Polymer Fiber Polarizer for Terahertz Applications
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Zhou, S. F.; Chan, H. P.; Reekie, L.; Chow, Y. T.; Chung, P. S.; Luk, K. M.
- Source
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 24(17):1490-1492 Sep, 2012
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fiber devices
Films
Optimized production technology
Absorption
Positron emission tomography
Fiber optics
optical fiber devices
optical polarization
submillimeter wave devices
- Language
- ISSN
- 1041-1135
1941-0174
An all-polymer fiber polarizer is proposed for terahertz applications. The polarizer is based on a mechanism which makes use of subwavelength fibers and absorption films. Several centimeters of the film could give an extinction ratio of 30 dB, while keeping the insertion loss below 4 dB. Experiments have been conducted to verify the mechanism and distinct polarization-dependent absorptions have been obtained.