Flare coupled metal parallel-plate waveguides for high resolution terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
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2010-12-03Author
Theuer, Michael
Harsha, S. Sree
Grischkowsky, D.
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We report on a new coupling scheme for high resolution terahertz spectroscopy of microcrystalline films using parallel-plate waveguides. Metal flares are used to couple the terahertz radiation into and out of the waveguide. Very good coupling ratios as high as 35% at 1 THz from a collimated free-space beam into a subwavelength gap are obtained. This microwave approach is compared in terms of coupling ratio and spectral characteristics to the established technique of quasioptic coupling to parallel-plate waveguides using silicon lenses. Various samples at room and cryogenic temperatures are measured to show the capabilities of flare coupling for high resolution terahertz spectroscopy.
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Theuer, M., Harsha, S. S., & Grischkowsky, D. (2010). Flare coupled metal parallel-plate waveguides for high resolution terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 108(11), Article 113105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3516307