Ferroelectric all-polymer hollow bragg fibers for terahertz guidance

A method for fabricating a terahertz waveguide comprises forming a multilayer reflector formed of alternating layers of first and second polymer materials with distinct refractive indices, and defining with the multilayer reflector a hollow core through which terahertz radiation propagates. The corresponding terahertz waveguide comprises the multilayer reflector formed of the alternating layers of the first and second polymer materials with distinct refractive indices, and a hollow core defined by the multilayer reflector and through which terahertz radiation propagates.

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