“…Here, to simplify the theoretical model, the terahertz wave propagation and coupling losses are not considered. For the harmonic time dependence of e −j ωt , the temporal normalised mode amplitudes a i of the i th cavity ( i = 1, 2, 3, 4) can be described as [26, 27] where ω i represents the resonance frequency of the i th cavity, κ o , i is the decay rate of the field due to internal loss in the i th cavity, and κ e,i is the decay rate due to the energy escape into the waveguide, θ i is the phase of coupling coefficient. The decay rates satisfy the relationships κ o , i = ω i /(2 Q o , i ), κ e,i = ω i /(2 Q e,i ), Q o , i and Q e,i stand for the intrinsic and coupling quality factors of the i th cavity, respectively.…”