Characterization of subwavelength plastic fiber utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Borwen Youa; Tze An Liu; Jin Long Peng; Ci Ling Panc; Ja Yu Lu

doi:10.1117/12.808933

Characterization of subwavelength plastic fiber utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Borwen Youa, Tze An Liu, Jin Long Peng, Ci Ling Panc, Ja Yu Lu

Department of Photonics

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Abstract

We present the first characterization of a simple subwavelength-diameter plastic wire by using wideband terahertz timedomain spectroscopy. The propagation characteristics including waveguide dispersion, group velocity, and attenuation constant of various plastic wires with different diameters and refractive indices are studied. The experimental results show the subwavelength plastic wire has extremely low waveguide dispersion and low attenuation constant (<0.01cm-1) at its THz transmission band due to much reduced fractional power delivered inside the lossy core, which is consistent with the theoretical calculations. With the large evanescent-fields, the subwavelength plastic wire has capability to integrate with micro-fluid channel for sensitive bio-sensing applications.

Original language	English
Article number	721503
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808933
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Terahertz Technology and Applications II - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 2009 Jan 28 → 2009 Jan 29

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Access to Document

10.1117/12.808933

Cite this

@article{ab08fe18bb4345d3b2b14cad16978c4c,

title = "Characterization of subwavelength plastic fiber utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy",

abstract = "We present the first characterization of a simple subwavelength-diameter plastic wire by using wideband terahertz timedomain spectroscopy. The propagation characteristics including waveguide dispersion, group velocity, and attenuation constant of various plastic wires with different diameters and refractive indices are studied. The experimental results show the subwavelength plastic wire has extremely low waveguide dispersion and low attenuation constant (<0.01cm-1) at its THz transmission band due to much reduced fractional power delivered inside the lossy core, which is consistent with the theoretical calculations. With the large evanescent-fields, the subwavelength plastic wire has capability to integrate with micro-fluid channel for sensitive bio-sensing applications.",

author = "Borwen Youa and Liu, {Tze An} and Peng, {Jin Long} and Panc, {Ci Ling} and Lu, {Ja Yu}",

year = "2009",

doi = "10.1117/12.808933",

language = "English",

volume = "7215",

journal = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",

issn = "0277-786X",

publisher = "SPIE",

note = "Terahertz Technology and Applications II ; Conference date: 28-01-2009 Through 29-01-2009",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Characterization of subwavelength plastic fiber utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

AU - Youa, Borwen

AU - Liu, Tze An

AU - Peng, Jin Long

AU - Panc, Ci Ling

AU - Lu, Ja Yu

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - We present the first characterization of a simple subwavelength-diameter plastic wire by using wideband terahertz timedomain spectroscopy. The propagation characteristics including waveguide dispersion, group velocity, and attenuation constant of various plastic wires with different diameters and refractive indices are studied. The experimental results show the subwavelength plastic wire has extremely low waveguide dispersion and low attenuation constant (<0.01cm-1) at its THz transmission band due to much reduced fractional power delivered inside the lossy core, which is consistent with the theoretical calculations. With the large evanescent-fields, the subwavelength plastic wire has capability to integrate with micro-fluid channel for sensitive bio-sensing applications.

AB - We present the first characterization of a simple subwavelength-diameter plastic wire by using wideband terahertz timedomain spectroscopy. The propagation characteristics including waveguide dispersion, group velocity, and attenuation constant of various plastic wires with different diameters and refractive indices are studied. The experimental results show the subwavelength plastic wire has extremely low waveguide dispersion and low attenuation constant (<0.01cm-1) at its THz transmission band due to much reduced fractional power delivered inside the lossy core, which is consistent with the theoretical calculations. With the large evanescent-fields, the subwavelength plastic wire has capability to integrate with micro-fluid channel for sensitive bio-sensing applications.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65349180919&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=65349180919&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1117/12.808933

DO - 10.1117/12.808933

M3 - Conference article

AN - SCOPUS:65349180919

SN - 0277-786X

VL - 7215

JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

M1 - 721503

T2 - Terahertz Technology and Applications II

Y2 - 28 January 2009 through 29 January 2009

ER -

Characterization of subwavelength plastic fiber utilizing terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this