Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 6, 606002(2014)
Low Loss and High Birefringence Topas Photonic Bandgap Fiber at Terahertz Frequency
A photonic bandgap fiber was designed based on the novel Terahertz lowloss material Topas cyclic olefin copolymer. Fiber cladding was formed by arranging hexagonal air holes with rounded corners in triangular lattice pattern in the background of Topas. A rhombic hollowcore with rounded corners was formed by omitting four central air holes of the cladding structure. Propagation properties in the terahertz band of the fiber were investigated by using the finite element method. Numerical results indicate the fiber has a photonic bandgap within a broadband area about 0.3 THz around 1.5 THz, and THz wave is welled confined in the air core. Birefringence of the order of 10-3 was obtained. Loss of the xand ypolarized fundamental modes is less than 0.1 cm-1 within 1.4~1.6 THz, and reaches the minimum value of 0.029 1 cm-1 and 0.028 7 cm-1 at 1.53 THz and 1.5 THz, respectively. Structure of designed terahertz Topas photonic bandgap fiber is simple, feasible for fabrication and bendable because of the relatively small diameter.
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WANG Doudou, WANG Lili, ZHANG Tao, XIE You. Low Loss and High Birefringence Topas Photonic Bandgap Fiber at Terahertz Frequency[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2014, 43(6): 606002
Received: Oct. 21, 2013
Accepted: --
Published Online: Aug. 18, 2014
The Author Email: Doudou WANG (wangdoudou@xust.edu.cn)