3D-Printed Structured Optical Fibers for Terahertz Applications

Authors

  • Adam Orfinger Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 5 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
  • Mateusz Winkowski Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 5 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
  • Paweł Komorowski Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, gen. S. Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
  • Benedykt Fortuna Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 5 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
  • Rafał Kasztelanic Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 5 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
  • Norbert Pałka Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, gen. S. Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
  • Ryszard Buczyński Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, 5 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v18i2.1398

Abstract

In this work, prototype photonic crystal (PCF) and anti‑resonant (ARF) terahertz fibers were designed, fabricated using FDM 3D printing from cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), and experimentally characterized. Several structured waveguide geometries inspired by photonic fiber concepts were developed and evaluated for the propagation of terahertz radiation. The measurements focused on transmission efficiency and field distribution at fiber output. It was found that both COC-based structures were capable of guiding THz radiation, with the best performance observed for the optimized PCF geometry. The results confirm the potential of COC 3D-printed structured fibers for rapid prototyping of terahertz waveguides.

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2026-07-01

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A. Orfinger, “3D-Printed Structured Optical Fibers for Terahertz Applications”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 16–18, Jul. 2026.

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2026)

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