An oscillator with low phase noise based on active resonator using metamaterial in K-band

An oscillator(OSC)with a metamaterial resonator based on high-Q is designed to improve the phase noise in Kband.The proposed metamaterial resonator is a lattice structure resonator(LSR)that is designed to be high-Q by a strong coupling of E-field at the resonance frequency.Thus the output of OSC is about 12.5dBm at the f0.The phase noise is 109.477dBc/Hz at 100kHz offset frequency.     

超材料研究文献计量分析

超材料(Metamaterial)是一门日益兴起的新学科.近年来超材料及其应用技术正飞速发展,其研究论文及成果迅速增加.利用文献计量分析方法和汤姆森数据分析器(TDA)软件对超材料1998-2007年间的研究论文进行分析,主要包括研究论文的年代与国家分布、学科领域分布、研究机构分布、期刊分布、作者分布等,并对研究主题进行了分析.     

K波段高增益超材料微带天线的拓扑优化设计

超材料微带天线的设计通常依赖经验,其中超材料基元的设计多以尺寸优化和形状优化为主。研究了常规超材料对微带天线增益性能的影响,发现其对增益性能的提升效果有限。提出了一种基于遗传算法的高增益超材料微带天线拓扑优化设计方法,对超材料基元采用整体设计的方法,以天线增益最大化为设计目标,以覆铜贴片方格子的有无为设计变量,建立了K波段(24 GHz)超材料微带天线的拓扑优化模型。进而基于遗传算法的求解策略,获得了一种新颖的超材料微带天线构型。仿真结果表明优化后的超材料微带天线侧向辐射得以抑制,其最大增益提升到10.5 dB,与普通微带天线相比性能提升了35%。同时通过改变覆铜贴片格子的布置规模对优化设计结果的收敛性进行分析,分析结果显示创新构型超材料微带天线设计结果是收敛的,且10*10方格子规模下的创新构型制备性价比最高。最后研究了超材料基元单独设计与整体设计的天线工作频率匹配对比,对比结果证实了超材料基元采用整体设计对于超材料微带天线拓扑优化是非常必要的。     

基于超材料的太赫兹波辐射特性与增强研究

太赫兹波的产生与调控对太赫兹技术发展至关重要。超材料的可设计几何结构与特异共振响应为产生与调控太赫兹波提供了新的途径。但超材料产生太赫兹波辐射的转换效率较低仍然是一个亟待解决的问题。设计了一种由金属谐振环阵列和全介质硅开口谐振器组成的超材料。利用麦克斯韦方程联合表述电子运动的流体动力模型的自洽方程组,研究了该超材料的太赫兹波辐射与调控过程。研究发现,通过优化分裂谐振环的开口方向,超材料产生的太赫兹波振幅提高了1倍。此外,通过改变入射光偏振角及超材料的几何尺寸实现了太赫兹波振幅调控。这为基于超材料的,紧凑型和可调谐的太赫兹源提供了新途径。     

嵌入超材料埋藏介质贴片引向天线设计

设计了一种埋藏介质贴片引向天线,工作在2.4 GHz的无线工业、科学、医学频段,该天线采用金属片与介质板层叠安放,辐射方向垂直于天线表面,属于端射天线.嵌入了超材料结构,剖面结构尺寸缩小为原天线的69%.同时,天线匹配性能有所提升,辐射特性优于原天线.采用有限元全波仿真技术对天线的设计进行了分析和优化,改进后的天线在2.4 GHz频点回波损耗下降了3 dB,E面和H面辐射场强提升了1 dBi,实现了天线的小型化和灵活性.最后通过时域有限积分法对辐射性能进行了验证.     

