Title :
Terahertz pigtail using lens duct to facilitate launching of terahertz radiation into plastic photonic crystal fiber waveguide
Author :
Diwa, Gilbert A. ; Quema, Alex V. ; Murakami, Hidetoshi ; Ono, Shingo ; Sarukura, Nobuhiko
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
THz pigtail using lens duct is designed to facilitate launching THz radiation into a plastic photonic crystal fiber waveguide. It is found that the spectral width of the THz pigtail extends up to 1 THz.
Keywords :
lenses; optical design techniques; optical fibres; optical materials; photonic crystals; submillimetre wave devices; lens duct; plastic photonic crystal fiber waveguide; spectral width; terahertz pigtail; terahertz radiation; Crystalline materials; Ducts; Electromagnetic waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lenses; Optical design; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystal fibers; Plastics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201895
