太赫兹过模传输线损耗研究

太赫兹波的频率较高,在波导传输中损耗较大。本文采用微扰法对太赫兹波在矩形波导和圆波导中传输时的损耗进行了理论分析,并对矩形波导与圆波导中不同频率,不同尺寸以及不同模式的衰减特性进行了比较,结果表明采用圆波导TEo。模传输可获得最小的衰减。     

太赫兹传输波导器件研究进展

随着太赫兹技术的发展,太赫兹传输波导器件的研究成为待解决的重要问题之一。太赫兹波位于微波与红外光之间,寻找高效的传输、耦合器件一直是研究人员的目标。主要介绍了太赫兹传输波导研究现状,并总结了各类型太赫兹波导的优势与不足。根据材料与结构分别对金属波导、介质波导的研究进展进行了分析。其中金属波导包括裸金属线波导、微结构波导、空芯波导以及平板波导,介质波导包括介质空芯波导、多孔芯波导以及微结构波导。最后分别对太赫兹传输波导未来需要解决的研究方向进行了展望。     

太赫兹波导传输中的模式稳定性

太赫兹波在基模波导中传输的欧姆损耗很大,因此在传输太赫兹波时经常采用过模传输的方式来降低传输损耗。但采用过模传输,会引起波导中传输模式的变化,因此如何保证传输中的模式稳定是过模传输中的重要问题。本文采用仿真与实验的方法,对220 GHz圆传输波导中的圆波导半径渐变情况下的模式稳定性进行了研究。结果表明,适当延长渐变波导长度,可以抑制模式耦合,保持单模传输。     

低损耗波纹波导的传输特性

为了降低太赫兹波传输的损耗,研究了波纹波导中传输太赫兹波时的损耗特性,得到波纹波导的衰减常数的理论计算公式,在数值计算基础上设计了220 GHz低损耗波纹波导,并通过电磁仿真对数值计算结果进行验证,HE11模式实现了仿真与理论结果的相互吻合。     

太赫兹波在二维正三角晶格金属光子晶体中的传输特性

运用频域有限元法研究了一种二维正三角晶格金属光子晶体在太赫兹波段的传输特性。该模型选取空气为背景材料,金属铜为介质柱。通过改变太赫兹波的入射方向、晶格常数和介质柱填充率,对TM模和TE模的传输特性进行了系统完整的分析,获得了太赫兹波在正三角晶格金属光子晶体中的传输规律。结果表明,传输特性随着介质柱填充率、晶格常数及太赫兹波入射方向的变化而变化,且TE模和TM模带隙差异很大,这为太赫兹波段的光子晶体滤波器、反射器和极化器的开发与制作提供了参考依据。     

金属膜对单介质板太赫兹波导传输特性的影响

理论分析了对称金属薄膜镀层对厚单介质板太赫兹波导TM模传输特性的影响,发现镀膜前后TM模损耗相差巨大,并且随太赫兹频率的增加TM模损耗差异会更大。对低损耗厚单介质板,金属膜对TM模损耗的影响不可忽视。进一步研究了镀膜对TM模模场分布的影响,发现镀膜前后厚单介质板内TM模模场分布显著不同。     

线性偏振红外光波在径向非均匀空芯波导中的传输

本文的目的是建立线偏振红外光在具有轴对称经向非均匀空芯波导中的传输模型。 Marcatili分析了光在圆型空芯波导中的传输,指出在一定条件下波导可用来传输光波进行通信,并可用于制造激光放电管。他们得到空芯直波早的模场分布和损耗的解析式。其结果被广为引用,发展了波导激光器理论。与此同时,关于波导用于传输光能方面的研究也相     

低损耗太赫兹镀膜金属波导研究

在研究太赫兹波在镀膜二维平板金属波导传输时,损耗减小的机制和条件,发现只有TM 模式在大间隙的金属镀膜波导传播时,其损耗小于不镀膜的金属波导。利用射线光学方法分析波导尺寸、膜厚度以及膜折射率等参数对TM 模式损耗的影响,获得其损耗最低的优化结构参数。用转移矩阵理论对镀介质膜前后平板金属波导的损耗进行理论计算和分析,当介质为聚乙烯且厚度为0.06mm时,波导的损耗最小。所获结论对于太赫兹波导器件及太赫兹波低损耗波导研制具有较大的意义。     

