Propagation in a Dielectric-Loaded Parallel Plane Waveguide

A theoretical analysis of wave propagation in a parallel plane waveguide partially filled with a dielectric is performed. This transmission line is a symmetrical three-region structure consisting of two infinite parallel conducting planes with a dielectric slab of rectangular cross section between and contacting each of the planes. It has been found that TEM and TM modes cannot propagate on this structure. This investigation is concerned with TE modes, although hybrid modes can also propagate on this line. The lowest order TE mode, which is the dominant mode, has no cutoff and hence is inherently suited to extremely wide bandwidth operation. Equations have been presented for the field components, guide wavelength, cutoff criteria, power handling capabilities, wall losses, and dielectric losses as a function of the operating wavelength, waveguide dimensions, and material constants. In the case of the dominant mode, design curves covering a large range of wavelengths, dimensions, and dielectric constants are presented. For a loosely bound wave, the losses are comparable or less than those of conventional rectangular waveguide and the power handling capacity is an order of magnitude greater.     

Propagation in Dielectric Slab Loaded Rectangular Waveguide

Propagation in dielectric loaded rectangular waveguide is investigated theoretically for varying slab thickness and dielectric constant. The slabs are placed across the center of the waveguide in the E plane. This geometry is found to offer bandwidths in excess of double that of rectangular waveguide for dielectrics having dielectric constants of approximately 18. Power handling capacities which are double or triple that of standard waveguide are achievable using the dielectric loaded waveguide. In addition to the theory, design curves of bandwidth, guide wavelength, cutoff wavelength, impedance, power handling capacity, wall losses, and dielectric losses are presented and compared to experiment where possible.     

High-Power Microwave Rejection Filters Using Higher-Order Modes

In order to obtain filters capable of handling very high power, the use of radial lines and uniform line discontinuities was investigated. Forty-five-degree tapers and uniform lines were used to design a high-power microwave filter capable of handling 700 kw at 15 pounds pressure in a 0.900 by 0.400 ID waveguide. In addition to the filtering which results from the discontinuities in the TE/sub 10/ mode in the waveguide, high insertion loss elements are effected when the enlarged uniform line section is larger than the TE/sub 10/ mode waveguide wavelength and when the length of the enlarged section is approximately (2n -1)lambda/sub g//4. Extremely large insertion losses are possible by the cascading of these elements. Tuning, in the standard-size waveguide, has no effect on the insertion loss of the higher-mode enlarged waveguide at its resonant frequency. Empirical design formulas are evolved and the design procedure for band-rejection filters is given, using these high insertion loss elements.     

The Channel Waveguide (Correspondence)

A waveguide propagating the TE/sub 10/ mode can carry more power than the normal rectangular waveguide if it has a symmetrically placed channel in the E-plane as shown in fig. 1. The greater height of the channel in the center of the waveguide will allow a higher voltage to be applied before dielectric breakdown occurs. The TE/sub 10/ cutoff wavelength /spl lambda//sub c/ was investigated using the methods of Iashkin and Cohn to find out if the cutoff wavelength of the channel waveguide was equivalent to that of the rectangular waveguide /spl lambda//sub cr/.     

A High-Power S-Band Filter (Correspondence)

This note describes the measured performance of a high-power S-band "waffleiron" filter. Techniques for designing varying-impedance corrugated waveguide filters in rectangular waveguide have been available for some time [1 ]. If propagation is restricted to the dominant TE/sub 10/ mode, these filters have wide well-matched pass bands and wide high-attenuation stop bands. Unfortunately, the filters may have spurious transmissions in the stop band when power is incident upon them in other modes, such as TE/sub 20/ or TE/sub 30/, if the guide wavelength of these modes at the stop band frequencies is equal to the guide wavelength of the TE/sub 10/ mode at the pass-band frequencies of the filter.     

A Proposal of Low-Loss Leaky Waveguide for Submillimeter Waves Transmission

A low-loss dielectric leaky waveguide which carries most of the power in air is proposed for long-distance transmission of submillimeter waves, and its guiding mechanism is fully analyzed by using a two-dimensional slab-waveguide model. It is shown that transmission losses of the guide can become several decibels per kilometer and are not significantly affected by dielectric losses of material used for practical guide parameters.     

介质填充非对称倒梯形单脊波导传输特性研究

倒梯形单脊波导具有衰减常数小、特性阻抗低、功率容量大的特性,故其适用于微波传输.研究发现填充介质倒梯形脊波导有利于实现波导小型化.采用有限元法结合Matlab编程,研究了不同对称度下的填充非对称倒梯形单脊波导的截止波长、单模带宽、衰减常数、功率容量和特性阻抗.研究结果表明:对称度较小时,填充位置在短臂侧时所得的截止波长最长,单模带宽最宽,功率容量最大,阻抗特性最小.研究结果将为填充非对称倒梯形单脊波导的应用提供理论依据.     

