Coupling and quality factors in parallelepiped nonradiative dielectric resonators

In this work, the quality factors and the coupling effects have been investigated for parallelepiped dielectric resonators in nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide, in order to achieve fundamental information for the design of various types of advanced filters. The unloaded quality factor has been calculated taking into account both conductor and dielectric losses through a straightforward version of the perturbation method. The electromagnetic coupling as a function of the distance between NRD guide and resonators has been evaluated through proper extensions of typical lumped equivalent circuits, thus quantifying resonance frequency shifts, external and loaded quality factors, etc.. To validate the derived theoretical models, suitable measurements of all these parameters have been performed at microwaves on X-band NRD prototypes.     

Resonant frequencies and quality factors in lossy NRD cylindrical resonators

In this paper the fundamental effects of losses on resonant parameters (frequencies and quality factors) are analyzed for circular-cylindrical dielectric resonators inserted between metal plates, in the configuration also called NRD (Non-Radiative Dielectric).Power dissipations are considered both in the dielectric and in the conductors. Complex resonant frequencies and closed-form expressions for the relevant quality factors are derived rigorously for arbitrary resonant modes, even without circular symmetry. Numerical results are presented and discussed, making also use of experimental data obtained by means of a suitable NRD set-up.The present analysis accurately provides the basic information for a more realistic design of up-to-date millimeter-wave frequency-selective devices in NRD circuitry.     

Analysis of the mono-groove NRD waveguide and antenna

In this paper, an improved structure of symmetric groove nonradiative dielectric (GNRD) guide, the mono groove NRD (MGNRD) guide is presented, which keeps the similar performances of the symmetric groove structure, but is more easy to fabricate in millimeter waveband. The dispersion characteristics of the MGNRD is analysed using the transverse resonance method, then a MGNRD leaky-wave antenna is constructed, calculated and tested. The theoretical and experimental data are agreement with each other, and shows a attractive prospect for application.This article is supported by the State Natural Science Foundation of China.     

加载异向介质非辐射介质波导中的慢波传输及应用

将开口谐振环作为加载单元,分析了含有开口谐振环结构非辐射介质波导的新型传输特性.由于异向介质的双各向异性效应,纵剖面磁波型和纵剖面电波型在此新型非辐射介质波导中的传输速度能够减慢,甚至达到零速度.对于波导中的能量关系也进行了分析,研究表明,在一定情况下,慢波传输将引起功率流动的增强.这些特性使得此新型非辐射介质波导更能满足小型化的设计要求. 关键词： 开口谐振环 异向介质 非辐射介质波导 慢波传输     

Theoretical and experimental research on nonradiative dielectric waveguide directional couplers

A practical design of nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide directional couplers is presented. The dispersion characteristics of coupled NRD-guides and the scattering coefficients of NRD-guide directional couplers are studied as well as the transitions from metal rectangular wave-guide to NRD-guide couplers. Experiments of 3-dB and 10-dB NRD-guide couplers in ka-band show that the couplers are of good performance and promise in millimeter-wave integrated circuits.     

Characteristic impedance of nonradiative dielectric waveguide and its application

In this paper a formula for determining the characteristic impedance of the nonradiative dielectric waveguide (NRD-guide) is presented. The numerical results are obtained, which are very useful for designing NRD waveguide components, such as impedance transformers, filters, branch-line hybrids, and active circuits. As a practical example for applying the formula, a 3 dB brainched NRD-guide directional coupler was designed and fabricated. The experiments show good consistency with the theory.     

Artificial isotropic magnetism and negative refraction of metamaterial consisting of dielectric spherical shells

We present a detailed study on the artificial magnetism of high-permittivity dielectric spherical shell array and the negative refraction behavior of the composite consisting of dielectric spherical shells and metal wire lattice. The spherical shell array in cubic lattice arrangement can exhibit an isotropic negative magnetism when excited into magnetic dipole resonance. When the dielectric spherical shell and metal wire lattice are combined in a body-centered cubic structure, full-wave simulations show that the bulk metamaterial with this structure can exhibit a negative refraction behavior. It is shown that artificial magnetic response can originate from differently structured dielectric elements, similarly to the conventional metamaterial constituents based on metal resonance structures.     

