Terahertz path-length lens composed of oblique metal slit array

Takahisa Togashi; Hideaki Kitahara; Keisuke Takano; Masanori Hangyo; Mamoru Mita; John C. Young; Takehito Suzuki

doi:10.1007/s00339-014-8918-x

Terahertz path-length lens composed of oblique metal slit array

Takahisa Togashi, Hideaki Kitahara, Keisuke Takano, Masanori Hangyo, Mamoru Mita, John C. Young, Takehito Suzuki

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Abstract

Need for high-performance and sophisticated optical devices in the terahertz wave band is growing rapidly with terahertz technological progress. This paper presents a lens in the terahertz wave band based on phase control using an oblique metal slit array. A convex oblique slit array can produce a focusing effect. This focusing effect is confirmed by full-wave analysis for the designed terahertz path-length lens. The effective refractive index computed from the full-wave analysis is consistent with analytical expressions and changes from 1.00 to 1.56 with the angle of the metal slit array. Full-wave analysis also confirms that the lamination errors of the path-length lens have limited influence on the focusing effects. The robustness of the lens design is essential for its industrial applications to terahertz optical devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-402
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume	118
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8918-x
State	Published - Feb 2014

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This research has been partially commissioned by a Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme (SCOPE) (No. 122103011) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) (No. 26706017) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and a Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (No. 26600108) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Funders	Funder number
Strategic Information and Communications R&D Promotion Programme	122103011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	26600108, 26706017
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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