Broadband wave plates in the terahertz region

Authors

Hideaki Kitahara Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui
Elmer Estacio National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Keisuke Tominaga Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University
Masahiko Tani Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui

Abstract

We have demonstrated the fabrication of broadband half wave (l/2) and quarter wave (l/4) plates in the terahertz (THz) frequency region. The l/2-plate consisting of a rooftop-mirror and a plane mirror. The operation principle of l/4 wave plate is based on the phase shift difference in the total-reflection for s and p polarization at the bottom of a dove-prism made of high resistivity silicon. Both of the wave plates have clear apertures of 15 mm, and are thus made possible to install in commercially available optics, such as using lens tubes. We have carried out evaluation experiments by using a THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) system, and found that they have satisfactory performance as broadband wave-plates in the terahertz region.

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Issue

2019: Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2019-1B-03

Section

Ultrafast Optics, Photonics, and Terahertz Physics

Published

2019-05-13

How to Cite

[1]

H Kitahara, E Estacio, K Tominaga, and M Tani, Broadband wave plates in the terahertz region, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-1B-03 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-1B-03.