Abstract-Terahertz multilevel phase Fresnel lenses fabricated by laser patterning of silicon

L. Minkevičius, S. Indrišiūnas, R. Šniaukas, B. Voisiat, V. Janonis, V. Tamošiūnas, I. Kašalynas, G. Račiukaitis, and G. Valušis

https://www.osapublishing.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-42-10-1875

Multilevel phase Fresnel lenses (MPFLs) with a high numerical aperture for 0.58 THz frequencies were developed. The components based on a monocrystalline silicon wafer are prepared by patterning by a high-speed industrial-scale laser direct writing (LDW) system. Two consistent series of the terahertz-MPFLs with phase quantization levels varying between 2 and the continuous kinoform shape for the focal lengths of 5 and 10 mm were produced employing inherent flexibility of the LDW fabrication process. The focusing performance was studied at the optimal 0.58 THz frequency using a Gaussian beam profile and scanning 2D intensity distribution with a terahertz detector along the optical axis. The efficiency of the terahertz-MPFL was found to be dependent of the number of subzones. The position and orientation angles of the patterned plane of the silicon wafer were considered to reduce the effect of standing waves formation in the experiment.

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Abstract-Focusing Performance of Terahertz Zone Plates with Integrated Cross-shape Apertures

• L. Minkevičius, 
• K. Madeikis, 
• B. Voisiat, 
• I. Kašalynas, 
• R. Venckevičius, 
• G. Račiukaitis, 
• V. Tamošiūnas, 
• G. Valušis

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10762-014-0086-8

Search of novel breakthrough concepts of room temperature compact terahertz (THz) imaging systems [1–3] remains as one of sensitive topics in THz photonics. As a rule, a particular attention is attributed to the development of compact THz sources and detectors, however, compact optic components – such as focusing lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, etc – as well plays important role in reducing size of the systems. Preferences here are usually given to inexpensive and relatively simple technology-based approaches, for instance, binary lenses [4], focusing elements of a combined design structures [5] or narrow-band laser-ablated filters [6]. These solutions can be found well-suited in THz heterodyne [7] and spectroscopic imaging [8] when only several specific spectral lines are used to record image, but still enabling to indentify an object under test. Very recently, terahertz zone plate with integrated resonant filters (TZP) was proposed and experimentally demonstrated for efficient radia.