Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering

Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering

Waveguides are desirable components for energy transmission throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. This thesis experimentally examines a thick slot waveguide for THz guiding and field enhancement. The waveguide is machined from planar copper sheets using the novel technique of femtosecond laser m...

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Main Author: Smith, Robert Levi
Other Authors: Darcie, Thomas Edward
Language:English
en
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Terahertz
thz
waveguide
radiative
in-plane
active
coupling
enhancement
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5671
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spelling ndltd-uvic.ca-oai-dspace.library.uvic.ca-1828-56712015-09-07T15:52:16Z Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering Smith, Robert Levi Darcie, Thomas Edward Terahertz thz waveguide radiative in-plane active coupling enhancement Waveguides are desirable components for energy transmission throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. This thesis experimentally examines a thick slot waveguide for THz guiding and field enhancement. The waveguide is machined from planar copper sheets using the novel technique of femtosecond laser micromachining. In-plane photoconductive THz coupling to a thick slot waveguide is demonstrated using Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain (DGTD) simulation. The results reveal positive implications for broadband low-loss/dispersion transmission lines up to 1.5 THz. Graduate 0544 0607 0756 levismith3@hotmail.com 2014-09-09T18:26:12Z 2015-09-06T11:22:05Z 2014 2014-09-09 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5671 R. Smith, F. Ahmed, A. Jooshesh, J. Zhang, M. Jun, and T. Darcie. Thz field enhancement by antenna coupling to a tapered thick slot waveguide. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 32:15878, 2014. English en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ca/ Available to the World Wide Web
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language English
en
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topic Terahertz
thz
waveguide
radiative
in-plane
active
coupling
enhancement
spellingShingle Terahertz
thz
waveguide
radiative
in-plane
active
coupling
enhancement
Smith, Robert Levi
Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
description Waveguides are desirable components for energy transmission throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. This thesis experimentally examines a thick slot waveguide for THz guiding and field enhancement. The waveguide is machined from planar copper sheets using the novel technique of femtosecond laser micromachining. In-plane photoconductive THz coupling to a thick slot waveguide is demonstrated using Discontinuous Galerkin Time Domain (DGTD) simulation. The results reveal positive implications for broadband low-loss/dispersion transmission lines up to 1.5 THz. === Graduate === 0544 === 0607 === 0756 === levismith3@hotmail.com
author2 Darcie, Thomas Edward
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Smith, Robert Levi
author Smith, Robert Levi
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title Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
title_short Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
title_full Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
title_fullStr Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
title_full_unstemmed Terahertz Field Enhancement by Optimized Coupling and Adiabatic Tapering
title_sort terahertz field enhancement by optimized coupling and adiabatic tapering
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