Attenuation Characteristics of Corrugated Circular Groove Waveguide

When neglecting space harmonics and higher-order slot modes, the attenuation characteristic of corrugated circular groove waveguide has been investigated. It is shown that under certain conditions, the attenuation coefficient of HE ₁₁ mode will be lower than that of dominant TE ⁽¹⁾ ₁₁ mode of circular groove waveguide with same radius.     

Effects of circuit loss and space charge in gyro-travelling-wave tubes

A modified dispersion relation of a gyro-TWT using a cylindrical waveguide excited in aT E _mn -mode is derived incorporating the effect of the transverse space charge forces. The relation is subsequently studied considering the circuit losses and interpreted for the conventional TWT-type gain equation. The second harmonic operation using theT E ₀₂ cylindrical waveguide mode resonated with the second beam-harmonic mode is found to be more sensitive to the Pierce's loss and space-charge parameters for a gyro-TWT than the fundamental operation using theT E ₀₁ cylindrical waveguide mode resonated with the first beam-harmonic mode. It is established that these parameters substantially influence the device gain and must be considered for the prediction of its accurate value. Furthermore, these parameters when properly controlled can also improve the device bandwidth.     

New leaky-wave antenna for millimetre waves constructed from groove NRD waveguide

A new leaky-wave antenna constructed from a groove non-radiative dielectric (GNRD) waveguide is presented. The GNRD leaky-wave antenna overcomes the difficulty of assembling precisely the dielectric strip in the NRD leaky-wave antenna, and is superior to the NRD leaky-wave antenna of the same size in the radiation pattern. The propa-gation and radiation characteristics of the GNRD leaky-wave antenna are analysed by use of the transverse resonance method. The theoretical results are in good agreement with experimental data.     

230 and 492 GHz low noise sis waveguide receivers employing tuned Nb/AlOx/Nb tunnel junctions

We report results on two full height waveguide receivers that cover the 200–290 GHz and 380–510 GHz atmospheric windows. The receivers are part of the facility instrumentation at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. We have measured receiver noise temperatures in the range of 20K–35K DSB in the 200–290 GHz band, and 65–90K DSB in the 390–510 GHz atmospheric band. In both instances low mixer noise temperatures and very high quantum efficiency have been achieved. Conversion gain (3 dB) is possible with the 230 GHz receiver, however lowest noise and most stable operation is achieved with unity conversion gain. A 40% operating bandwidth is achieved by using a RF compensated junction mounted in a two-tuner full height waveguide mixer block. The tuned Nb/AlO _x /Nb tunnel junctions incorporate an “end-loaded” tuning stub with two quarter-wave transformer sections to tune out the large junction capacitance. Both 230 and 492 GHz SIS junctions are 0.49µm² in size and have current densities of 8 and 10 kA/cm² respectively. Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) measurements of the 230 and 492 GHz tuned junctions show good agreement with the measured heterodyne waveguide response.     

A Broad-Band Low-Noise Schottky Diode Full-Height Waveguide Mixer from 80 to 115 GHz

The RF matching problem in the input circuit of the mm-wavelength whisker contacted Schottky diode mixer is studied. The experimental results, obtained on the 3mm wavelength mixer mounts in the broad band of frequencies from 80 to 115 GHz are presented. It is shown that advantage in the receiver noise temperature may be realized by the use of a full-height instead of 1/4-reduced-height waveguide because of reduction loss in the mixer input circuit even beginning from the 3mm-wavelength. With a full-height waveguide mixer the double sideband (DSB) receiver noise temperature is 300 divided by 350K over the 85 to 110 GHz band. Input bandwidth of the fullheight waveguide mixer (cap delta f _S/f _SO greater than 30%) is equal to 1/2-and close to 1/4-reduced-height waveguide mixers.     

Polarizers on a segment of square waveguide with diagonal ridges and adjustment iris

Configuration of a polarizer that converts the dominant wave of input rectangular waveguide into the wave with elliptical polarization of output square waveguide. The phase-shifting section is implemented on a segment of a square waveguide with two diagonal square ridges and output iris with finite thickness. The full-wave model of the polarizer is created using partial regions and generalized scattering matrices methods. Based on results of numerical optimization of polarizers with input rectangular waveguide dimensions 19×9.5 mm² it is revealed that they can provide bandwidth of at least 13% for ellipticity coefficient r < 1 dB and return loss not worse than 25 dB in lower, middle and upper parts of rectangular waveguide??s operating band.     

