• DocumentCode
    688969
  • Title

    Origins of dispersive terahertz pulse propagation in tapered parallel plate waveguides

  • Author

    Mueckstein, Raimund ; Navarro-Cia, M. ; Mitrofanov, Oleg

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron.&Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Unexpected dispersion of the TEM mode in tapered parallel plate waveguides is investigated experimentally and numerically. The TE02 mode that adiabatically converts into the TEM mode interferes with the genuine TEM and explains this behavior.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; optical waveguides; parallel plate waveguides; TE02 mode; TEM mode dispersion; dispersive terahertz pulse propagation; tapered parallel plate waveguides; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Electric fields; Imaging; Interference; Semiconductor waveguides; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833349