Multiple Scattering Solution of Millimeter Wave Propagation in Strong Sandstorm

As the operating frequencies of communication systems more higher into the millimeter wave range, and the density of particles in medium is more denser, the effects of multiple scattering in sandstorm become more significant. This paper treats the problems of electromagnetic multiple scattering in strong sandstorm by the Monte Carlo method. Based on the analytical theory of multiple scattering, the millimeter wave propagation and scattering in discrete random media are investigated by means of the particle-tracking technique. The millimeter wave is regarded as a Markov chain of wave particle collisions in a medium in which it is scattered and absorbed. Considering the effect of multiple scattering, millimeter wave attenuation induced by strong sandstorm is simulated numerically. The values of theoretical calculation are in good agreement with the measured results of simulated experiment at 34 and 93 GHz.     

Propagation of very short pulses at millimeter wavelengths through rain filled medium

Distortion of pulses with pulse widths ranging from 0.1 to 1 ns propagating with carrier frequencies in the range 10–100 GHz through rain filled medium has been estimated considering the absorptive and dispersive effects produced by rain drops on the propagation of millimeter waves. It is found that the rain induced broadening or compression can be quite appreciable for very short pulses in the window region of millimeter wave band under intense and extensive raining conditions.     

Nonlinear propagation delay and pulse distortion resulting from dual frequency band transmit pulse complexes

A method of acoustic imaging is discussed that potentially can improve the diagnostic capabilities of medical ultrasound. The method, given the name second order ultrasound field imaging, is achieved by the processing of the received signals from transmitted dual frequency band pulse complexes with at least partly overlapping high frequency (HF) and low frequency (LF) pulses. The transmitted HF pulses are used for image reconstruction whereas the transmitted LF pulses are used to manipulate the elastic properties of the medium observed by the HF imaging pulses. In the present paper, nonlinear propagation effects observed by a HF imaging pulse due to the presence of a LF manipulation pulse is discussed. When using dual frequency band transmit pulse complexes with a large separation in center frequency (e.g., 1:10), these nonlinear propagation effects are manifested as a nonlinear HF propagation delay and a HF pulse distortion different from conventional harmonic distortion. In addition, with different transmit foci for the HF and LF pulses, nonlinear aberration will occur.     

Finite-Difference Time-Domain Analysis of Wave Propagation in a Thin Plasma Layer

The propagation property of an electromagnetic wave in with the finite-difference time-domain method. The effects a thin plasma layer at high pressure is investigated of the non-uniformity of plasma distribution, and the frequency of incident wave on the propagation property of the electromagnetic wave are discussed. Numerical results indicate that the phase shift and the reflectivity of wave are sensitive to plasma density distribution, and reflectivity is lower at the middle band of frequency for different plasma distributions.     

Investigation of the Dielectric-Loaded, Ridged Helical Groove Slow-Wave System for the Millimeter Wave TWT

A dielectric-loaded, ridged helical groove slow-wave structure for the millimeter wave traveling wave tube is presented in this paper. The effects of the groove depth, ridge dimensions and the dielectric permitivety on the wave propagating properties and the interaction impedance are investigated in detail. From the analysis, it is indicated that for broader band amplification in a helical groove travelling wave tube, a ridged helical structure with shallow groove and loaded by dielectric with proper relative permitivety may be applied.     

Wave propagation in two-dimensional periodic lattices

Plane wave propagation in infinite two-dimensional periodic lattices is investigated using Floquet-Bloch principles. Frequency bandgaps and spatial filtering phenomena are examined in four representative planar lattice topologies: hexagonal honeycomb, Kagomé lattice, triangular honeycomb, and the square honeycomb. These topologies exhibit dramatic differences in their long-wavelength deformation properties. Long-wavelength asymptotes to the dispersion curves based on homogenization theory are in good agreement with the numerical results for each of the four lattices. The slenderness ratio of the constituent beams of the lattice (or relative density) has a significant influence on the band structure. The techniques developed in this work can be used to design lattices with a desired band structure. The observed spatial filtering effects due to anisotropy at high frequencies (short wavelengths) of wave propagation are consistent with the lattice symmetries.     

