Abstract

We propose an industrial-grade liquid-crystal-based terahertz (THz) 2π-phase shifter with predictable ultra-high amplitude transmittance. The phase retardation reaches 360.5° at 1.68 THz by analyzing the birefringence of liquid crystal (LC), and the amplitude transmittance in 0.3–1.5 THz is over 83%. More than 91.5% transmittance can be reached by decreasing the scattering of the THz wave in the dynamic deflection process of LC molecules, and that is close to the transmittance limit of quartz-based devices. This millimeter-thick phase shifter reaches full phase modulation and ultra-high transmittance in a broad THz band, is easy to be integrated in a quasi-optical system with a compact size and can be utilized as a wave plate, even an element in a THz phased array.

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