A review of cyclic olefin copolymer applications in microfluidics and microdevices

A Agha, W Waheed, N Alamoodi… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) are amorphous, transparent thermoplastics composed of
cyclic olefin monomers (norbornene) and linear olefins (ethene). They are increasingly …

Material classification for terahertz images based on neural networks

T Kubiczek, JC Balzer - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy enables the extraction of electrical properties from
materials. An extraction of the complex permittivity can be carried out with measurements in …

Refractive index measurement of IP-S and IP-Dip photoresists at THz frequencies and validation via 3D photonic metamaterials made by direct laser writing

E Mavrona, A Theodosi, K Mackosz… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Direct laser writing (DLW) is widely used to fabricate complex metamaterials (MMs) and
photonic devices for nanoscale applications across the electromagnetic frequency spectrum …

Theoretical investigation of an ultra-wideband tunable metamaterial absorber based on four identical vanadium dioxide resonators in the terahertz band

Y Zou, H Lin, Y Wu, H Zhu, X Zhang… - Journal of Electronic …, 2023 - Springer
A scheme for a terahertz metamaterial absorber is designed which consists of a periodic
array of vanadium dioxide (VO2) placed on a continuous gold film separated by a dielectric …

3D printed microfluidic devices using TOPAS filament for THz spectroscopic measurements

D Zwyssig, E Hack, P Zolliker, E Mavrona - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We present the 3D printing of microfluidic devices suitable for the THz regime using TOPAS
filaments. We assessed the 3D-printed microfluidic devices with THz time-domain …

Neural network-based design of two-focal-spot terahertz diffractive optical elements

P Komorowski, M Kurowska, M Kaluza… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a convolutional neural network approach for the design and
optimization of single-input-multiple-output (SIMO) structures for the sub-terahertz spectral …

THz Bragg structures fabricated with additive manufacturing

CH Brodie, I Spotts, CM Collier - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The advancement of THz science and technology is desirable to facilitate the application of
THz technologies in many sectors. Specialized THz photonic elements for these applications …

[HTML][HTML] Terahertz radar with all-dielectric leaky-wave antenna

H Lees, D Headland, S Murakami, M Fujita… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Terahertz radars based on leaky-wave antennas are promising for the realization of radar
systems with high resolution over short ranges. This type of radar relies on spatial frequency …

Wideband dispersion-free THz waveguide platform

D Rohrbach, BJ Kang, E Zyaee, T Feurer - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
We present a versatile THz waveguide platform for frequencies between 0.1 THz and 1.5
THz, designed to exhibit vacuum-like dispersion and electric as well as magnetic field …

Orbital angular momentum in the near-field of a fork grating

KM Dettlaff, E Mavrona, P Zolliker, E Hack - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Light beams with Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) are explored in applications from
microscopy to quantum communication, while the Talbot effect revives in applications from …