Research on Propagation Characteristics of Millimeter Wave in Tunnels

This paper analyzes the propagation characteristics of the millimeter wave in various circular section tunnels. The received power, path loss and delay spread are discussed in detail using the verified software of Wireless InSite. The investigated tunnel models with circular section include the long straight tunnel, the tunnel with train inside and the curved tunnels with different curvature. The simulated results are verified by the experimental value in the actual tunnel. Several valuable conclusions are obtained, which would offer theoretical and practical references for the millimeter wave communication in limited spaces.     

Rain Attenuation at 103 GHz in Millimeter Wave Ranges

We have conducted a millimeter wave propagation experiment at 103 GHz (2.9 mm) on a propagation path of 390 m. The results were compared with the rain attenuation calculations from the Marshall-Palmer, Best, Joss-Thomas-Waldvogel and Weibull distributions for raindrop-size. It has been shown that the Weibull distribution has a good agreement with the experiments.     

A Model for Millimeter Wave Attenuation by Atmospheric Gases in China Area

The earth's atmosphere plays an important role in microwave remote sensing and millimeter wave propagation. In this paper, we study the measurements of the attenuation due to atmospheric gases have been made in China, put forward a empirical model for the atmospheric attenuation of millimeter wave in China area.     

Liquid water fade margin requirements for infrared and millimeter wave runway imaging sensors in fog

Liquid water content and particle size distribution at each ten meters in the vertical for a deep advection fog and a shallow radiation fog are analyzed to determine the liquid water loss at millimeter and infrared wavelengths. The liquid water fade margin is calculated along a three degree glideslope in each fog from the current height above the runway to the touchdown point. Millimeter wave fade margin requirements are calculated from the vertical distribution of bulk liquid water content and infrared fade margin requirements are predicted from the vertical distribution of dropsize. Fog dropsize distributions for both fog layers are well fitted to a gamma distribution with a median drop diameter of approximately 9 microns. Millimeter wave imaging sensors operating in a shallow radiation fog are shown to require less than 1 dB of one-way liquid water fade margin. In the deep advection fog, one-way liquid water fade margin requirements at 8.6 mm, 6.8 mm, and 3.2 mm are predicted to be 1, 2, and 6.7 dB respectively. In comparison, the one-way liquid water fade margin requirements at near, middle, and far infrared wavelengths are two orders of magnitude greater than at millimeter wavelengths and indicate the fog layers are opaque to infrared imaging sensors even near the touchdown point. The specific attenuations predicted in the two fogs are consistent with previously reported values.     

Estimation of RF Parameters for Millimeter Wave Ring-Bar TWTS

In millimeter wave band, interaction impedance and efficiency of the ring-bar circuit are higher than helix. Ring-bar traveling wave tubes (TWTs) do not easy yield backward wave oscillation at high operating voltages. Thus ring-bar TWTs can reach higher power lever. On basic of computation of dispersion and interaction impedance, a fast estimation models of RF parameters for MMW ring-bar TWTs are given in this paper. It is available in designing tube to reduce developing period.     

Effect of Fog and Clouds on the Image Quality in Millimeter Communications

The effect of fog and clouds in millimeter communication is discussed, and the attenuation caused by fog and clouds is reviewed. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of image is derived using relating models of fog and clouds attenuation. According to the relation of image quality and its signal-to-noise ratio, the system behavior is forecasted theoretically. It is shown that the signal-to-noise ratio of receiver at certain transmitter power is inverse with radio wave frequency, from about 70dB at 10GHz to 48dB for fog and 49dB for clouds. The image quality of received signal at certain transmitter power is inverse with radio wave frequency, from about 7 grade at 10GHz to 5.27 grade for fog and 5.37 grade for clouds. The above calculated results are consistent with experimental results.     

Annular Ring Microstrip Antennas for Millimeter Wave Applications

This work presents a fullwave analysis for annular ring microstrip antennas on uniaxial anisotropic substrates. The effect of the anisotropic substrates on the antenna performance at the millimeter wave band is investigated. The analysis is performed in the Hankel transform domain using Hertz vector potentials and Galerkin Method. Numerical results are presented for the antenna main characteristics such as resonant frequency and radiation pattern.     

