Abstract
We demonstrate that the azimuthally polarized beam of a micro-ring THz quantum-cascade laser can be coupled to hollow metallic waveguides with efficiencies ≥96% and perfectly matched with the TE01 waveguide mode, giving attenuation losses <3dB/m.
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