High-refractive-index composite materials for terahertz waveguides: Trade-off between index contrast and absorption loss

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 917-921

  Ung, Bora ^a   Dupuis, Alexandre ^a   Stoeffler, Karen ^a   Dubois, Charles ^a   Skorobogatiy, Maksim ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ABSORPTION LOSS; BRAGG FIBERS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOLLOW-CORE; INDEX CONTRASTS; LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL LOSS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POLYMER COMPOUND; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVEGUIDES; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; COMPOSITES; FIBER OPTICS; REFRACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 79959272455     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000917     Document Type: Article

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