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 m GaAs film for the active layer.     

Application of Robust Incomplete Cholesky Factorizations Preconditioned CG Algorithms for FEM Analysis of Millimeter Wave Filters

The Incomplete Cholesky factorizations preconditioning scheme is applied to the conjugate gradient (CG) method for solving a large system of linear equations resulting from finite element method (FEM) analysis of millimeter wave filters. As is well known, the convergence of CG method deteriorates with increasing EM wave number and in millimeter wave band the eigen-values of A are more and more scattered between both the right and the left half-plane. The efficient implementation of this preconditioned CG (PCG) algorithm is described in details for Complex coefficient matrix. With incomplete factorization preconditioning scheme in the conjugate gradient algorithm, this PCG approach can reach convergence in 20 times CPU time shorter than CG for several typical millimeter wave structures.     

Millimeter Wave Band Cavity Resonators for Magnetoresonance Experiments

Electrodynamical features of rectangular cavity resonators as experimental cells of Electron Spin Resonance spectrometer for the millimeter frequency band have been investigated. Measurements and analytical estimations of features of three types of resonators (film-wall type, diffraction grating-wall type, double-wall type) are presented. The advantages and imperfections of each design as well as recommendations for their applications in millimeter wave magnetospectroscopy are given.     

Smart Antenna for Indoor Millimeter Wave Communication

The following paper introduces a smart antenna system with MUSIC algorithm for indoor millimeter wave communication. The smart antenna system separates main transmission paths towards receiver by antenna array. Maximal-ratio combination (MRC) of the separated transmission paths provides nearly optimal performance of receiver. Multipath distortion and noise can be greatly reduced by the system.     

High Power, Frequency Tunable, Submillimeter Wave ESR Device Using a Gyrotron as a Radiation Source

ESR device using a submillimeter wave gyrotron as a radiation source and a pulse magnet for high field up to 30 T has been constructed. Our gyrotrons (Gyrotron FU series) were developed as millimeter and submillimeter wave radiation sources and have attractive advantages for ESR spectroscopy, for example, high power and frequency tunability over broad range. The ESR device has been successfully applied to three cases of ESR measurements. In the first case, the temperature dependence of ESR was measured for a typical antiferromagnetic material MnO at the frequency of 301 GHz. In the second case, the dependence of the fine structure constant of the ruby on the magnetic field intensity was measured in the millimeter to submillimeter wave region. In these two cases, the gyrotron was operated by complete cw mode. In the final case, a pulse technique was applied to the ESR, the gyrotron was operated in pulse mode and the pulsed magnetic field was generated in the synchronized phase with the gyrotron operation.     

Study of Novel Slow Wave Circuit for Miniaturized Millimeter Wave Helical Traveling Wave Tube

Two kinds of novel helical slow wave circuit, supported by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamond, are presented. They are applying in miniaturized millimeter wave helical traveling wave tube. Cold test characteristic of these circuits are simulated by MAFIA code. Higher performances are achieved with smaller size, compared with conventional circuit supported by BeO rods. The nonlinear analysis is implemented by Beam and Wave Interaction (BWI) module, which is a part of TWTCAD Integrated Framework. Results have been found to be consistent with the expectation. It should be wider apply in microwave and millimeter wave vacuum electronic devices.     

Engineering Design Method of Energy Coupler and Impedance Transformer for Millimeter Wave Tubes

The engineering design method of heliz-waveguide and rectangular coupled cavitiy-waveguide energy coupler employed in millimeter wave tubes is described. Experiments show that, the former has broadband matching character )VSWR is less than 2 at 26 - 40GHz). And the later has small reflection (VSWR is less than 1.5 at 34-37.5 GHz). Optimum design method of multi-section and linear taper waveguide impedance transformer is also given in this paper. These impedance transformers can operate at wide frequency range in microwave and millimeter wave band. The design method and examples of couplers and impedance transformers can be referred for tube designers.