Study on guided-mode resonance characteristic of multilayer dielectric grating with broadband and wide using-angle

Guided-mode resonance in a diffraction band of multilayer dielectric gratings may lead to a catastrophic result in laser system, especially in the ultrashort pulse laser system, so the inhibition of guided-mode resonance is very important. In this paper the characteristics of guided-mode resonance in multilayer dielectric grating are studied with the aim of better understanding the physical process of guided-mode resonance and designing a broadband multilayer dielectric grating with no guided-mode resonance. By employing waveguide theory, all guided-wave modes appearing in multilayer dielectric grating are found, and the incident conditions, separately, corresponding to each guided-wave mode are also obtained. The electric field enhancement in multilayer dielectric grating is shown obviously. Furthermore, from the detailed analyses on the guided-mode resonance conditions, it is found that the reduction of grating period would effectively avoid the appearing of guided-mode resonance. And the expressions for calculating maximum periods, which ensure that no guided-mode resonance occurs in the requiring broad angle or wavelength range, are first reported. The above results calculated by waveguide theory and Fourier mode method are compared wit each other, and they are coincident completely. Moreover, the method that relies on waveguide theory is more helpful for understanding the guided-mode resonance excited process and analyzing how each parameter affects the characteristic of guided-mode resonance. Therefore, the effects of multilayer dielectric grating parameters, such as period, fill factor, thickness of grating layer, {\it et al.}, on the guided-mode resonance characteristic are discussed in detail based on waveguide theory, and some meaningful results are obtained.     

An NRD fed dielectric rod antenna for the short millimeter wave band

A simple E-plane tapered rectangular dielectric rod fed by NRD guide is used as a millimeter wave antenna. This class of aerial features attractive radiation patterns with relatively low sidelobes and moderate gain. The measured results show that such an antenna and mounting structure can be exploited as effective radiating element in the short millimeter wave frequency band.     

Plasmon spectroscopy of metallic nanoparticles above flat dielectric substrates

We numerically analyze the spectral properties of localized plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles when these are above a dielectric substrate. This analysis is performed as a function of the various parameters involved in the problem (relative optical properties, particle-substrate separation, angle of incidence, etc.). It can be shown that from the spectral behavior of the resonance in the far field, information about particle near-field interactions can be obtained.     

An NRD-fed dielectric rod antenna for the short millimeter wave band

A simple E-plane tapered rectangular dielectric rod fed by NRD guide is used as a millimeter wave antenna. This class of aerial features attractive radiation patterns with relatively low sidelobes and moderate gain. The measured results show that such an antenna and mounting structure can be exploited as effective radiating element in the short millimeter wave frequency band.     

Full wave analysis of non-radiative dielectric waveguide modulator for the determination of electrical equivalent circuit

This paper reports the determination of electrical equivalent circuit of ON/OFF modulator in non-radiative dielectric (NRD) guide configurations at Ka-band. Schottky barrier mixer diode is used to realize this modulator and its characteristics are determined experimentally using vector network analyzer. Full wave FEM simulator HFSS is used to determine an equivalent circuit for the mounted diode and modulator in ON and OFF states. This equivalent circuit is used to qualitatively explain the experimental characteristics of modulator.      

Leaky Characteristics of Modified NRD Guide with Finite Parallel Plate Length

Leaky wave characteristics of modified NRD (Nonradiative Dielectric) guide with parallel plate length are systemically investigated. A technique is used to investigate the leaky property of the guide structure, whichis formulated by effectively combining the multimode network theory with the mode-matching method. In the paper, two phenomena are carefully studied: First, the asymmetric position of the dielectric rod generates a leaky hybrid mode that could produce cross talk between components of the circuit. Second, when the length of metallic plate is finite, another type of leaky mode creates which influences and even couples to the normal leaky guide mode under appropriate circumstances.     

介质保护膜在表面等离子体波探测器中的应用研究

基于表面等离子体波共振技术的探测器中金属膜通常与被探测物直接接触,在金属膜和被探测物之间增加一层介质膜,可以对金属膜进行保护.为了优化探测器的设计,通过对四层共振结构中表面等离子体波共振吸收峰随保护层厚度及其介电常数变化的计算,得到了对保护层参量的选择条件.     

Modelling of isotropic double negative media for microwave applications

A composite medium consisting of two sublattices of dielectric spherical particles of high permittivity and different radii embedded in a dielectric matrix of smaller permittivity are considered. It has been shown that such a composite medium reveals properties of an isotropic double negative media (DNG) in a limited frequency range, when resonance oscillations of H_III mode in one kind of particles and E_III mode in another kind of particles are excited simultaneously. The E_III resonance and the H_III resonance give rise to the magnetic dipole momentum and the electric dipole momentum correspondingly. Averaging the magnetic momentum and the electric momentum over the cells belonging to the appropriate spherical particles gives the negative permittivity and permeability. The model of diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave on a dielectric sphere is presented and compared with the mixing rule based consideration. The results obtained are rather close. Distribution of the electromagnetic wave outside the sphere is calculated. Influence of the dispersion of the sphere size and the dielectric permittivity on the effective parameters of the DNG material is estimated.     

