Infinity additive manufacturing of continuous microstructured fiber links for THz communications.

ABSTRACT: In this work, a novel infinity 3D printing technique is explored to fabricate continuous few-meter-long low-loss near-zero dispersion suspended-core polypropylene fibers for application in terahertz (THz) communications. Particular attention is paid to process parameter optimization for 3D printing with low-loss polypropylene plastic. Three microstructured THz fibers were 3D printed using the standard and infinity 3D printers, and an in-depth theoretical and experimental comparison between the fibers was carried out. Transmission losses (by power) of 4.79 dB/m, 17.34 dB/m, and 11.13 dB/m are experimentally demonstrated for the three fibers operating at 128 GHz. Signal transmission with bit error rate (BER) far below the forward error correction limit (10^-3) for the corresponding

SUBMITTER: Xu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8927297 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature