On the Main Mode of Trapezoidal-Groove Guide By Finite Element Method

In this paper, the propagation properties such as the dispersion characteristics, cut-off wavelength, guide wavelength and field distribution for the main mode of trapezoidal-groove guide are analysed by using the finite element method. The dispersion is very low, and the field distribution in a trapezoidal-groove guide is similar to that of rectangular one. The results have important values in design, manufacture, and application of groove guides.     

Groove guide propagation characteristics at 3mm wavelength

Measurements of moding characteristics and attenuation on groove guide with appropriate dimensions for 3 mm wavelength operation show that it can be made with convenient dimensions, can operate with only the single dominant mode, and have a loss less than 1 dB/m.     

ANALYSIS OF ARBITRARILY TRAPEZOIDAL-GROOVE GUIDE WITH THE CONFORMAL MAPPING METHOD

The arbitrarily open trapezoidal-groove guide is analyzed with the conformal mapping technique. A new formula is given for the evaluation of one fundamental parameter associated with the technique. The relationship between the cut-off wavelength for the dominant mode and the geometry of the guide structure is studied; dispersion characteristic of the groove guide is also given. Some numerical results are shown to be in good agreement with both experimental data and the results of the finite element method (FEM). Moreover, it is testified that dispersion of the trapezoidal-groove guide is low. The obtained results are significant for the design and application of the open trapezoidal-groove guide for millimeter waves.     

圆形槽波导中径向盘直径对阻抗的影响

为了设计W波段的圆形槽波导中径向盘结构,采用有限元分析方法和完全匹配层(PML)的概念,对W波段的圆形槽波中径向盘处于非中心位置时输入阻抗随径向盘直径的变化进行了计算,并给出了变化曲线。在94GHz时径向盘直么在0．6mm～0．8mm范围内输入阻抗最小。计算结果能够为设计w波段圆形槽波导振荡器提供参考。     

Analysis for dispersion characteristics of trapezoidal-groove waveguide

In this paper, the dispersion characteristics of the main mode for the trapezoidal-groove guides are analysed by using the approach of equivalent network with transverse resonance. The relationship curves between guide wavelength, phase constant and guide dimensions, frequency are obtained. The characteristics have important values in design, manufacture and application of groove guides.     

Finite Element Analysis of the Dominant Mode Variation in Groove Guide

In this paper, the dominant mode in groove guide is analyzed by finite element method. For the guide with a shallow groove, the electric field lines (abbreviated as E lines) are perpendicular to the parallel plate, which is different from the literatures, and the dominant mode distribution is irrelevant to the groove width; for the guide with a narrow but deeper groove, the E lines are parallel to the plate region, which represents the characteristics of lower attenuation, for the guide with a deeper and wider groove, a complicated E lines are obtained. These results reveal that the dominant mode distribution in groove guide is varied, which replenish our understanding of groove guide, and the results have important values in design, manufacture, and application of groove guide.     

Finite Element Analysis of the Field Patterns of Higher-Order TE and TM Modes in Rectangular-Groove Guide

The field patterns of the different TE and TM modes in a rectangular-groove guide are analysed by finite element method. The electric field, magnetic field and energy distributions in the groove guide for the dominant TE mode, the lowest TM mode and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd higher-order TE,TM modes are presented. The results show that the low-loss characteristic of rectangular-groove guide seems unreliable. The results in this paper will be of benefit for us to understand the transmission characteristics of rectangular-groove guide, and will be of practical significance in designing groove guide components.     

Finite-element analysis of dispersion and loss characteristics of groove guide with arbitrary shapes

The dispersion and loss characteristics of groove guide with arbitrary shapes are analyzed with high-order finite element method. The effectiveness and the reliablity of the method are verified by the experiments and the results obtained by other methods. Groove guides with various groove shapes, such as rectangular, triangular, parabolic, elliptic and cosine functions, are investigated systematically. The calculating results show that the dispersion of groove guide with different groove shape is almost the same, however, the loss characteristics is rather different; among them, V-shape groove guide has the lowest loss which is about half of the rectangular one. All the curves and the data given in this paper can be used in designing elements and circuits of the groove guide.     

任意曲线槽波导色散和损耗特性的高次有限元分析

本文用高次有限元法分析了任意形状槽波导的色散和损耗特性.该方法的有效性和可靠性由实验和其它计算结果所证实.文中对诸如矩形、三角形、抛物、椭圆和余弦等形状的槽波导进行了系统的研究.计算结果表明,不同形状槽波导具有相近的色散特性,但损耗相差很大,其中V形槽波导损耗最小,大约是矩形槽波导的一半.文中给出的曲线可供设计槽波导元件和电路时参考.     

