Porous fibers: A novel approach to low loss THz waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8845-8854

  Atakaramians, Shaghik ^a   Shahraam Afshar, V ^a   Fischer, Bernd M ^a   Abbott, Derek ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS;

BROADBAND PULSE; GUIDED MODES; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; POROUS FIBERS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH HOLES; THZ WAVEGUIDES; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; POROSITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED RAYS; LIGHT; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; POROSITY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 45249119256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008845     Document Type: Article

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