Terahertz electromagnetic crystal waveguide fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping

Opt Express. 2011 Feb 28;19(5):3962-72. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.003962.

Abstract

An all-dielectric THz waveguide has been designed, fabricated and characterized. The design is based on a hollow-core electromagnetic crystal waveguide, and the fabrication is implemented via polymer-jetting rapid prototyping. Measurements of the waveguide power loss factor show good agreement with simulation. As an initial example, a waveguide with propagation loss of 0.03 dB/mm at 105 GHz is demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization / methods
  • Light
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Terahertz Radiation

Substances

  • Polymers