title: Control of enhanced THz transmission through metallic hole arrays using nematic liquid crystal.
abstract: We demonstrate frequency tuning of enhanced THz radiation transmitted through a two-dimensional metallic hole array (2D-MHA) by controlling the index of refraction of the medium filling the holes and adjacent to the 2D-MHA on one side. The medium is a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) and its index of refraction is varied using magnetically controlled birefringence of the NLC. With the NLC, the peak transmission frequency of the 2D-MHA shift to the red by 0.112 THz and can be tuned from 0.193 to 0.188 THz. The peak transmittance is as high as 70% or an enhancement of 2.42 times, considering the porosity of the 2D-MHA. As a tunable THz filter, this device exhibits a continuous tuning range of 4.7 GHz , a low insertion loss of 2.35 to 1.55 dB and a quality factor of ~ 4-5.
authors.forename: Ci-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Cho-Fan
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Ru-Pin
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miyamaru
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hangyo