Rapid and inexpensive fabrication of terahertz electromagnetic bandgap structures
Author(s) -
Ziran Wu,
J. Kinast,
Michael E. Gehm,
Hao Xin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.016442
Subject(s) - terahertz radiation , fabrication , materials science , terahertz spectroscopy and technology , optoelectronics , optics , characterization (materials science) , rapid prototyping , photonics , photonic crystal , spectroscopy , nanotechnology , physics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics , composite material
Modern rapid prototyping technologies are now capable of build resolutions that allow direct fabrication of photonic structures in the GHz and THz frequency regimes. To demonstrate this, we have fabricated several structures with 3D electromagnetic bandgaps in the 100-400 GHz range. Characterization of these structures via THz Time-domain Spectroscopy (THz-TDS) shows very good agreement with simulation, confirming the build accuracy of the approach. This rapid and inexpensive 3-D fabrication method may be very useful for a variety of potential THz applications.
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