Porous fibers: a novel approach to low loss THz waveguides

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作者：

Atakaramians, Shaghik ^{[1
,2
]}

Shahraam, Afshar, V ^{[1
]}

Fischer, Bernd M. ^{[2
]}

Abbott, Derek ^{[2
]}

Monro, Tanya M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem & Phys, Ctr Expertise Photon, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[2] Univ Adelaide, Ctr Biomed Engn, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1364/OE.16.008845

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We propose a novel class of optical fiber with a porous transverse cross-section that is created by arranging sub-wavelength air-holes within the core of the fiber. These fibers can offer a combination of low transmission loss and high mode confinement in the THz regime by exploiting the enhancement of the guided mode field that occurs within these sub-wavelength holes. We evaluate the properties of these porous fibers and quantitatively compare their performance relative to that of a solid core air cladded fiber (microwire). For similar loss values, porous fibers enable improved light confinement and reduced distortion of a broadband pulse compared to microwires. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.

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页码：8845 / 8854

页数：10

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