Radiation from Bends in Dielectric Rod Transmission Lines

The radiation from the fundamental mode propagating around curved dielectric rod transmission lines is investigated experimentally with microwave frequencies. Three methods are used to determine the attenuation by radiation: measuring the insertion loss of bends, measuring the Q-factor of ring resonators, and measuring the Q-factor of sections of curved dielectric rod transmission lines terminated by large reflecting plates. The attenuation is found to depend mainly on the combination R lambda/sub 0//sup 2/ / r/sub 0//sup 3/ where R is the radius of curvature, lambda/sub 0/ the free space wavelength and r/sub 0/ a measure of the transverse field extent of the HE/sub 11/ mode. The experimental results are compared with theoretical predictions of other authors. The measured values of the attenuation constant are found to be smaller than the theoretical values. The distribution of the electromagnetic field near bends is recorded using a semiautomatic field plotter. From the field pictures, it can be concluded that the curved dielectric waveguide radiates tangentially from the outer side. The results presented will also be useful for understanding the mechanism of radiation from bent optical waveguides.     

New type of waveguide for light and infrared waves

A new type of optical waveguide is proposed. It consists of a thin film of transparent dielectric supporting the surface E0 wave mode. With properly chosen dimensions, attenuation of a few decibels per kilometre is theoretically achievable. A design is suggested which gives the guide the required flexibility for negotiating bends.     

Reducing losses in dielectric waveguide discontinuities

Rectangular dielectric waveguides are used in millimeter-wave applications. They have low loss and wide bandwidth at high frequencies. Another major advantage to dielectric waveguides is that they are inexpensive to design and manufacture. However, a major disadvantage to the dielectric waveguide is that they experience relatively high losses at bends and T-junctions. This paper looks at a novel approach in reducing the insertion loss in dielectric waveguide bends and T-junctions. A high dielectric material is inserted at the discontinuity, causing the electromagnetic energy to be coupled and launched toward the output. The dielectric constant of the material, position of the material, and shape of the material are instrumental in reducing the insertion loss. A transition discontinuity in the form of a 45° bend has also been found to reduce insertion loss when properly designed. The size, shape, and location of the discontinuity and the high dielectric material are optimized and compared to the results without a high dielectric material. The 90°- and 45°-bend simulations were verified by building test structures and comparing predictions of the insertion loss to measurements     

A Method of Producing Broad-Band Circular Polarization Employing an Anisotropic Dielectric

A procedure is described whereby it is possible to design circular polarizers for both waveguides and in window form to be used over a broad band of frequencies. The difference in phase constants for two mutually orthogonal E fields while propagating in an anisotropic dielectric is combined with the effect due to guide wall spacing to obtain a reasonably constant differential phase constant for the two fields over a broad frequency band. By properly choosing the length of the anisotropic dielectric in the direction of propagation, and orienting this dielectric properly with respect to an incident linearily-polarized wave, the transmitted wave is circularly polarized over a correspondingly broad band of frequencies.     

Periodic metal plate-loaded dielectric slab antenna with broadsideradiation

Wave guiding properties of a periodic metal plate-loaded dielectric slab structure are investigated for obtaining surface wave antennas with broadside radiation and low voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) characteristics. A novel technique is proposed in which dielectric phase transformers play an essential role for realizing a uniform phase distribution on the radiating aperture which is required to achieve broadside radiation. A quarter-guided wavelength spacing of the metal plates guarantees the suppression of reflections at the input port. On the basis of the theoretical results obtained, two types of antennas have been designed at 10 GHz, one having the exponential aperture distribution, the other the uniform aperture distribution. The overall antenna efficiency of the latter type has been found to be 53%, exhibiting a practical performance at microwave frequencies     

Propagation properties of ferromagnetic insulator guide

In order to realize new ferrite planar devices for applications at millimeter-wavelength frequencies, the authors have developed nonreciprocal ferrite devices schemes for incorporating ferromagnetic layers in dielectric insulator guide geometries. Their research program involves both the calculation and the measurement of device characteristics. For the calculation, a method of effective permeability, in which the permeability is a tensor, is introduced to characterize the ferrite material. The propagation properties of the insular guide are calculated by using a single-mode approach. The calculated results for dispersion, dielectric, and conductivity losses show resonant behavior with the application of a magnetic bias field for a guide configuration in which the ferrite replaces the insular dielectric. Ferrite phase shifters, filters, isolators, and circulators are potential applications of this guide configuration. For the experimental part of the study, wave dispersion and attenuation were measured in a purely dielectric insular guide from 26.5 to 40GHz. In addition to these experiments wave attenuation was measured as a function of magnetic bias field for the case where a hexagonal ferrite platelet was mounted on the ground plane near the insulator guide. General agreement is found between calculated and measured attenuation     

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.     

