Ung Bora, Mazhorova Anna, Dupuis Alexandre, Rozé Mathieu, Skorobogatiy Maksim
Department of Engineering Physics, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, C.P 6079, succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A,7 Canada.
Opt Express. 2011 Dec 12;19(26):B848-61. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00B848.
We outline the most recent technological advancements in the design, fabrication and characterization of polymer microstructured optical fibers (MOFs) for applications in the terahertz waveband. Focusing on specific experimental demonstrations, we show that polymer optical fibers provide a very flexible route towards THz wave guiding. Crucial incentives include the large variety of the low-cost and relatively low absorption loss polymers, the facile fiber preform fabrication by molding, drilling, stacking and extrusion, and finally, the simple fabrication through fiber drawing at low forming temperatures.
我们概述了用于太赫兹波段应用的聚合物微结构光纤（MOF）在设计、制造和表征方面的最新技术进展。通过关注具体的实验演示，我们表明聚合物光纤为太赫兹波导提供了一条非常灵活的途径。关键的激励因素包括种类繁多的低成本且吸收损耗相对较低的聚合物、通过模塑、钻孔、堆叠和挤压进行的简便光纤预制棒制造，以及最后在较低成型温度下通过拉丝进行的简单制造。
