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A Novel Low-Loss Diamond-Core Porous Fiber for Polarization Maintaining Terahertz Transmission

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Publication Date2016-04-06
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
AuthorsRaonaqul Islam, Md. Selim Habib, G. K. M. Hasanuzzaman, Sohel Rana, Md. Anwar Sadath
InstitutionsTechnical University of Denmark, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology
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We report on the numerical design optimization of a new kind of relatively simple porous-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for terahertz (THz) waveguiding. A novel twist is introduced in the regular hexagonal PCF by including a diamond-shaped porous-core inside the hexagonal cladding. The numerical results obtained from an efficient finite-element method, which confirms a high birefringence of the order 10 <sup xmlns:mml=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā€ xmlns:xlink=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā€&gt;-2&lt;/sup> and low effective material loss of 0.07 cm <sup xmlns:mml=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathMLā€ xmlns:xlink=ā€œhttp://www.w3.org/1999/xlinkā€&gt;-1&lt;/sup> at 0.7-THz operating frequency. The proposed PCF is anticipated to be useful in polarization sensitive THz appliances.