• DocumentCode
    520068
  • Title

    Concentration of terahertz radiation through tapered circular subwavelength apertures

  • Author

    Nguyen, Tho Duc ; Vardeny, Z.Valy ; Nahata, Ajay

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the concentration of broadband terahertz radiation through conically tapered subwavelength apertures. Concomitantly, there is a reduction of the THz group velocity for the transmitted pulse. We describe the underlying principle behind this phenomenon.
  • Keywords
    optical focusing; surface plasmon resonance; terahertz waves; broadband terahertz radiation; conically tapered subwavelength apertures; tapered circular subwavelength apertures; Apertures; Cutoff frequency; Electromagnetic measurements; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499628