Dielectric-lined cylindrical metallic THz waveguides: Mode structure and dispersion

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1898-1903

  Mitrofanov, Oleg ^a   Harrington, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

DIELECTRIC LAYER; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; INNER SURFACES; LOW-LOSS WAVEGUIDES; METALLIC WAVEGUIDE; MODE STRUCTURE; NEAR-FIELD; THIN DIELECTRIC LAYER; THZ PULSE; TRANSMISSION LOSS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS; WAVEGUIDE RADIUS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 76149135698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001898     Document Type: Article

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