Abstract
From the spectral loss characteristics of subwavelength-diameter THz fibers, our study supports the recent theory proposed by M. Sumetsky that diameter-variation-induced-radiation is a dominant loss mechanism for subwavelength fibers which limits the lowest guidable frequency.
© 2007 Optical Society of America
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