31 March 2023 Optimization of strip-based hybrid plasmonic terahertz waveguide with distributed Bragg reflector layers
Mahankali Pallavi, Rama Rao Thipparaju, Shyamal Mondal, Susila Mohandoss
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Abstract

In view of recent developments in the utilization of terahertz (THz) communications technology for the increasing demands of high speed and data rates for various wireless applications, this research work targets the design and analysis of distributed Bragg reflector (DBR)-based hybrid plasmonic THz waveguide. This THz waveguide operates at a frequency range from 2.5 to 3.5 THz. The proposed DBR-based hybrid plasmonic THz waveguide consists of DBR layers of gallium arsenide (GaAs) and aluminum arsenide, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as substrate, a GaAs stripe for wave-guidance, and few layers of graphene layers in HDPE for better confinement. To increase the light confinement between DBR and graphene, a GaAs strip is placed into HDPE. By altering the width and height of the GaAs strip, the parameters birefringence, mode field diameter (MFD), confinement loss, effective mode area, beat length, and dispersion have been fully examined. The obtained simulation results shows high birefringence of 0.6276, maximum MFD of 45 mm, low confinement loss of 7.5 × 10 − 9 mm − 1, high effective mode area of 16.5 mm2, and low anomalous dispersion of 0.0023 (ps/THz/cm) in the range of 2.5 to 3.5 THz. This optimized THz waveguide may helps to enable in guided THz applications for photonic integrated circuits.

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Mahankali Pallavi, Rama Rao Thipparaju, Shyamal Mondal, and Susila Mohandoss "Optimization of strip-based hybrid plasmonic terahertz waveguide with distributed Bragg reflector layers," Optical Engineering 62(3), 037108 (31 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.62.3.037108
Received: 16 December 2022; Accepted: 16 March 2023; Published: 31 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
Terahertz radiation

Waveguides

Gallium arsenide

Plasmonics

Dispersion

Birefringence

Refractive index

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