The invention relates to the technical field of
millimeter wave waveguides, and particularly provides a preparation method of a low-loss flexible
millimeter wave hollow-core
waveguide and the
waveguide. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, activating the inner wall of the
polymer matrix tube; s2, carrying out
amination modification on the inner wall by adopting an amino
silane coupling agent; and S3, a
silver coating is deposited on the inner wall through a
silver mirror reaction. According to the method, the
coupling agent is used for replacing traditional
palladium-based activation, the cost and the
environmental risk are reduced, meanwhile, the
binding force of the silver layer and the
polymer matrix is remarkably improved, and the problems that a
silver film is peeled off and the roughness is too high are solved. According to the
waveguide prepared by the method, the
surface roughness Ra is smaller than 12nm, and the
skin depth requirement is met; the length of the waveguide can reach 8 meters, the waveguide has industrial popularization potential, the
transmission loss can reach 0.73 dB / m under 220 GHz and is close to a theoretical calculation value, and the performance of the waveguide is superior to that of most existing flexible waveguides. And under the condition that the bending
radius is 20 cm, the
transmission loss is still kept to be lower than 0.9 dB / m, and the application requirements of flexibility and
miniaturization are met.