Polymeric Dielectric Mirrors for the Sub-Millimeter Wavelength Range

Abstract

We present a simple and cheap approach to fabricate large-area stopband filters and mirrors for the THz range. This approach extends the well known concept of dielectric mirrors to the far-infrared. We use alternating layers of different materials to build a flexible all-plastic mirror. The films with a typical thickness of several tens of micrometers are arranged to form pairs of quarter-wavelength-layers. The structures are characterized by THz time-domain spectroscopy. The experimental results are in good agreement with transfer matrix simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 2000
Accession Number
ADP011761

Entities

People

  • D. Turchinovich
  • M. Koch
  • P. Knobloch
  • T. Dobbertin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Networks
  • Dielectrics
  • Electronics
  • Energy Bands
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metal Films
  • Optical Properties
  • Polymeric Films
  • Refractive Index
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Time Domain

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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