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s ? Subwavelength plastic fibre Sun, Opt. Lett., (Oct. 2022) 200 mm diameter PE fiber a ~ cm1 at THz Singlemode HE11 propagation Fig.: Ponyting vector a) THz b) THz c) THz d) THz Recent waveguides ? Plastic photonic crystal fibers (PPCF) Han, Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, (2022) 500 mm diameter HDPE tubes The tubes were 2cm long, stacked in 2D triangular lattice and fused together at 135176。THz waveguides : a review Alexandre Dupuis 201。al M. Skorobogatiy Canada Research Chair in photonic crystals Outline ? Introduction ? Applications in the THz regime ? Early waveguide attempts Coplanar striplines, plastic ribbons, sapphire fibers, metal tubes ? Recent breaktroughs Metal wire, microstructured fiber, plastic fiber, hollow plastic tubes with inner metal layer ? Perspectives Bridges the gap between the microwave and optical regimes. n = THz 10 THz ?= 3000 mm 30 mm Major applications sensing, imaging and spectroscopy. Introduction What is the THz regime ? Applications ?Imaging of biological tissues (tissue recognition)