Journal
JOURNAL OF INFRARED MILLIMETER AND TERAHERTZ WAVES
Volume 40, Issue 7, Pages 752-762Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-019-00596-y
Keywords
Terahertz; THz; 3D printing; Metallised plastic; Reflection; Reflective
Funding
- Australian Research Council
- University of Wollongong
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3D printing of new metallised plastics is investigated as a means to realise rapid creation of reflective optics for the terahertz regime. The suitability of three commercially available candidate materials was tested across a range of systems which span from 0.2 to 10 THz. Simple reflective planes were printed and characterised by spectroscopy and microscopy. Samples were polished which is shown to give a dramatic improvement to the reflectivity for these materials. The results indicate that metallised plastics have potential uses in low frequency rapid prototyping of reflective optics.
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