Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 33, Issue 9, 906009(2013)

Transmission Characteristics of Elliptical Terahertz Hollow Fiber with Dielectric and Metallic Inner Coatings

Yu Zhuzheng1,2、*, Tang Xiaoli2, Wang Xinran2, and Shi Yiwei2
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    Adding dielectric coatings inside the metallic hollow fibers (MHF) is an effective way to reduce the transmission loss. Effects of dielectric coatings on the transmission characteristics of elliptical MHF in the terahertz region are numerically investigated by using finite element method. The dielectric coating changes the transmission modes in the elliptical MHF. Transmission characteristics of the elliptical hollow fiber vary periodically with the frequency owing to the interference effect of the dielectric coating. With the dielectric coating, the elliptical hollow fiber has a longer cutoff wavelength, broader single-mode bandwidth, higher coupling efficiency to the incoming light, and smaller transmission loss. However, it reduces the modal birefringence in the low-loss transmission windows. The results provide an important reference for the fiber design, structure optimization, and fabrication techniques.

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    Yu Zhuzheng, Tang Xiaoli, Wang Xinran, Shi Yiwei. Transmission Characteristics of Elliptical Terahertz Hollow Fiber with Dielectric and Metallic Inner Coatings[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(9): 906009

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Mar. 27, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2013

    The Author Email: Zhuzheng Yu (yuzhuzheng@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201333.0906009

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