Highly birefringent terahertz plastic photonic crystal fibers

높은 복굴절율을 갖는 테라헤츠용 광결정 섬유

  • Cho, Min-Su (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Park, Hong-Kyu (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hoi (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Han, Heak-Wook (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Pohang University of Science and Technology)
  • 조민수 (포항공과대학교 나노테라포토닉스 연구실) ;
  • 박홍규 (포항공과대학교 나노테라포토닉스 연구실) ;
  • 김정회 (포항공과대학교 나노테라포토닉스 연구실) ;
  • 한해욱 (포항공과대학교 나노테라포토닉스 연구실)
  • Published : 2006.06.21

Abstract

Guided-wave propagation of sub-ps terahertz (THz) pulses in a highly birefringent plastic photonic crystal fiber has been experimentally demonstrated. The fabricated fibers have exhibited an extremely high birefringence of ${\sim}0.021$ at 0.3 THz.

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