ε-near-zero (ENZ) graded index quasi-optical devices: steering and splitting millimeter waves

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Date
2014Author
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Artículo / Artikulua
Version
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
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10.1088/2040-8978/16/9/094009
Abstract
Graded index ε near-zero (GRIN-ENZ) quasi-optical components such as beam steerers and power splitters are designed, simulated and analyzed. The GRIN-ENZ medium is realized using stacked narrow hollow waveguides whose infinite array shows the first transmission peak at 1.0002 THz. Several GRIN-ENZ beam steerers to channel a normal incident plane wave to different output angles (15, 45, 65 and 80 ...
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Graded index ε near-zero (GRIN-ENZ) quasi-optical components such as beam steerers and power splitters are designed, simulated and analyzed. The GRIN-ENZ medium is realized using stacked narrow hollow waveguides whose infinite array shows the first transmission peak at 1.0002 THz. Several GRIN-ENZ beam steerers to channel a normal incident plane wave to different output angles (15, 45, 65 and 80 deg) with good impedance matching (low reflection) are analytically and numerically demonstrated using planar structures with a thickness of 5λ0 = 1500 μm along z-axis. Moreover, symmetrical and asymmetrical power splitters are designed with output angles (plus/minus 45 deg) and (-80, +35 deg), respectively. [--]
Subject
Beam steerer,
Beam splitter,
ENZ metamaterial,
Narrow hollow waveguides,
Tunneling
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Published in
Journal of Optics, Volume 16, Number 9
Departament
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila
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Sponsorship
This work was supported in part by the Spanish Government under contract Consolider
Engineering Metamaterials CSD2008-00066 and contract TEC2011-28664-C02-01. V.P.-P. is
sponsored by Spanish Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte under grant FPU AP-2012-3796.
V.T. is sponsored by the Universidad Pública de Navarra. M.B. is sponsored by the Spanish
Government via RYC-2011-08221. M. N.-C. is supported by the Imperial College Junior Research Fellowship.