber as terahertz waveguide
Author :
Goto, Masahiro ; Quema, Alex ; Takahashi, Hiroshi ; Ono, Shingo ; Sarukura, Nobuhiko
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Terahertz waveguide using plastic photonic crystal fiber has been experimentally demonstrated. The plastic waveguides of various lengths and different number of periodic cladding show polarization preserving characteristics with low-loss narrowband width.
Keywords :
optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; plastic crystals; submillimetre wave devices; low-loss narrowband width; periodic cladding; plastic photonic crystal fiber; polarization; terahertz waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