Quasi-static analysis of electrooptic modulators by the method oflines

A quasi-TEM analysis using the method of lines is implemented to calculate the electric field anywhere within a layered guided wave structure at appropriately low frequencies. The analysis provides the electric fields and transmission-line parameters for a shielded structure having any number of coplanar electrodes within an arbitrary number of anisotropic dielectric layers, the principal axes of which are parallel to the axes of the structure. The practical application considered is the calculation of the phase shift of a guided optical wave within an electrooptic modulator that has a dielectric buffer layer between the electrodes and electrooptic substrate     

Variation of wave impedance of shielded suspended dielectric guide

A shielded suspended dielectric guide is a dielectric rectangular slab enclosed by regular metallic side walls from all the sides. This type of structure is used in dual mode phase shifter where the size of the normal rectangular wave guide is reduced at the ends, where a dielectric material is embeded in ferrite core. Hence impedance variation of a phase shifter at its transition may be easily calculated using shielded suspended dielectric guide which is a prime parameter for optimum efficiency of wave launching.     

Narrow-band modulation of semiconductor lasers at millimeter wavefrequencies (>100 GHz) by mode locking

The possibility of mode locking a semiconductor laser at millimeter wave frequencies approaching and beyond 100 GHz was investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is found that there are no fundamental theoretical limitations in mode locking at frequencies below 100 GHz. At these high frequencies, only a few modes are locked and the output usually takes the form of a deep sinusoidal modulation which is synchronized in phase with the externally applied modulation at the intermodal heat frequency. This can be regarded for practical purposes as a highly efficient means of directly modulating an optical carrier over a narrow band at millimeter wave frequencies. Both active and passive mode locking are theoretically possible     

Nonradiative Dielectric Waveguide for Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits

A nonradiative dielectric waveguide is proposed in which dielectic strips are sandwiched between two parallel metal plates separated by a distance smaller than half a wavelength. Though the structure is substantially the same as that of the H-guide, it is based on a quite different principle of operation. This dielectric guide is particularly applicable in millimeter-wave integrated circuits, since it is not only small in size, but also allows bends and junctions to be incorporated into the circuits with very little radiation and interference. A design diagram is given. Losses and coupling coefficients of the strips are calculated, as well. Some basic circuit components, such as 90° and 180° bends and T-junctions, made of polystyrene strips, are measured to confirm their usefulness in millimeter-wave integrated circuits.     

Analysis and design of a photoconductive integrated photomixer/antenna for terahertz applications

A new terahertz (THz) photoconductive photomixer/antenna device is presented. A continuous-wave THz signal is generated in a dc-biased photoconductive film by employing optical heterodyne scheme, and at the same time, the size of the film on the grounded dielectric substrate is designed to have an efficient broadside radiation. Incorporating the photoconductive film as the photomixing media and the radiation element not only eliminates source to antenna coupling problem but also makes the proposed device attractive for THz array source configurations. Analytical expressions for the photocurrent and the radiation power are derived under high dc bias condition, and the effects of the device configuration on its performance is studied. Two possible photomixer configurations, namely longitudinal and transversal, are introduced and their photomixing efficiencies and radiation power are compared. The typical nW output power is achievable by mW laser pump power for frequencies up to 10 THz.     