Unraveling the role of shell thickness and pore size on the mechanical properties of ceramic-based macroporous structures

Macroporous structures are of interest for several technological applications such as catalysis, sensors, filters, membranes, batteries, energy conversion devices, structural colors, and reflective thermal barrier coatings. Ceramic-based inverse opal macroporous structures are especially interesting for high-temperature applications. However, the interrelation between the structural parameters, mechanical properties, and thermal stability of such structures is not yet clarified. In this work, we analyzed the mechanical properties as well as the thermal stability of aluminum oxide inverse opal three-dimensional macroporous structures with different macropore sizes and shell thicknesses produced by atomic layer deposition. Our results show that the structures’ thermal stability increased with increasing shell thickness and macropore size, however, their higher stability was not linked to their mechanical properties. To be able to explain this unexpected behavior, finite element modeling simulations were performed, showing that bending stresses became more pronounced with increasing shell thickness, potentially creating additional critical sites for crack initiation and consequent structural failure.     

Compact SCSRR-based quad-band antenna for Bluetooth,WiMAX, WLAN,and fixed-satellite services

This research describes the detailed analysis and design of the compact complex-free structural metamaterial quad band radiating element applicable for Bluetooth, WiMAX, WLAN, and fixed-satellite service. The radiating element designed is composed of an inner angle-rotated circular Split Ring Resonator (SRR) placed within the outer square-shaped SRR interlinked by a strip to design the multiband operational characteristics and is fed by a coplanar waveguide. Suggested radiating element is imprinted over the FR4 substrate material with the electrical dimension of 28 × 31.26 × 0.8 mm³. The initial outer-closed square ring offers dual-band operation by resonating at 2.8 and 8.5 GHz frequencies, and the incorporation of a circular SRR offers quad-band operation. The unique negative permeability feature of the proposed Square and Circular Split Ring Resonator (SCSRR) structure is extracted, and its band characteristics are analyzed. Results obtained from the simulated radiating element are validated with the fabricated antenna. The measured E plane pattern resembles a numeric eight shape, and the H plane pattern is omnidirectional. Suggested SCSRR antenna offers a gain of above 3.2 dBi in all the operating bands.     

A 340-GHz thin film polarisation converter

This paper introduces a 340-GHz polarisation converter. The polarisation converter consists of a bilayer metamaterial, which is processed by the flexible thin film lithography method. Two-dimensional metamaterial offer such advantages over traditional quarter-wave-plates as compactness, low profile and simple fabrication process, but the insertion loss is comparably high. In order to lower the insertion loss, the 10-μm ultrathin polyimide substrate and a bilayer structure separated by a quarter wavelength air impedance match layer are adopted. After the horn antenna’s far-field test by vector network analyser and the Gaussian beam test based on Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS), the results show that in the band of 325–350 GHz, the transmission loss is less than 2 dB, and the axial ratio is less than 3 dB; besides, simulation and test insertion loss performance difference is less than 1 dB, which indicates that the method we adopt is effective. In addition, based on transmission line theory, we analyse its working principle and the influence from the fabrication error.     

特异材料对矩形波导导波模式的影响

基于马卡提里假设,推导了特异材料为外包层的矩形波导的模式特征方程。对外包层为ENG材料的矩形波导的Ex mn模研究表明,这种波导不仅支持横向振荡导模的存在,还支持x轴向上表面模的存在（当m=1,2时）。同时还发现,随着阶数m或n的增大,不同Ex mn模的色散曲线均向高频方向移动。绘制了各模式的空间电磁场分布,发现横向表面模的存在,使其电场能量主要局域在界面处,这些特性均异于常规材料矩形波导。     

太赫兹超材料极化转换器设计及其特性分析

提出了一种反射型太赫兹超材料极化转换器.该极化转换器结构单元由典型的三层结构组成,上、下两层为金属层,中间为介质层,顶层金属层由一个开口谐振环和一个镂空圆盘组成.研究结果表明:该极化转换器能够将x极化波转换为y极化波,在0.584 0～1.352 0 THz频带上极化转换率大于80％,在0.642 4、0.936 4和1.301 8 THz处极化转换率接近100％.该极化转换器结构简单、便于加工,且能实现宽频带极化转换,在太赫兹波通信、成像等方面有广阔的应用前景.