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Published on: August 5, 2013
Transmission characteristics of all-dielectric guided-mode resonance filter in the THz region
Hyeon Sang Bark1, Geun Ju Kim1,2, Tae-In Jeon3
1Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Busan, 49112, South Korea.
Abstract:
In this study we report the first on the terahertz (THz) transmission characteristics of a guided-mode resonance (GMR) filter made of all-dielectric material. Two strong transverse electric (TE) resonance modes, TE0,1 and TE1,1, and one strong transverse magnetic (TM) resonance mode, TM0,1, were detected. The measured resonances can be explained by diffraction from the grating surface of the GMR filter, and by guiding along the inside of the filter (slab waveguide). Because two identical GMR filters were employed to overcome limited grating numbers, the measured Q-factors of the TM0,1, TE1,1, and TM0,1 modes were as high as 62.9, 71.0, and 74.4 respectively. Also, we obtained polarization efficiencies of up to 96.9, 96.3, and 92.9% for the TM0,1, TM1,1, and TM0,1 modes, respectively, when the GMR filter was rotated to 90°. By increasing the incident THz beam angle, one TE resonance can be divided into two TE resonances, and the resonant frequency can be adjusted like a THz tunable resonance filter. Furthermore, when the GMR filters were inserted between Teflon plates, only the TM1,1 mode was perfectly removed. The designed GMR filter has a high Q-factor, tunable filter, good polarizer, and good modulator characteristics. These experimental results were in good agreement with simulation results.
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