• DocumentCode
    499397
  • Title

    THz energy confinement in finite-width parallel-plate waveguides

  • Author

    Zhan, Hui ; Mendis, Rajind ; Mittleman, Daniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the TEM-mode energy confinement in finite-width parallel-plate waveguides using THz pulses, and observe a narrowing of the mode profile due to the finite width, although this does not result in better energy confinement.
  • Keywords
    optical waveguides; parallel plate waveguides; TEM-mode energy confinement; THz energy confinement; finite-width parallel-plate waveguides; Electronic mail; Face detection; Geometry; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Scattering; Signal detection; Space vector pulse width modulation; (230.7370) waveguides; (260.3090) infrared, far;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224480