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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
An aluminum-based terahertz (THz) wire grid polarizer is theoretically investigated and experimentally demonstrated on a subwavelength thin flexible and conformal foil of the cyclo-olefin Zeonor polymer. THz time-domain spectroscopy characterization, performed on both flat and curved configurations, reveals a high extinction ratio between 40 and 45 dB in the 0.3–1 THz range and in excess of 30 dB up to 2.5 THz. The insertion losses are lower than 1 dB and are almost exclusively due to moderate Fabry–Perot reflections, which vanish at targeted frequencies. The polarizer can be easily fabricated with low-cost techniques such as roll-to-roll and/or large-area electronics processes and promises to open the way for a new class of flexible and conformal THz devices.
Publisher: 
Optical Society of America
Publication date: 
1 May 2016
Authors: 

A Ferraro, DC Zografopoulos, M Missori, M Peccianti, R Caputo, R Beccherelli

Biblio References: 
Volume: 41 Issue: 9 Pages: 2009-2012
Origin: 
Optics letters