Designs of porous polymer THz fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6892, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dupuis, Alexandre ^a   Hassani, Alireza ^a   Skorobogatiy, Maksim ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bragg fibers; Polymer optical fiber; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BRAGG CELLS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; GEOMETRY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PIGMENTS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

(060.2410) FIBERS; (HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; (PL) PROPERTIES; BRAGG FIBERS; FERROELECTRIC (BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE); FIBER GEOMETRIES; MATERIAL ABSORPTION; NANO STRUCTURING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PERIODIC MULTILAYERS; POLYCARBONATE (PC); POLYMER FIBERS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDFF); SOLID FILMS; SUB WAVELENGTH; SUB WAVELENGTH HOLES; TERAHERTZ (THZ) RADIATION; ULTRA-FAST;

FIBERS;

EID: 42149092557     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.762332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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