Terahertz metamaterial waveguides: a platform to create the next generation of compact THz devices

太赫兹超材料波导：创建下一代紧凑型太赫兹设备的平台

• 批准号: DE140100614
• 负责人: Dr Shaghik Atakaramians
• 金额: $ 27.63万
• 依托单位: The University of New South Wales
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-05-12 至 2019-07-01
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE140100614
• 关键词: Terahertz; metamaterial; waveguides; platform; create

This project will make terahertz waveguide-based devices by exploiting metamaterials, man-made composite materials capable of controlling light in new ways. This project will build hollow-core metamaterial waveguides, where the large dimension (a few millimetres) of current rigid waveguides will be reduced to a few tens of microns. This project will demonstrate tuneable spectral filtering using these novel waveguides, leading to realisation of the world's first hollow-core waveguide-based metamaterial device. The outcome will have a profound impact on the next generation of terahertz devices, high resolution imaging and high sensitivity biosensors, which are indispensable tools for many disciplines including biology, medicine, forensic and public safety.

该项目将通过利用超材料、能够以新方式控制光的人造复合材料来制造基于太赫兹波导的设备。该项目将构建空心超材料波导，其中当前刚性波导的大尺寸（几毫米）将减少到几十微米。该项目将展示使用这些新型波导的可调谐光谱滤波，从而实现世界上第一个基于空心波导的超材料器件。该成果将对下一代太赫兹设备、高分辨率成像和高灵敏度生物传感器产生深远影响，这些设备是生物学、医学、法医学和公共安全等许多学科不可或缺的工具。