Design Procedure for a Broadband TE11/HE11 Mode Converter for High-Power Radar Applications

The HE$_{11}$ hybrid mode, propagating in an overmoded corrugated circular waveguide, is widely used for low loss transmission of high-power microwaves. Due to the inherent broadband frequency behaviour, this will be also essential for future broadband high-power radar applications, like space debris observation in low earth orbit (LEO). A promising amplifier concept for such radar sensors is a helical gyro-TWT. However, since the HE$_{11}$ hybrid mode is not suitable for electron-beam-wave interaction in this kind of vacuum electron device, an additional mode converter is required. The present paper addresses the design procedure of a broadband high-power mode converter, designed for a helical gyro-TWT intended for future broadband high-power radar applications in the W-band. The interaction mode of the helical gyro-TWT under consideration can be easily transferred to the circular waveguide TE$_{11}$ mode. Therefore, a TE$_{11}$ ↦ HE$_{11}$ mode converter is addressed here. The design procedure is based on a scattering matrix formalism and leads to a high HE$_{11}$ mode content of ≥98.6% within the considered frequency range from 92 GHz to 100 GHz. Inside this frequency band, the mode content is even better and reaches ≈ 99.7% at ≈95 GHz. This allows broadband frequency operation of a helical gyro-TWT and is suitable for broadband high-power radar applications

Probing High Frequency Noise with Macroscopic Resonant Tunneling

We have developed a method for extracting the high-frequency noise spectral density of an rf-SQUID flux qubit from macroscopic resonant tunneling (MRT) rate measurements. The extracted noise spectral density is consistent with that of an ohmic environment up to frequencies ~ 4 GHz. We have also derived an expression for the MRT lineshape expected for a noise spectral density consisting of such a broadband ohmic component and an additional strongly peaked low-frequency component. This hybrid model provides an excellent fit to experimental data across a range of tunneling amplitudes and temperatures

Graphite-oxide hybrid multi-degree of freedom resonator metamaterial for broadband sound absorption

Low frequency broadband sound absorption for thin structures is still a great challenge. A new concept of a stackable hybrid resonator metamaterial is proposed which exhibits super broadband low-frequency sound absorption. The proposed metamaterial is based on micrometric scale thickness Graphene Oxide (GO) embedded in a stacked structure or used as external skin in a designed honeycomb (HC) structure. The stackable nature of the proposed structure allows the GO-HC cores to be embedded within micro-perforated panels (MPP) providing enhanced stiffness/strength to the structure and high absorption characteristics. We demonstrate how the exploitation of the GO elastic and mass properties result in multiple hybrid structural–acoustic resonances. These resonances are tailored to occur in a frequency range of interest by the theoretical calculation of the sound absorption coefficient. The theoretical model combines the mutual interaction between the structural dynamic of the GO foil and acoustic higher modes of the HC core cell as well as stacked MPP-HC/GO-HC cores. The result is a multi-degree of freedom hybrid resonator which provides subwavelength scale broadband sound absorption in low frequency range between 300 and 2500 Hz

Antenna-coupled silicon-organic hybrid integrated photonic crystal modulator for broadband electromagnetic wave detection

In this work, we design, fabricate and characterize a compact, broadband and highly sensitive integrated photonic electromagnetic field sensor based on a silicon-organic hybrid modulator driven by a bowtie antenna. The large electro-optic (EO) coefficient of organic polymer, the slow-light effects in the silicon slot photonic crystal waveguide (PCW), and the broadband field enhancement provided by the bowtie antenna, are all combined to enhance the interaction of microwaves and optical waves, enabling a high EO modulation efficiency and thus a high sensitivity. The modulator is experimentally demonstrated with a record-high effective in-device EO modulation efficiency of r33=1230pm/V. Modulation response up to 40GHz is measured, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 11GHz. The slot PCW has an interaction length of 300um, and the bowtie antenna has an area smaller than 1cm2. The bowtie antenna in the device is experimentally demonstrated to have a broadband characteristics with a central resonance frequency of 10GHz, as well as a large beam width which enables the detection of electromagnetic waves from a large range of incident angles. The sensor is experimentally demonstrated with a minimum detectable electromagnetic power density of 8.4mW/m2 at 8.4GHz, corresponding to a minimum detectable electric field of 2.5V/m and an ultra-high sensitivity of 0.000027V/m Hz^-1/2 ever demonstrated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first silicon-organic hybrid device and also the first PCW device used for the photonic detection of electromagnetic waves. Finally, we propose some future work, including a Teraherz wave sensor based on antenna-coupled electro-optic polymer filled plasmonic slot waveguide, as well as a fully packaged and tailgated device.Comment: 20 pages, 16 figure

