Liquid crystal based electrically switchable Bragg structure for THz waves

Opt Express. 2009 Apr 27;17(9):7377-82. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.007377.

Abstract

We demonstrate the first electronically switchable Bragg structure for THz frequencies. The structure works as stop-band filter and as mirror. It exhibits the 60 GHz broad stop-band around 300 GHz which can be removed by reorienting liquid crystal molecules in an external electric field. Our first proof-of-principle experiments agree very well with transfer matrix calculations.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Electronics / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Terahertz Radiation