Spectral characterization of porous dielectric subwavelength THz fibers fabricated using a microstructured molding technique

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 13813-13828

  Dupuis, Alexandre ^a   Mazhorova, Anna ^a   Désévédavy, Frédéric ^a   Rozé, Mathieu ^a   Skorobogatiy, Maksim ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FABRICATION; MOLDING; MOLDS; PREFORMING; SILICA; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; FIBER DRAWING; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; MOLDING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; OUTSIDE DIAMETER; POROUS DIELECTRICS; POROUS FIBERS; PROPAGATION LOSS MEASUREMENTS; SACRIFICIAL MOLD; SILICA CAPILLARY; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL TRANSMISSION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THZ-TDS; TRANSVERSE GEOMETRY;

FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77953815535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013813     Document Type: Article

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