Stacked rings for terahertz wave-guiding

Published: Wednesday, 05 October 2011 - 12:59 UTC

Author:

de Rijk, E.; Macor, A.; Hogge, J.; Alberti, S.; Ansermet, J. Review of Scientific Instruments 2011, 82, 066102.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3597579

We demonstrate the construction of corrugated waveguides using stacked rings to propagate terahertz frequencies. The waveguide allows propagation of the same fundamental mode as an optical-fiber, namely, the HE11 mode. This simple concept opens the way for corrugated wave-guides up to several terahertz, maintaining beam characteristics as for terahertz applications.