Table 1 Effective mode area compared with the state-of-the-art THz PCFs

2018³⁸

1

5.56

No

2023³⁷

0.8

2.785

No

2023³⁹

1.8

2.4

No

2023⁴⁰

1.9

3.146

No

2025⁴¹

2.2

2.948

No

This work

0.3

0.0537

Yes