• DocumentCode
    644872
  • Title

    Effective fill-factor design results in extraordinary optical transmission in a THz wire-grid polarizer

  • Author

    Cetnar, J.S. ; Middendorf, J.R. ; Brown, E.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Depts. of Phys. & Electr. Eng., Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A terahertz (THz) wire-grid polarizer is designed and demonstrated using an effective fill-factor (EFF) approach. Full-wave numerical simulations are performed to compare the performance of the EFF device with that of a baseline design wire-grid polarizer at two fill-factors (FF). The simulation results predict that the physical effects seen in the baseline design can be realized in the EFF device. This behavior is confirmed in experiments at 275, 530, and 720 GHz.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; optical polarisers; submillimetre wave devices; EFF approach; baseline design; effective fill-factor approach; extraordinary optical transmission; frequency 275 GHz; frequency 530 GHz; frequency 720 GHz; full-wave numerical simulations; terahertz wire-grid polarizer; Aluminum; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Optical polarization; Predictive models; Strips; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mainz
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665843
  • Filename
    6665843