一种平面型波导单脉冲比较器的设计

介绍了一种平面型波导单脉冲比较器的设计。利用波导混合电桥作为基本结构单元，设计了一个X波段单脉冲比较器。通过在波导电桥的输入臂加上四分之一波长变换段，将其等效为魔T，四个这样的等效魔T通过H弯连接可构成双面单脉冲比较器。讨论了一种简易的宽带补相技术，可修正四分之一波长变换段所固有的相位色散。     

Lateral wave contribution to the radiation from a dielectric halfmedium

Two methods are presented for the computation of the radiation at microwave frequencies in a thin dielectric medium from a source located in a dense dielectric medium. One is based on geometrical optics and the other on physical optics. The geometrical optics approach encounters some difficulties in the evaluation of the radiation in the thin dielectric medium near grazing-incidence condition, due to excitation of a lateral wave, which is not taken in consideration by this approach. The physical optics method, which considers the lateral wave contribution, approaches this problem successfully and gives a better approximation of the radiated field near grazing. Numerical results, which compare the two methods, and experimental data are offered to validate the theoretical approach     

Bending Loss Analysis of Optical Fiber with Out-Cladding of Photonic Crystals

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Phase variation in free-electron laser amplifiers

The evolution of the phase of the output radiation of free-electron laser amplifiers is investigated by means of a three-dimensional simulation code. The configuration employed consists of the propagation of a relativistic electron beam through a loss-free cylindrical waveguide in the presence of a helically symmetric wiggler and a uniform axial guide magnetic field. The analysis is fully three dimensional, and a set of model equations is discussed which describes the coupling between an ensemble of electrons and the radiation field of either the TE or TM modes. The model equations are solved numerically, and the output phase is studied with respect to variations in either frequency or electron beam energy. The output phase is found to depend sensitively on the wave frequency within the unstable bandwidth. In addition, the phase stability of the output radiation is discussed as a function of beam energy. Finally, the evolution of the phase for tapered wiggler free-electron lasers is studied.     

Radiation losses of tapered dielectric waveguides: a finitedifference analysis with ridge waveguide applications

The finite-difference third-order simplified wave equation method is used to study the radiation losses of optical waveguides with step (abrupt) and parabolic tapers, including the radiation losses of the tapered ridge waveguides used as electro-optic phase modulators for tuning the frequencies of infrared lasers. The radiation losses of the parabolic taper given by Burns et al. is found to be under 5%. The results of a step taper are compared with Marcuse's; and found to be in good agreement. The numerical results are also compared with those from the coupled wave equations used by Sporloder and Unger     

Coupling Characteristics of Nonradiative Dielectric Waveguides

An analytical method is presented for predicting coupling characteristics of dielectric strips in the nonradiative dielectric waveguide. Starting with an approximate but very accurate expression for the coupling coefficient between parallel dielectric strips, the scattering coefficients for nonuniform coupling structures are derived in simple closed-form expressions by taking the effect of the field deformation at the curved sections into account. The coupling coefficient of the nonradiative dielectric waveguide is found to be so large compared to those of other dielectric waveguides that complete power transfer can be attained with coupled polystyrene bends having a curvature radius as small as 20 mm at 50 GHz. The theory was verified experimentally for various coupling structures. As an application toward millimeter-wave integrated circuits, 0-dB couplers, quadrature hybrid couplers, and an in-phase power divider were constructed based on the present analysis. A comparison of theory and experimental data of these fabricated coupling circuits suggests that the effect of the nondegenerate modes in the straight and curved guides must be included in the analysis to further improve the theory.     

矩形介质天线的时域分析

用经典的EDC近似方法分析矩形介质波导的传输特性，由边界条件导出传输常数满足的特征方程，应用代数学中经典的对分法进行求解，从而获得矩形介质杆中波传播的相速度和内外能量分布与介质杆的相对尺寸之间的关系曲线，据此分析矩形介质杆用作时域天线的可行性，并给出介质杆参数选择的依据。还使用FD—TD(时域有限差分法)模拟计算矩形介质杆天线对高斯脉冲的辐射，分析介质杆的横向尺寸、长度及终端渐变方式对天线辐射特性的影响，多次模拟比较，从而确定介质杆天线的材料和尺寸参数。结果表明这种天线适合用作时域天线。     

Optically Controlled Broadband Millimeter Wave Beam-Splitter-Type Coupler

Recently, Laser-controlled four-port beam-splitter-type couplers with photoinduced plasma layer and band-limited coupling characteristics at millimeter wave frequencies have been proposed for use in dielectric and image guides and circuits. In order to achieve a large dynamic range regarding the optical control of the coupling coefficient narrowband destructive interference in the dark state has been used. In this paper an ultra-broadband coupler for applications at millimeter wave band is proposed. This configuration requires waveguides to be transparent for the optical excitation. Numerical examples for the lowest order modes are presented and discussed considering fused quartz for the dielectric strips of the guides and a 50 μm GaAs film for the active layer.