Terahertz-regime realization and optical characterization of two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate

A terahertz-scale two-dimensional photonic-crystal waveguide based on a silicon-on-insulator was fabricated, and the optical transmission spectrum was measured. Terahertz beam propagation characteristics were observed using a thermal imaging camera, with incident light in the 10.1-10.7μm range. The measured transmission spectrum was in very good agreement with a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain calculation.