Teraherz-wave connector and teraherz-wave integrated circuits, and wave guide and antenna structure
US9188742B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/1225
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The terahertz-wave connector includes: a 2D-PC slab; lattice points periodically arranged in the 2D-PC slab, the lattice points for diffracting the THz waves in PBG frequencies of photonic band structure of the 2D-PC slab in order to prohibit existence in a plane of the 2D-PC slab; a 2D-PC waveguide disposed in the 2D-PC slab and formed with a line defect of the lattice points; and an adiabatic mode converter disposed at the edge face of the 2D-PC slab to which the 2D-PC waveguide extended, the 2D-PC waveguide extended to the adiabatic mode converter. There is provided also the THz-wave IC to which such a terahertz-wave connector is applied.
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