Helix Leaky Waveguide

The propagation characteristics of leaky waves in a helix waveguide covered with a slitted cylinder are presented by a method of transverse network representation. The main interest is in helix waveguides with small pitch angles, characterized by a hybrid mode consisting of TE/sub 01/, and a small amount of TM/sub 01/ modes. The leaky wave discussed in this paper may then be regarded as a perturbation of the TM/sub 01/ wave by the slitted cylinder outside the helix. The radiation, metal, and dielectric losses are calculated numerically at a frequency of 50 GHz. The relation between the radiation loss and aperture angle of slit is very different from that of an ordinary leaky waveguide composed of a slitted cylinder without helix, especially when the distance between the helix and shield cylinder is about a quarter of the radial wavelength. The metal and dielectric losses are the same order as radiation loss, however the dielectric loss decreases as the power factor /spl epsiv/"/ /spl epsiv/' increases. The measured total attenuation constant averages about 5 dB/km, almost twice the theoretical value.     

非线性平板介质波导传输特性的网络分析

本文提出了分析包含非线性介质的层状介质波导特性的等效传输线方法。通过把线性和非线性介质分别用等效传输线表示,从而把非线性介质这一复杂的电磁场问题等价成一个电路问题求解。其本征方程可以利用横向谐振原理得到。本文最后分析了层状介质波导包含饱和和非饱和非线性介质时TE模的传播功率与归一化传播常数之间的关系。所获得的结果与有关文献符合得相当好。     

填充介质倒梯形脊波导截止特性的有限元分析

为了寻找最佳截止特性的填充介质脊波导结构,提出了填充介质倒梯形对称双脊波导.采用有限元法借助MATLAB软件计算了填充介质倒梯形对称双脊波导在TE模式下的截止特性,即主模截止波长和单模带宽.绘制出主模场结构图,并分析脊波导截止特性与填充介质相对介电常数之间的关系,给出了关系曲线图.这些结果将对填充介质波导的设计和工程应...     

Propagation in Rectangular Waveguide Containing Inhomogeneous, Anisotropic Dielectric

The Wentzel, Kramers and Brillouin (WKB) approximation is used to solve the wave equations for propagation of guided waves in rectangular waveguide containing an inhomogeneous dielectric. The simplest form of anisotropy is used to characterize the relative dielectric constant, i.e., it is assumed that the relative permittivity tensor is diagonalized with respect to the waveguide coordinants. Each of the elements of the relative permittivity tensor is allowed to vary continuously across the broad dimension of the waveguide. The TE/sub nm/ and TM/sub nm/ cases are analyzed for the instance of completely filled guide, while the TE/sub no/ modes are considered for slab-loaded guide.     

Coupling efficiency of waveguide laser resonators formed by flat mirrors: Analysis and experiment

We present a new and more efficient method of calculating the losses of a waveguide laser resonator consisting of a hollow circular dielectric waveguide and flat mirrors, taking into account the effects of waveguide modes up to order HE13. Both symmetric and asymmetric cavities are considered. We show that low cavity losses, only slightly exceeding the HE11waveguiding losses, are predicted to be possible for much larger mirror distances than had previously been suspected, provided that an optimum total cavity length is chosen. The low losses arise when the HE11and HE12modes emerge from the guide with relative amplitudes and phases such that the returning diffraction patterns interfere to produce a narrow beam with low aperture losses. The theoretical predictions were checked experimentally for CO2lasers having various waveguide dimensions. Good qualitative agreement was found, but the optimum total cavity lengths were typically 3-5 percent longer than predicted. Possible explanations of this discrepancy are discussed. We also predicted and experimentally verified that variations of the cavity length over a few centimeters can exert a coarse wavelength selectivity sufficient to determine the band and branch on which a CO2laser oscillates; conversely, that for a grating tuned laser, the cavity length must be varied by a similar amount as the wavelength is tuned in order to maintain low cavity losses over the entire wavelength range.     

Bends in Nonradiative Dielectric Waveguides

An experimental study was made of bends in the nonradiative dielectric waveguide (NRD-guide) at 50 GHz. The main cause of the bending losses was found to be due to the reflection at the transitions between the straight and curved waveguides rather than due to the radiation. The width of the dielectric strip was experimentally optimized in order to reduce the reflection, and a bend with a curvature radius as small as one guide wavelength could be realized. The experimental results are examined theoretically. The theory implies that the NRD-guide has a favorable tendency to suppress not only the radiation but also the reflection at the curved sections. It is also shown that the field maximum moves outwards or inwards from the mean path of the curved guide according to whether the dielectric strip is wider or narrower than a certain critical width. This critical width can be adopted as a design criterion for a low loss, very sharp NRD-guide bend.     