太赫兹光子晶体光纤与天线设计

以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)材料为基质,设计了一种空芯多孔包层结构的太赫兹光纤,中心的大孔缺陷用于传输太赫兹波,周围四层小孔可以将太赫兹波的传播限制在缺陷内部。利用COMSOL软件对光纤的损耗特性进行仿真分析发现,光纤在0.6 THz的泄露损耗低于0.1 dB/m,具有良好的传输特性。和金属波导口可以当作天线辐射电磁波的原理相似,光纤的端面也可以作为天线将内部传输的太赫兹波向外辐射,通过仿真分析,天线在0.59~0.61 THz的回波损耗低于-25 dB,方向性系数大于20 dB,半功率波束宽度约为13。     

太赫兹纤维波导研究进展

实现太赫兹波的低损耗、柔性传输是解决太赫兹设备轻量化、便携化的一个核心途径.本文综合分析了近年来太赫兹纤维波导技术的研究历程,把纤维波导的研究分为原始材料的选择和挖掘、纯材料的结构设计与加工、拉伸超材料波导的设计与加工3 个阶段,并对各阶段的典型研究成果、优缺点及应用性进行了总结.最后,展望拉伸超材料将成为近期太赫兹纤维波导技术研究的新方向,有望实现太赫兹波的低损耗、柔性化、低廉性传输.     

Wave Propagation and Attenuation in the General Class of Circular Hollow Waveguides with Uniform Curvature

A general method has been developed to evaluate the propagation constant in oversized circular hollow-core waveguides characterized by a surface impedance and admittance due to a uniform bend. Completely different formulas are obtained for the attenuation constants of the modes in metallic or dielectric hollow waveguides from those obtained by Marcatili and Schmeltzer. Electric-field lines are also presented for several lower order modes in bent waveguides.     

Investigation on propagation properties of terahertz waveguide hollow plastic fiber

The propagation properties of terahertz (THz) waveguide plastic hollow fiber have been investigated in this paper. The effects of radiation frequency, bore diameters and dielectric coating layers on the waveguide property have been shown and discussed. The results show that the attenuation loss of TM mode increases and that of TE mode decreases as radiation frequency increases. The attenuation loss decreases with the increasing of fiber bore diameter. The attenuation loss decreases as the refractive index of dielectric coating layer and the ratio of the refractive index of outer dielectric layer to that of inner dielectric layer increase.     

Modes and attenuation constants in circular hollow waveguides withsmall core diameters for the infrared

The mode structures and attenuation constants in circular hollow waveguides are evaluated numerically based on the exact characteristic equations. Mode properties, which are strongly dependent on waveguide materials, and attenuation constants are discussed when the core diameter becomes small. Special modes are also analyzed in oversized metallic waveguides which approach very familiar modes in perfectly conducting cylindrical waveguides when the core diameter becomes small     

Flexible,Low-loss Waveguide Designs for Efficient Coupling to Quantum Cascade Lasers in the Far-infrared

We coupled linearly polarized and azimuthally polarized Terahertz quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) to the low-loss optical modes of hollow core waveguides having a sequence of different metallic or dielectric inner coatings. The latter waveguides have been specifically designed to force the propagation of a dominant optical mode once the thickness (d) of the inner dielectric coating is properly chosen. Our results demonstrate that both the TE01 and the TE11 modes can be easily converted to a hybrid one when d > 6 μm allowing the propagation of THz QCL beams with transmission losses as low as 1.5 dB/m, bending losses < 1.1 dB and reasonably high coupling efficiencies (87%).     

