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A Terahertz Bandpass Filter Using a Capacitive Transition Circuit and a Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguide

Optics 2026-04-15 v1 Applied Physics

Abstract

This paper presents a novel terahertz (THz) bandpass filter (BPF) based on a spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) waveguide with a center frequency of 1 THz and a 3 dB bandwidth of 0.3 THz. The proposed BPF comprises cascaded high-pass and low-pass elements. The high-pass element is a capacitive gap in the SSPP transition circuit, and the low-pass element is the SSPP waveguide itself. We find that the measurement results, including cut-off frequencies, align well with the theoretical predictions and simulations. To the authors' knowledge, the proposed SSPP BPF is the first of its kind.

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@article{arxiv.2603.24802,
  title  = {A Terahertz Bandpass Filter Using a Capacitive Transition Circuit and a Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Waveguide},
  author = {Mohsen Haghighat and Levi Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.24802},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 10 figures