demanded in high-performance terahertz systems. In this work, an effective-medium-
cladded waveguide fabricated on a single high-resistivity silicon wafer is proposed for
terahertz operation. The effective medium is realized by regularly perforating a silicon slab
with a period in the subwavelength region. The simulated average attenuation coefficient is
around 0.05 dB/cm over the operation frequency range from 220 GHz to 330 GHz for the E …