Terahertz Focusing and Polarization Control in Large-Area Bias-Free Semiconductor Emitters

We show that, when large-area multiplex terahertz semiconductor emitters, that work on diffusion currents and Schottky potentials, are illuminated by ultrashort optical pulses they can radiate a directional electromagnetic terahertz pulse which is controlled by the angular spectrum of the incident optical beam. Using the lens that focuses the incident near-infrared pulse, we have demonstrated THz emission focusing in free space, at the same point where the optical radiation would focus. We investigated the beam waist and Gouy phase shift of the THz emission as a function of frequency. We also show that the polarization profile of the emitted THz can be tailored by the metallic patterning on the semiconductor, demonstrating radial polarization when a circular emitter design is used. Our techniques can be used for fast THz beam steering and mode control for efficiently coupling to waveguides without the need for THz lenses or parabolic mirrors.     

Optical propagation of the HE11 mode and Gaussian beams in hollow circular waveguides

The propagation of the HE₁₁ mode and Gaussian beams in hollow oversized circular waveguides is analyzed using optical theories. Different types of waveguides are considered : hollow dielectric or conducting waveguides, dielectric-lined waveguides, corrugated waveguides. General formulas are derived which give the power transmission through these different guides. The best wall materials and structures are determined from a comparison of the waveguide transmissions, at the infrared and millimeter wavelengths. The question of the coupling between the HE₁₁ mode and Gaussian beams is discussed and from a review of coupling coefficients derived before, an optimum value is pointed out. The problem of matching a Gaussian beam into circular waveguides in order to achieve the maximum power transmission is analyzed. These results are of interest for infrared lasers or waveguide applications and for Electron Cyclotron Wave (ECW) systems at the millimeter wavelength.     

介质金属膜波导在G波段和4.3THz的传输特性

制作了具有不同介质膜厚度的大口径柔性介质金属膜波导,测试了金属膜波导和介质金属膜波导在G波段、4. 3 THz和中远红外等频段的传输特性.结果表明,波导的传输损耗在G波段随介质膜厚的增加而增加,孔径2. 6mm的金属膜波导在160 GHz传输损耗为2. 1 d B/m且在G波段波导的传输损耗对弯曲不敏感.在4. 3 THZ频点波导的传输损耗随介质膜厚的增加而减小,镀制介质膜可以大幅减小波导的传输损耗以及弯曲附加损耗,孔径3. 6mm介质膜厚为1. 2μm的介质金属膜波导的传输损耗为2. 84 d B/m.光斑能量则随介质膜厚的增加更加集中于低阶传输模式.     

Waveguide-loss evaluation in circular hollow waveguides and its ray-optical treatment

A ray-optical representation of the attenuation constants in circular hollow waveguides characterized by a surface impedance and admittance has been derived from the characteristic equation based on the boundary-value problems. It is shown that in the first order of approximation, the attenuation constants of all modes including hybrid modes can be derived as if the corresponding rays were meridional. The effect of the Goos-Hänchen shift is also considered, which is significantly different from that in an intuitive formula given in circular dielectric waveguides.     

Transmission and attenuation of vector modes in uniformly bentcircular hollow waveguides for the infrared

Electric field distributions and attenuation constants of the eigenmodes in uniformly bent circular hollow waveguides have been evaluated based on a vector wave equation deduced from Maxwell's equations. A diagram representation of the parameter describing mode properties is introduced. It is numerically shown that vector modes gradually approach linearly polarized modes when the bending radius becomes small. A relation between attenuation constants in sharply bent circular and slab hollow waveguides is also discussed where the electric fields concentrate near the outer edge of the core     

Scattering Coefficients for Wall Impedance Changes in Waveguides

The Wiener-Hopf tectilque is used to obtain an exact solution to a two-dimensional scattering problem. In the problem solved, an incident TE/sub 10/ mode, traveling from z= -/spl infin/ in the positive z direction, is confined by infinite bounding planes; these planes have infinite conductivity for z<0 and an impedance Z/sub 1/, for z>0. The scattering from the junction at z=0 gives rise to reflection and transmission coefficients that are exactly determined. An approximate solution for the reflection coefficients is also given when the TE/sub 10/ mode is incident from the opposite direction. Finally, a table is presented which lists some transmission and reflection coefficients for rectangular and circular waveguides with discontinuities in the wall impedances.