Author Affiliations
School of Physics and Communication Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330000, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Cross section diagram of double suspended core THz fiber directional coupler
Fig. 2. Mode field distributions of four supermodes. (a) x-polarization odd supermode; (b) x-polarization even supermode; (c) y-polarization odd supermode; (d) y-polarization even supermode
Fig. 3. Subwavelength dual-core coupler structure, and coupling length of x and y polarization modes as a function of R. (a) Subwavelength dual-core coupler structure; (b) coupling length of x and y polarization modes as a function of R
Fig. 4. Variation of coupling length with core radius R. (a) R2=3 mm; (b) t=20 μm
Fig. 5. Insertion loss and polarization dependent loss of coupler as functions of frequency when δ=140 μm, t=20 μm, and R2=3 mm. (a) Core A; (b) core B
Fig. 6. Normalized power of core A and core B as a function of transmission distance when δ=140 μm, t=20 μm, and R2=3 mm. (a) Power change curves of x-polarization mode in two cores; (b) power change curves of y-polarization mode in two cores
Fig. 7. Relationship among K, t, and R. (a) Variation of K value with t under different R2; (b) variation of K value with R under different t
Fig. 8. Device loss of x and y polarization modes varies with t and R. (a) Device loss of x and y polarization modes varies with t at different R2; (b) device loss of x and y polarization modes varies with core radius R at t=20 μm
t /μm | Lc/cm | /(dB·cm-1) | /(dB·cm-1) | /dB | /dB |
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20 | 1.07 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 25 | 1.26 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.31 | 30 | 1.49 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.49 |
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Table 1. Lc, , , , and of couplers at 1 THz for different t
R2 /mm | Lc /cm | /(dB·cm-1) | /(dB·cm-1) | /dB | /dB |
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2.2 | 1.18 | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 2.6 | 1.11 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 3 | 1.07 | 0.44 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.18 |
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Table 2. Lc, , , , and of couplers at 1 THz for different R2