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One-dimensional Photonic Crystals Fabricated Using Stereolithographic Single Layer Assembly for the Terahertz Spectral Range

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A polymer-based one-dimensional photonic crystal with a photonic bandgap in terahertz frequency range was designed and fabricated through stereolithography and was characterized using THz spectroscopy. The photonic crystal studied here consists of alternating compact and low-density layers. The compact layers were fabricated from fully polymerized polymethacrylate without any intentional internal structure. The low-density layers consist of sub-wavelength sized columns, where the volume density was selected to provide sufficient contrast between the dielectric functions of adjacent layers. The photonic crystal samples were fabricated in a single step using a commercial stereolithography system and polymethacrylate compatible with the system. Transmission spectroscopy in a range from 82 to 125 GHz was used to determine the THz spectral response of the sample. The transmission data were analyzed using stratified optical layer model calculations. A distinct photonic bandgap with a center frequency of 111 GHz was observed in the experimental transmission spectra. Bruggeman effective medium approximation was found to accurately describe the dielectric function of the low-density layers. An excellent agreement between the relevant model parameters and the corresponding design parameters was found, indicating the versatility of the approach for the fabrication of photonic crystals for the THz spectral range.

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SP, YL, and TH would like to acknowledge the valuable discussions with Stefan Schöche (J.A. Woollam Co.) and Susanne Lee (L3Harris) within the NSF IUCRC for Metamaterials and Daniel Fullager from Lasertel Inc.

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The authors are grateful for financial support from the National Science Foundation (1624572) within the IUCRC Center for Metamaterials, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (2014-04712), ARO (W911NF-14-1-0299), and Department of Physics and Optical Science of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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    Serang Park, Yanzeng Li, Brandon Norton, Micheal McLamb, Glenn D. Boreman & Tino Hofmann

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Park, S., Li, Y., Norton, B. et al. One-dimensional Photonic Crystals Fabricated Using Stereolithographic Single Layer Assembly for the Terahertz Spectral Range. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 41, 542–551 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-020-00685-3

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