Terahertz Sensor via Ultralow-Loss Dispersion-Flattened Polymer Optical Fiber: Design and Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design Methodology
3. Simulation Results and Analyses
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Luo, W.; Jiang, P.; Xu, Q.; Cao, L.; Jones, A.; Li, K.; Copner, N.; Gong, Y. Terahertz Sensor via Ultralow-Loss Dispersion-Flattened Polymer Optical Fiber: Design and Analysis. Materials 2021, 14, 4921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14174921
Luo W, Jiang P, Xu Q, Cao L, Jones A, Li K, Copner N, Gong Y. Terahertz Sensor via Ultralow-Loss Dispersion-Flattened Polymer Optical Fiber: Design and Analysis. Materials. 2021; 14(17):4921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14174921
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuo, Wanli, Peng Jiang, Qiang Xu, Lei Cao, Adam Jones, Kang Li, Nigel Copner, and Yongkang Gong. 2021. "Terahertz Sensor via Ultralow-Loss Dispersion-Flattened Polymer Optical Fiber: Design and Analysis" Materials 14, no. 17: 4921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14174921