Finite Element Analysis of Field Pattern in Multiple Groove Guide

Rectangular groove guide with multiple grooves has been analyzed by finite element method (FEM) in this paper. The electrical field patterns of the dominant mode and the first higher-order TE mode have been presented for groove guide with single-, double-, triple-, and quadruple-rectangular grooves. The electromagnetic field of the dominant mode is distributed with a concentration in the groove regions, while the electromagnetic field of the first higher-order TE mode is mainly distributed in regions between grooves. The low loss characteristic has been found not only in single-groove guide, but also in multiple groove guide.     

An improvement on analytic accuracy of circular groove guide

In this paper, an Nth order approximate eigenequation of circular groove guide is presented. Using the sixth order approximate results, some propagation properties of the TE₁₁ mode of circular groove guide are recalculated. The results are more accurate than before and in good agreement with the measurements     

Circular groove guide for short millimeter and submillimeter waves

A new type of groove guide, circular groove guide, has been designed for use as a low losses, high power handling, low dispersion and single mode transmission medium in the short millimetric and submillimetric waves ranges. The characteristic equations of TE modes and TM modes have been developed and the propagation characteristics of the fundamental mode have been discussed. Experimental measurements are in good agreement with theoretical results     

Analyzing Semicircular Groove Guide with the Conformal Mapping Technique

Semicircular groove guide is a kind of waveguide for millimeter waves. In this paper, a conformal mapping technique is used to analyze it. Several semicircular groove guides are calculated with the method. It is shown that their cutoff wavelength calculated by the method are very close to those calculated by the transverse resonance method.     

Field Patterns in Asymmetrical Double Groove Guide by Finite Element Method

The electromagnetic power coupling in asymmetrical double-groove guide is analyzed by finite element method (FEM) in this paper. The electrical field patterns of the dominant mode and the first higher-order TE mode have been presented. The electromagnetic field of the dominant mode is distributed with a concentration of energy in the wide groove region, while the electromagnetic field of the first higher-order TE mode is distributed with a concentration of energy in the narrow groove region. The results in this paper have important values in design of groove guide power coupler for millimeter wave applications.     

Groove guide as a low-loss transmission system for short millimetric waves

Groove guide promises low-loss transmission at short millimetric wavelengths, coupled with simple construction and convenient dimensions. Even though the guide is of overmoded dimensions, the groove acts as a higher-order-mode filter. Approximate analytical solutions are shown to be adequate to give sufficiently accurate propagation characteristics. Higher-mode suppression is investigated and shown to be effective at 8 mm wavelength.     

圆形槽波导的􀀂 FDTD 分析

圆形槽波导^[1]是一种新型的宽频带、大功率，低损耗和大尺寸波导结构，在毫米波、亚毫米波波段有重要应用前景。利用时域有限差分法（FDTD）分析了圆形皮导的传输特性，计算了圆形槽波导工作在主模TE^[1]11情况下的色散曲线和截止频率，并与已知的理论值相比较，两者一致性好。     

Transmission characteristics of several kinds of closed groove waveguides for millimeter waves

An advantage of closed groove guide over open groove guide is attended. In this paper, the several kinds of closed groove guides including the trapezoidal-, elliptic- and parabolic-groove guides as new types of millimeter wave transmission lines are presented. Their dispersion and cut-off characteristics of the dominant mode are analysed and compared with ones of the closed V-and circular- groove guides by using the equivalent network method. The obtained results have important meaning in theoretical studies and actual applications of groove waveguides.     

TE Modes of the Dielectric Loaded Trough Line

The properties of TE modes on a dielectric loaded trough waveguide have been investigated. In the case of the dominant mode of this line (TE/sub 20/), families of design curves giving the field distribution, guide wavelength, power handling capability, wall losses, and dielectric losses as a function of operating wavelength, waveguide dimensions and dielectric constant are presented. For a loosely bound wave, the losses are comparable to those of conventional rectangular waveguide and the power handling capability is an order of magnitude greater. The apparatus and procedure used to measure guide wavelength, rate of field decay in the transverse direction, and attenuation are described. The measured performance is in close agreement with the theoretically predicted characteristics.     

The dominant mode in closed circular groove guide

The structure of closed circular groove guide is similar to that of open circular groove guide, but it can prevent energy from leaking out of the guide. In this paper, the dominant mode in closed circular groove guide is considered. The characteristic equation is derived and solved and the results are discussed.     

Analysis of the blazing effect in second-order gratings

The validity of the blazing effect for improving the output-coupling efficiency of second-order gratings for use in grating-coupled surface-emitting lasers is examined. The Floquet-Bloch expansion method is used for the analysis of finite-length gratings with asymmetric tooth shapes operated in resonance condition. It is shown that for saw-tooth gratings the blazing effect is almost lost around the second-order Bragg wavelength because the reflected guide mode generated in the distributed Bragg reflector radiates preferentially into the substrate. By using a parallelogram grating with equal tooth and groove lengths, however, a high efficiency of radiation into the air is attainable even at the Bragg wavelength while the reflectivity is reduced