Hybrid porous core low loss dispersion flattened fiber for THz propagation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2016.09.003
• Publication Date: 2016-10-07T13:14:56Z
• Authors: Sharafat Ali; Nasim Ahmed; Syed Aljunid; Badlishah Ahmad
• Keywords: Cladding (metalworking)

Abstract This manuscript represents a novel porous core fiber design for Terahertz (THz) propagation with low loss and near zero flat dispersion properties. In this proposed fiber a hexagonal arrangement is used as cladding structure and a hybrid core containing circular and triangular designs is used as the central porous region. The Effective Material Loss (EML), confinement loss and bending loss are investigated for the proposed fiber along with dispersion characteristics. Simulation results show a very low EML of 0.01944 cm −1 at 1 THz operating frequency with negligible confinement and bending loss. The proposed novel porous design shows 0.55 THz range near zero flat dispersion of ±0.05 ps/THz/cm at 0.95 ps/THz/cm. The reported design consists of only circular shaped air holes with proper core diameter and porosity to simplify the fabrication process. The newly proposed hybrid design in the porous core region can be considered as an improved edition in the research of THz porous core fibers.