Nature of subpicosecond terahertz pulse propagation in practical dielectric-filled parallel-plate waveguides
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 17, pp. 2643-2645 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002643
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Abstract
It is analytically shown that the presence of submicrometer-sized air gaps between the dielectric and metal contact surfaces in a dielectric-filled metallic parallel-plate waveguide can have a dramatic effect on the guided-wave propagation of subpicosecond terahertz pulses. Through the use of metal-evaporated dielectric surfaces to overcome the imperfect contact problem, and a special air–dielectric–air cascaded waveguide geometry to avoid multimode excitation, undistorted subpicosecond terahertz pulse propagation via the single-TEM mode is demonstrated, for what is believed to be the first time, in a silicon-filled PPWG.
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OCIS Codes
(230.7390) Optical devices : Waveguides, planar
(320.5390) Ultrafast optics : Picosecond phenomena
(320.5550) Ultrafast optics : Pulses
(350.4010) Other areas of optics : Microwaves
(350.5500) Other areas of optics : Propagation
ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics
History
Original Manuscript: June 2, 2006
Revised Manuscript: June 22, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: June 22, 2006
Published: August 9, 2006
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Citation
Rajind Mendis, "Nature of subpicosecond terahertz pulse propagation in practical dielectric-filled parallel-plate waveguides," Opt. Lett. 31, 2643-2645 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-17-2643
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