Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals

Cho-Fan Hsieh; Yu-Chien Lai; Ru-Pin Pan; Ci-Ling Pan

doi:10.1364/OL.33.001174

Back

Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals

Journal article

Open access

Peer reviewed

Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals

Cho-Fan Hsieh, Yu-Chien Lai, Ru-Pin Pan and Ci-Ling Pan

Optics Letters, Vol.33(11), pp.1174-1176

01/06/2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.001174

Abstract

A Feussner-type terahertz polarizer with a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) layer between two fused-silica prisms is demonstrated. The polarization factor and extinction ratio of the NLC-based terahertz polarizer can exceed 0.99 and 10-5, respectively. © 2008 Optical Society of America.

Files and links (1)

pdf

Polarizing_Terahertz_Waves_with_Nematic_Liquid_Crystals.pdfDownload View

Open Access

Metrics

1 Record Views

See more details

Details

Title: Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals
Creators - without role: Cho-Fan Hsieh - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Yu-Chien Lai - National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Ru-Pin Pan - Department of Electrophysics , National Chiao Tung University
Ci-Ling Pan - Department of Electrophysics , National Chiao Tung University
Identifiers: 9957774293106774
Academic Unit: National Tsing Hua University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Optics Letters, Vol.33(11), pp.1174-1176

Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals

Abstract

Files and links (1)

Related links

Metrics

Details

National Tsing Hua University Social media