Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Electrically reconfigurable terahertz signal processing devices using liquid metal components

  • Kimberly S. Reichel,
  • Nicolas Lozada-Smith,
  • Ishan D. Joshipura,
  • Jianjun Ma,
  • Rabi Shrestha,
  • Rajind Mendis,
  • Michael D. Dickey,
  • Daniel M. Mittleman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06463-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Although there are many reports on the development of devices for terahertz signal processing, the possibility of electrical control of the functionality remains elusive. Here, the authors use electrically actuated liquid metal components incorporated into terahertz waveguides for controlling power flow and for frequency filtering.