Abstract
High-performance THz polarizers, as a quasi-optical device to manipulate THz waves, are highly demanded for THz spectroscopy and imaging applications. In this work, we have employed the femtosecond laser micro-machining technique to fabricate freestanding THz wire grid polarizers with two kinds of reinforced line structures which weaken the effects of gravity sagging and entanglement of long free wires, thus enabling large-scale processing. The effect of the reinforced lines on the polarizers were simulated by the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, and the performances of the polarizer were characterized by THz time-domain spectroscopy and compared with that of a commercial wire gird polarizer. The calculated transmittance is in good agreement with the FDTD results. The degree of polarization and the extinction ratio of the polarizer with discontinuous reinforced lines are better than those of a commercial wire grid polarizer.
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