All-dielectric left-handed metamaterial based on dielectric resonator: design, simulation and experiment

Dipoles with Lorentz-type resonant electromagnetic responses can realise negative effective parameters in their negative resonant region. The electric dipole and magnetic dipole can realise, respectively, negative permittivity and negative permeability, so both the field distribution forms of electric and magnetic dipoles are fundamentals in designing left-handed metamaterial. Based on this principle, this paper studies the field distribution in high-permittivity dielectric materials. The field distributions at different resonant modes are analysed based on the dielectric resonator theory. The origination and influence factors of the electric and magnetic dipoles are confirmed. Numerical simulations indicate that by combining dielectric cubes with different sizes, the electric resonance frequency and magnetic resonance frequency can be superposed. Finally, experiments are carried out to verify the feasibility of all-dielectric left-handed metamaterial composed by this means.     

Au-Au2S复合纳米球壳微粒的空腔谐振及参量讨论

Au-Au2S复合纳米球壳微粒（金纳米球壳），是一种新型复合结构的纳米微粒，其结构为纳米级的Au2S介质球外包裹了一层几个纳米厚的黄金球壳。这种复合纳米球壳微粒可以被抽象为球型谐振腔。报道了它的空腔谐振吸收的实验结果，并且运用经典理论结合介观结构特征，讨论了有关Au-Au2S复合纳米球壳微粒空腔谐振吸收的一些重要参量，其中包括谐振吸收波长、品质因数、谐振能量等。另外，还讨论了金球壳的厚度对这些重要参量的影响。     

Integral method of nondestructive testing of optically transparent dielectric elements of band-pass filters

The narrow and wide band-pass filters with high electrical parameters both in the centimeter and millimeter wave band developed in the Microwave laboratory are built on the basis of H- and E-plane inserts made of a high Q dielectric monocrystal leukosapphire (tg 6*10^–6 in centimeter wave band). The filters based on the E-plane inserts have a rare spectrum of parasitic modes (up to doubled working frequency and higher) and those based on the H-plane inserts have lower insertion loss in the bandwidth. Fig.1 shows the design of a band-pass filter in which the resonators of both the first and second types are used to improve stability of amplitude-frequency characteristic in response to influence of production process and climatic factors. The electrodynamic calculation of such a filter electrical parameters is carried out according to the technique analogous to the one described in [1]. The prooedure of the band-pass filter manufacture envisages the operation of determining whether a specific dielectric element fits for pasting into the filter body. The most expedient testing method for filter elements is the electromagnetic resonance method. However, since the monocrystal leukosapphire is an anisotropic, opticallytransparent material [2], there exists a possibility of using not only the traditional SHF (Super High Frequency) method but also the method of optical testing of the quality of the dielectric element by the shape of conoscopic figures that enables to increase the output of suitable products with reduction of expenditure. A new approach to the nondestructive testing of optically-transparent filter elements using both methods and their mutual dependence in technological process, has been suggested.     

Ferrite resonance isolators in coaxial,strip, and rectangular waveguides with a dielectric

An analysis is given of ferrite resonance isolators in coaxial and strip lines and in a rectangular waveguide containing a dielectric. The analysis is based on numerical calculations (using a computer) using the results obtained in [1]. The results enable us to estimate the influence of the thickness of the dielectric, its permittivity, the ferromagnetic resonance line width and other parameters, upon the bandwidth of the system and upon the optimum magnetization ensuring the maximum isolation for the chosen system parameters and center frequency of the band. In this paper the terminology used is the same as in [1].     

The Absorptivity of a Nanocomposite Layer with Spherical Metal Inclusions

The dependences of the absorptivity of a nanocomposite layer (a dielectric matrix with spherical metal inclusions) on the frequency, the volume fraction, the size of inclusions, the thickness of the layer, and the angle of incidence of the wave on it are studied. It is shown that the particular features of optical characteristics are related with the plasmon resonance in nanoparticles and the resonant-frequency dependence of the dielectric permittivity of the composite medium. The values of film parameters and frequency intervals in which the incident radiation is absorbed almost completely are found.