A hybrid integration strategy for compact, broadband, and highly efficient millimeter-wave on-chip antennas

A novel hybrid integration strategy for compact, broadband, and highly efficient millimeter-wave (mmWave) on-chip antennas is demonstrated by realizing a hybrid on-chip antenna, operating in the [27.5-29.5] GHz band. A cavity-backed stacked patch antenna is implemented on a 600 mu m thick silicon substrate by using air-filled substrate-integrated-waveguide technology. A hybrid on-chip approach is adopted in which the antenna feed and an air-filled cavity are integrated on-chip, and the stacked patch configuration is implemented on a high-frequency printed circuit board (PCB) laminate that supports the chip. A prototype of the hybrid on-chip antenna is validated, demonstrating an impedance bandwidth of 3.7 GHz. In free-space conditions, a boresight gain of 7.3 dBi and a front-to-back ratio of 20.3 dB at 28.5GHz are achieved. Moreover, the antenna is fabricated using standard silicon fabrication techniques and features a total antenna efficiency above 90% in the targeted frequency band of operation. The high performance, in combination with the compact antenna footprint of 0.49 lambda(min) x 0.49 lambda(min), makes it an ideal building block to construct broadband antenna arrays with a broad steering range

Wideband L-Probe Fed Inverted Hybrid E-H Microstrip Patch Antennas For IMT-2000 Band

This Paper Presents A Novel Wideband L-Probe Fed Inverted Hybrid E-H Shaped Microstrip Patch Antenna (LIEH) Covering The International Mobile Telecommunications - 2000 (IMT-2000) Band. The Design Adopts Contemporary Techniques; L-Probe Feeding, Inverted Patch Structure With Air-Filled Dielectric, And Slotted Patch. The Composite Effect Of Integrating These Techniques And Introducing The Novel E-H Patch Shaped Offers A Low Profile, Broadband, High Gain, Low Crosspolarization, And Compact Antenna Element. Measurement Result Showed Satisfactory Performance With An Achievable Bandwidth Of 17.20% At 14 Db Return Loss (SWR = 1.5), Maximum Achievable Gain Of 8 Dbi With 1 Db Gain Variations, And Crosspolarization Level Of 23 Db Below The Main Lobe Level. The LIEH Patch Has A Compact Dimension Of 79 × 41 Mm2. The Design Is Suitable For Array Applications Especially For IMT-2000 Base Station Antenna

Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide Fed Broadband Nano-antenna for Nanophotonic Applications

In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid plasmonic waveguide fed broadband optical patch nano-antenna for nanophotonic applications. Through full wave electromagnetic simulation, we demonstrated our proposed antenna to radiate and receive signal at all optical communication windows (e.g. $\lambda$ = 850nm, 1310nm & 1550nm) with around 86% bandwidth within the operational domain. Moreover numerical results demonstrate that the proposed nano-antenna has directional radiation pattern with satisfactory gain over all three communication bands. Additionally, we evaluated the antenna performances with two different array arrangements (e.g. one dimensional and square array). The proposed broadband antenna can be used for prominent nanophotonic applications such as optical wireless communication in inter and intra-chip devices, optical sensing and optical energy harvesting etc.Comment: 4 Page, 7 figure