Structured Surface-Plasmon THz Components and Devices
- Technology Benefits
- - Tunable extinction ratio of THz polarizer based on structured surface plasmons- High extinction ratio and THz electric field enhancement- THz Fabry-Perot interferometer with tunable reflectivity, and tunable finesse- Improved target detection and imaging capabilities using SPP-coupled THz Schottky rectifier arrays
- Technology Application
- - Terahertz wire-grid polarizers- Tunable reflectors in scanning Fabry-Perot interferometers- Integrated MMW-THz optical isolators with birefringent quarter wave-plate- THz imaging arrays based on distributed Schottky rectifiers
- Detailed Technology Description
- None
- *Abstract
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The current invention provides methods to create an assortment of millimeter-wave-to-terahertz (MMW-THz) components and devices based on the extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through the gaps of planar-metal wire grids (i.e., strip-grids). These have the following features:(1) The transmission and reflection of THz radiation can be adjusted by varying the fraction of metal (fill factor or effective fill factor) in the wire-grid structures where the ΓÇ£structured surface plasmons (SSPs)ΓÇØ are excited; (2) The EOT is very sensitive to incident polarization, which provides extremely high extinction ratios up to 50 dB or higher in a single structure; and (3) The electric field of incident THz radiation polarized perpendicular to the wire grid is concentrated and enhanced in the gaps, which enables more sensitive MMW-THz detectors based on distributed Schottky-diode rectifiers.
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Elliott Brown
Department:
Name: John Cetnar
Department:
Name: John Middendorf
Department:
- Country/Region
- USA
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