Design and fabrication of a nonradiative dielectric waveguidecirculator

A technique is described for constructing a high-performance nonradiative dielectric waveguide (NRD guide) circulator for use at 50 GHz. A mode suppressor, which serves to reduce unwanted modes to a negligible level, was devised and used to improve circulator performance significantly. A half-wavelength step transformer was installed at each port of the circulator to increase the operational bandwidth. The insertion loss of this circulator is less than 0.3 dB, and the 20-dB isolation bandwidth is about 2.6 GHz. Characteristics of the NRD guide circulator are analyzed based on an equivalent circuit representation. This analysis considerably facilitates the design procedure of the circulator     

Analysis of groove NRD waveguide bend using the coupled-mode theory

In this paper, the propagation characteristics of the dominant mode in GNRD guide bend are analysed employing the coupled-mode theory. The curves of bending loss vs. The groove depth or width, radius of curvature and frequency are given, which caused by the mode conversion of the operatingLSM ₁₁ ^x mode to the parasiticLSE ₁₁ ^x mode. It is found that the groove depth has a great influence upon the bending loss than the other parameters. According to the theoretical results, appropriate sizes of groove and radius of curvature should be chosen in designing a GNRD bend structure.     

Linear Theory of Free Electron Laser with a Plasma-Loaded Cylindrical Waveguide

The dispersion characteristics of plasma–loaded free-electron laser has been analyzed using linear fluid model. The device under consideration consists of the cylindrical metallic waveguide, completely filled with background plasma and a relativistic electron beam which passes through a helical wiggler magnetic field. The result predicts that reasonable plasma density tends to improve the growth rate of the low-frequency optical wave of FEL and causes an shiftup in the operating frequency, However it has little effect on the growth rate of the high-frequency wave. In the plasma–loaded FEL, for the FEL oscillator, it may be tuned by varying the plasma density; and for the FEL amplifier, the wider frequency bandwidth is gained. A critical density n ^c _p for the background plasma density is found.     

Design of strain-introduced MZI interleaver on LiNbO3 substrate

A strain-introduced Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) interleaver on lithium niobate (LiNbO3 ) is proposed. The structure of the strain-introduced waveguide is designed in detail, and is produced by depositing a SiO2 film on the annealed proton-exchanged LiNbO3 waveguide. Considering the sensitivities of the edge strain to the deposition temperature and the thickness of the SiO2 film, an optimum design of 50 GHz interleaver on this structure is given through analyzing the effective index changes for E x pq mode by finite difference method (FDM). The length of the bending waveguide in this interleaver is just two thirds of that in the conventional interleaver due to the high refractive index difference.     

A Multilayer Waveguide Window for Wide-Bandwidth Millimeter Wave Tubes

A multilayer waveguide window is demonstrated to exhibit wide bandwidth and high transmission for applications in high-frequency microwave tubes. A transfer matrix approach is employed to discretize the dielectric function profile of the multilayer heterostructure in a rectangular waveguide. The closed form has been obtained and the corresponding reflection and transmission characteristics have been carried out. The analytical calculation is also compared with the result of numerical simulation via the finite-element code HFSS. The exact calculation agrees with the numerical simulation very well. By comparison, the approach not only enhances the accuracy and efficiency, but also gives a good criterion for the design. The results show that the bandwidth for a transmission of 99%, i.e., S ₁₁ below –20 dB, can be optimized to be about 8.75 GHz at a central frequency of 35 GHz or about 25%. A wide-bandwidth waveguide window can be easily designed for Ka-band and W-band tubes, and even for higher frequency ones.     

Internal quantum efficiency of stimulated emission of (λ=1.55 µm) InGaAsP/InP laser diodes

The stimulated emission (η _i ^st ) of InGaAsP/InP separate-confinement double heterostructure lasers operating at λ=1.5–1.6 μm has been studied experimentally and theoretically. Laser heterostructures with a varied design of the waveguide layer were grown by MOCVD. The maximum internal quantum efficiency η _i ^st ≈97% was obtained in a structure with a double-step waveguide characterized by minimum leakage into the p-emitter above the generation threshold. The high value of η _i ^st is provided by low threshold and nonequilibrium carrier concentrations at the interface between the waveguide and p-emitter. The calculation yields η _i ^st values correlating well with the experimental data. __________ Translated from Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2003, pp. 243–248. Original Russian Text Copyright ? 2003 by Skrynnikov, Zegrya, Pikhtin, Slipchenko, Shamakhov, Tarasov.     

曲折双脊槽波导高功率宽频带太赫兹行波管

提出一种改进的曲折槽波导—曲折双脊槽波导提高太赫兹行波管的功率和带宽.针对这种新型慢波结构设计了一种新的传输波导作为输入输出能量耦合器.从高频特性仿真结果可以发现曲折双脊槽波导可以提高耦合阻抗并扩展带宽.此外, 粒子仿真结果表明当电子注加载27.4kV电压和0.25A电流时, 新型曲折双脊槽波导行波管在中心频率340GHz处输出功率能达到65.8W同时对应增益27.21dB.因此, 曲折双脊槽波导行波管可以用作宽带和高功率太赫兹辐射源.     