A Variational Theory for Wave Propagation in Inhomogeneous Dielectric Slab Loaded Waveguides

A novel numerical technique based on the variational formulation defined only in the slab is developed to study the loaded rectangular waveguide with an inhomogeneous dielectric slab. The variational equation for the boundary value problem is formulated and solved numerically, using the finite element method with piecewise quadratic trial functions. A comparison of this new technique with the conventional variational ones is presented. Various propagation characteristics, such as the phase constant, useful bandwidth, power handling capacity, and attenuation constants due to conductor and dielectric losses, are investigated for the waveguide centrally loaded with a slab of parabolic dielectric profile. The effects of changes in dielectric profiles are discussed by examining the results for the slabs with constant and parabolic profiles.     

Transmission Characteristics of Dielectric Tube Leaky Waveguide

Loss formula of the dielectric tube leaky waveguide is derived by using a transverse transmission-line model which carries most of the transmitted power in air inside a dielectric tube. It is shown that low-loss leaky waveguide can be realized in optical through submillimiter wavelengths with moderate guide parameters and the transmission loss does not depend strongly on the material losses. It is also shown that the attenuation constant of this leaky waveguide is smaller than that of the hollow waveguide by several orders of magnitude.     

Field analysis of rectangular waveguide open junction

The problem of a rectangular waveguide open junction is investigated using field theory and the relevant model of two normally intersected, infinite parallel-planes waveguides. Evanescent waveguide modes generated by waveguide wall edges and/or the discontinuity in dielectric are taken into account; an infinite set of equations is derived, where the mode coupling is given by the dielectric slab modes. Proper pole handling is discussed, and a solution for the system is given. Expressions are derived for the reflected, transmitted, and radiated power, which are shown to be sufficiently reliable in the domain of practical interest, regarding the width and the dielectric loading of the gap. The analysis shows that a substantial fraction of the microwave power leaks from the dielectric gap, confirming the absolute necessity of using a choke-flange at the waveguide junction     

A multipole analysis of a dielectric loaded coaxial rectangularwaveguide

A multipole analysis of a coaxial rectangular waveguide whose inner conductor is circular is made in order to determine the TE and TM modes of the system. The analysis is based on using multipole (dipole, quadrupole etc.) electric and magnetic current sources to generate field solutions in the waveguide. These solutions are used to match the electromagnetic boundary condition in a homogeneous coaxial rectangular waveguide and to determine the TE and TM eigenvalues of the waveguide system. Eigenvalue results are compared with results of the generalized spectral domain method and to eigenvalue results for a ridged waveguide. Propagation in a coaxial rectangular waveguide is also studied when the coaxial rectangular waveguide is loaded with lossy inhomogeneous dielectric material. A variational formula is used to relate the TEM, TE, and TM modes of an empty coaxial rectangular waveguide to the propagation in the loaded inhomogeneous dielectric waveguide     

用谐振腔-截止波导技术测量介质谐振器的复介电常数

在TE01n模谐振腔的一个端面中央,开一圆孔,连接一根等直径、适当长度的截止波导,当截止波导中置入介质谐振器时,使含介质段对TE01模呈传输态。介质谐振器的前向波导段用于调节耦合强弱,足够长度的背向波导段则形成匹配电抗终端或置入金属场构成短路终端。这两种安排都能使置入介质谐振器前后的谐振腔产生相当大的谐振长度和Q因子的变化,从而能获得准确的介质谐振器无载Q因子和介电常数。在X频段对陶瓷谐振器进行测量,获得满意的结果。     

矩形波导中主模电磁波传播特性研究

矩形波导主模电磁波是波导传输中使用最多的模式。为了能深入了解其传播特征。从波导的截至波长入手,讨论了电磁波单模传播的条件。得出结论：主模传播需要电磁波波长和波导尺寸之间满足一定关系。推导出主模电磁波的场方程,利用该场方程,结合一定尺寸的矩形波导管,模拟出一定频率的主模电磁波分布图,进而总结了主模电磁波传播的主要特征。这...     

Metal Walls in Close Proximity to a Dielectric Waveguide Antenna

The effect of placing metal walls in close proximity to a dielectric antenna has been examined theoretically. When these walls are less than one millimeter away from a silicon dielectric waveguide operating nominally at 60 GHz, they affect the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation within the guide. As the guide wavelength changes, the angle of radiated energy emanating from the metal stripe perturbations on the upper surface of the dielectric guide also changes. A line scanning antenna can be realized by varying the change in guide wavelength in a controlled manner. Theoretical calculations were made to determine the physical parameters such as waveguide size, spacing of metal stripe perturbations and location of metal walls with respect to the silicon waveguide which can produce a large angular scan. Design curves are presented which can be used to examine tradeoffs between the initial radiation angle and range of angular scan as a function of frequency and perturbation spacing. A means of electronically controlling the simulated absence or presence of metal walls by current biasing distributed p-i-n diodes attached to the side of the dielectric guide from a nonconducting state into a high conductivity state is discussed.