In thi
s pa
per, a
plate
polarizer for u
se in the terahertz (THz) frequency region (0.10 THz to 0.15 THz) ha
s been
sugge
sted. The
polarizer which i
s effective over a wide range of angle
s of the incident light (angular field =16<
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sed of thin film layer
s of
silicon and air arranged alternately to form a
stack. Here we
show that the
polarizer ha
s a high
performance in tran
smi
ssion, with maximum and minimum value
s of the degree of
polarization given by 0.9999 and 0.9963 re
spectively. The
polarizer ha
s some advantage
s over the wide angle cube
polarizer
s inve
stigated earlier. Fir
stly, in the former, the total number of thin film layer
s i
s eleven, wherea
s in the latter, a larger number of thin film layer
s are cemented between the two
pri
sm
s con
stituting a gla
ss cube. The fabrication of cube
polarizer
s i
s therefore an ex
pen
sive
procedure. Secondly,
pri
sm
s exhibit
stre
ss related birefringence that change
s with tem
perature and cau
se
s problem
s in imaging
projector
s. The
pro
po
sed
polarizer i
s free from
such effect
s.