Open Access3D printed dielectric rectangular waveguides, splitters and couplers for 120 GHz
Author(s) -
M. Weidenbach,
David Jahn,
Arno Rehn,
Stefan Busch,
Felipe BeltránMejía,
Jan C. Balzer,
Martín Koch
Publication year - 2016
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.24.028968
Subject(s) - optics , planar , splitter , waveguide , materials science , power dividers and directional couplers , beam splitter , dielectric , attenuation , hybrid coupler , rat race coupler , 3d printed , optoelectronics , physics , laser , computer science , medicine , computer graphics (images) , biomedical engineering
We use a 3D printer to fabricate rectangular dielectric single mode waveguides for 120 GHz. The rectangular waveguides consisting of polystyrene showed an attenuation of 6.3 dB/m, which is low enough for short devices. We also characterize 3D printed Y-splitters and a 1x3-splitter based on multimode interference. Further, we construct and measure a variable planar waveguide coupler which can be used as a 3-dB coupler, a cross-coupler and no coupler at all.