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Abstract

We use numerical simulations to design a hollowcore microstructured polymer optical fiber (HC-mPOF) suitable for broadband, terahertz (THz) pulse transmission with relatively low losses and small dispersion. The HC-mPOF consists of a central large air-core surrounded by periodically arranged wavelength-scale circular air holes in a hexagonal pattern, embedded in a uniform Teflon matrix. The THz guidance in this fiber is achieved by exploiting the photonic bandgap (PBG) effect. In our low index contrast Teflon-air (1.44:1) hexagonal periodic lattice, the PBG appears only for a certain range of non-zero values of the longitudinal wavevector. We have achieved PBG over a broad spectral range (bandwidth ~400 GHz) ranging from 1.65 to 2.05 THz in the proposed HC-mPOF. The achievable loss coefficient in our designed HC-mPOF is <;4 m-1 and the group velocity dispersion parameter is <;±5 ps/THz·cm over a 300-GHz bandwidth (1.65~1.95 THz).

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Publisher Keywords:	terahertz wave, Microstructured fiber, photonic band-gap, polymer fiber, Optical fiber dispersion, Optical fibers, Optical losses, Polymers, Propagation losses, Photonic band gap
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Engineering
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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