Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 43, Issue 4, 533(2024)

Preparation of flexible low-loss ABS/Ag-coated terahertz hollow waveguide by plasma treatment and study on its transmission reliability

Sheng LIU, Yuan-Jie SHEN, Guang-Ning HOU, Zhi-Peng ZHA, Yi-Zhen ZHU, Shuo-Ying YU, Qing-Tian ZHANG, Qiang ZHAO, Shao-Hua LIU, Cheng-Bin JING*, and Jun-Hao CHU
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  • Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics and Advanced Instrument of Ministry of Education,School of Physics and Electronic Science,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China
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    The performance of ABS/Ag-coated terahertz hollow waveguide (HWG) was improved through plasma treatment of the ABS structural tube. The adhesion of the silver (Ag) film to the ABS tube was enhanced from level 5 to level 2 after plasma treatment. The 4.2 mm bore waveguide sample treated with plasma has a more uniform and denser silver film than the untreated sample, which contributes to the reduction of transmission losses from 0.72 dB/m to 0.70 dB/m at 0.3 THz and 1.47 dB/m to 1.44 dB/m at 0.1 THz, respectively. After 200 hours of hydrothermal aging and 16 cycles of high and low temperature cycling testing, the straight loss of the HWG sample treated with plasma increased by less than 0.1 dB/m, while the untreated sample underwent an increase of more than 1.0 dB/m. The results indicate that the ABS/Ag-coated HWG fabricated by plasma treatment has lower loss, higher reliability and better anti-aging performance compared with the untreated sample. It can be potentially used for establishment of next-generation communication, sensing, and THz imaging systems.

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    Sheng LIU, Yuan-Jie SHEN, Guang-Ning HOU, Zhi-Peng ZHA, Yi-Zhen ZHU, Shuo-Ying YU, Qing-Tian ZHANG, Qiang ZHAO, Shao-Hua LIU, Cheng-Bin JING, Jun-Hao CHU. Preparation of flexible low-loss ABS/Ag-coated terahertz hollow waveguide by plasma treatment and study on its transmission reliability[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2024, 43(4): 533

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Sep. 26, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 27, 2024

    The Author Email: Cheng-Bin JING (cbjing@ee.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2024.04.013

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