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Abstract
Most currently available THz narrowband filters employ metal that introduces loss, or work in reflection mode, which limits their scope of application. Here, a transmissive all-dielectric guided-mode resonance filter in the THz region is presented. It contains a suspended grating layer and a waveguide layer, separated by an air layer. A fabrication process of the filter is proposed. Simulation results show that the designed filter exhibits excellent transmittance of $\sim{97.5}\%$ with a high ${\rm Q}$ value of ${\sim}{1500}$ at 1.64 THz. Furthermore, this transmission peak is surrounded by a wide and flat sideband with width of ${\sim}{0.75}\;{\rm THz}$ and transmission below 10%. Moreover, tunability of the filter is realized by geometric scaling and by varying the thickness of the air layer. Using geometric scaling, the filtering frequency can be widely tuned from 0.54 to 1.64 THz, covering the 625–725 and 780–910 GHz wireless communication windows. Additionally, fine tuning achieved by varying the air layer thickness could be used to compensate for a tiny shift of the designed filtering frequency caused by errors introduced in the fabrication process. The ${\rm Q}$ value can be further boosted to ${\sim}{11}{,}{500}$ by adding another layer of waveguide. Due to its transmissive nature and high-${\rm Q}$ resonant mode with a wide sideband and tunability, the presented filter exhibits great potential in THz applications such as spectroscopy, imaging, and communication.
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