Achromatic wave plate in THz frequency region based on parallel metal plate waveguides with a pillar array

作者:Nagai Masaya*; Mukai Noriyuki; Minowa Yosuke; Ashida Masaaki; Suzuki Takehito; Takayanagi Jun; Ohtake Hideyuki
来源:Optics Express, 2015, 23(4): 4641-4649.
DOI:10.1364/OE.23.004641

摘要

We demonstrated an achromatic wave plate based on parallel metal plate waveguides in the high THz frequency region. The metal plates have periodic rough structures on the surface, which allow slow transverse magnetic wave propagation and fast transverse electric wave propagation. A numerical simulation showed that the height of the periodic roughness is important for optimizing the birefringence. We fabricated stacked metal plates containing two types of structures by chemical etching. An array of small pillars on the metal plates allows higher frequency optimization. We experimentally demonstrated an achromatic quarter-wave plate in the frequency region from 2.0 to 3.1 THz.

  • 出版日期2015-2-23