Demonstration of a High-Order Mode Input Coupler for a 220-GHz Confocal Gyrotron Traveling Wave Tube

A design of high-order mode input coupler for 220-GHz confocal gyrotron travelling wave tube is proposed, simulated, and demonstrated by experimental tests. This input coupler is designed to excite confocal TE ₀₆ mode from rectangle waveguide TE ₁₀ mode over a broadband frequency range. Simulation results predict that the optimized conversion loss is about 2.72 dB with a mode purity excess of 99%. Considering of the gyrotron interaction theory, an effective bandwidth of 5 GHz is obtained, in which the beam-wave coupling efficiency is higher than half of maximum. The field pattern under low power demonstrates that TE ₀₆ mode is successfully excited in confocal waveguide at 220 GHz. Cold test results from the vector network analyzer perform good agreements with simulation results. Both simulation and experimental results illustrate that the reflection at input port S11 is sensitive to the perpendicular separation of two mirrors. It provides an engineering possibility for estimating the assembly precision.     

高速铌酸锂电光调制器研究进展

薄膜铌酸锂调制器因其小尺寸、高带宽、低半波电压等优点,成为近年来业内关注的热点。文章梳理了铌酸锂电光调制器的波导结构、电极结构及偏置点控制技术三个方面的相关研究进展,分析了平面掩埋、脊型、光子晶体等三种不同结构波导的调制器性能,讨论了铌酸锂调制器集总和行波两种电极结构的特点及其设计考量因素,对比了电光调制器偏置点控制中功率法和导频法的优缺点及其相关研究成果。在此基础上,进一步分析了为实现更小体积与更高带宽铌酸锂调制器所需的关键技术以及未来的研究方向。     

A Transition from Rectangular to Nonradiating Dielectric Waveguide (Short Paper)

A transition between standard X-band waveguide and non-radiating dielectric (NRD) waveguide is described. It consists of a transition from air-filled rectangular waveguide to reduced-width dielectric-filled waveguide, cascaded with a transition to NRD. Both transitions are theoretically designed to provide both mode matching as well as a low reflection coefficient. The composite transition can be used for measurements in NRD while making use of conventional waveguide test equipment.     

Study of combined transmission line for high power wave generated by a gyrotron in the millimetre wavelength range

A powerful millimetre-wave line transmitting energy from a gyrotron to a tokamak is studied. The line is open and combines mirrors and sections of an irregular oversized circular waveguide. The construction of the transmission line units is improved to provide selectivity for the operating TE₀₁ mode. Particularly, the open quasioptical elbow operating at the long-wave region of the millimetre range and rotating the line by an angle of 90^° is experimentally investigated. The operating TE₀₁ mode insertion losses are 0.2-0.3 dB with a 4% bandwidth.     

Dielectric waveguide for middle and far infrared radiation

The possibility of using the normal skin effect in dielectric waveguides for long-wavelength radiation is analyzed. A design of a waveguide integrated with a heterolaser is suggested, in which an undoped layer of GaAs is clad between heavily-doped n- and p-Al _x Ga_{1 ? x} As alloy layers, reflecting radiation because of the normal skin effect. It is shown that an efficient waveguide can be formed using n-Al _x Ga_{1 ? x} As layers with x < 0.45 and the electron concentration N > 5 × 10¹⁸ cm^?3 and p-Al _x Ga_{1 ? x} As layers of any composition with the hole concentration P ≥ 3 × 1019 cm^?3.     

The dispersion equation for the gyrotron amplifier

The dispersion equation For the gyrotron amplifier has been derived by uso of a general expression for the perturbed propagation constant of a waveguide containing r.f. current. The derivation is valid for all guide modes and cyclotron harmonica and shown that space–charge dose not affect TE^° _on modes. The distribution of the unmodulated beam can be simply expressed as a function of the coordinates of guiding centres, showing that power transfer can occur' through radial drift of electrons' orbits. For a univeloeily beam, growing–wave gain is found over a bandwidth of about 20%, but the same bandwidth is unlikely to be obtained with a quasi–max–wcllian beam unless the spread in axial momentum lies within stringent limits.     

Broadband quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation in MgO:LiNbO3 waveguide

The quasi-phase-matched(QPM) condition of broadband second harmonic generation(SHG) in Ti-diffused MgO:LiNbO3 waveguide is theoretically simulated.The results show that the center wavelength of broadband SHG dependent on the waveguide width is around 1550 nm and the bandwidth is 50 nm.