Propagation and nanofocusing of infrared surface plasmons on tapered transmission lines: Influence of the substrate

We study the propagation of mid-infrared surface plasmons on non-tapered and tapered two-wire transmission lines on Si and CaF₂ substrates, the two materials representing substrates with large and small refractive index, respectively. A comparative numerical study predicts a larger effective wavelength and an increased propagation length (i.e. weaker damping) for the CaF₂ substrate. By near-field microscopy we image the near-field distribution along the transmission lines and experimentally verify surface plasmon propagation. Amplitude- and phase-resolved near-field images of a non-tapered transmission line on CaF₂ reveal a standing wave pattern caused by back-reflection of the surface plasmons at the open-ended transmission line. Calculated and experimental near-field images of tapered transmission lines on Si and CaF₂ demonstrate that for both substrates the mid-IR surface plasmons are compressed when propagating along the taper. Importantly, the nanofocus at the taper apex yields a stronger local field enhancement for the low-refractive index substrate CaF₂. We assign the more efficient nanofocusing on CaF₂ to the weaker damping of the surface plasmons.     

基于人工传输线的小型微带Wilkinson功分器

提出了一种基于人工传输线的小型微带Wilkinson功分器,该器件使用由LC元件构成的人工传输线取代传统传输线,并使用交指电容和贴片电阻进行端口隔离。设计制作的Wilkinson功分器中心频率为915MHz的微带3dB功分器,等幅同相地将输入功率分配到2个输出端口,尺寸仅有传统Wilkinson功分器的25%,端口幅度平衡度±0.2dB,相位平衡度±1°。实验结果表明:功分器带宽为0.49～1.20GHz,插入损耗小于3.2dB,回波损耗大于10dB,仿真结果和测量结果吻合较好。     

Computer-aided design for finlines and suspended-substrate microstrip lines

The computer-aided design of finlines and suspended-substrate microstrip lines are investigated. The numerical results of this paper show good agreement with those computed by other techniques for unilateral finlines and open suspended microstrip lines. The approach of this paper may be used to the computer-aided design of many other kinds of transmission lines and circuits for millimeter wave applications.     

The dispersion characteristics of shielded microstrip lines on magnetized ferrite and anisotropic dielectric substrates

The dispersion characteristics of the dominant mode in shielded microstrip lines on magnetized ferrite and anisotropic dielectric substrates have been obtained. The solution is obtained by applying the transverse equivalent transmission line in the spectral domain and Galerkin's method. Numerical results for the frequency-dependent propagation constants are presented which could be used in designing directional couplers and isolators.     

Accurate Design of Finline Tapers for Millimeter Wave Applications

The design of nonuniform bilateral finlines on anisotropic substrates for millimeter wave applications is presented. The taper consists of a planar circuit with smooth variation of the slot width profile along the structure. The spectral domain method and Galerkin procedure are combined with the transmission line theory for studying the behavior of tapered bilateral finlines and evaluation of their design parameters. The influence of the substrate anisotropy on the propagation characteristics of these structures is also examined. This technique is general and can be applied to investigate a broad class of planar transmission line tapers.     

Control of the sensitivity of CRLH interdigital microstrip balanced structures using a co-design genetic algorithm approach

A fully automated tool for designing CRLH interdigital microstrip structures using a co-design synthesis computational approach is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. This approach uses an electromagnetic simulator in conjunction with a genetic algorithm to synthesize and optimize a balanced CRLH interdigital microstrip transmission line. The high sensitivity of a long balanced transmission line to fabrication tolerances is controlled by the use of a high precision 3D simulator. The 2.5D simulator used was found insufficient for a large number of unit cells. A 13 UC CRLH transmission line is designed with the proposed approach. The response sensitivity of the balanced transmission lines to the over/under-etching factor is highlighted by comparing the measurements of four lines with different factors. The effect of over/under-etching is significant for values larger than 10 μm.     

利用微带传输线获取连续可调任意整形电脉冲

讨论了利用微带传输线获取可调任意整形电脉冲的方法，并从理论上分析了最优化设计的问题，以此为依据所设计的微带传输线，在实验中获得了形状和连续可调性都比较满意的波形。     

Accurate Analysis of Microstrip Lines on Lossy Biaxial Anisotropic Substrates

We have studied the behavior of the microstrip lines on lossy biaxial anisotropic dielectric substrates. A spectral-domain moment method is used with the Galerkin testing procedure to determine the dispersion characteristics of single and coupled lines. Modes of both even and odd symmetries are included. It is found that the anisotropy of the substrate has a significant influence on the propagation characteristics. The theory is verified by comparison with previously published data.     

Full-Wave Analysis of Inside Cylindrical Microstrip Lines by Finite Element Method

In this paper, a full-wave analysis using finite element method is presented to investigate the dispersion characteristics of inside cylindrical microstrip lines, which are essential to the design of some conformal microstrip circuits in millimeter wave bands. Numerical results of frequency-dependent effective dielectric constants are given for different structural dimensions and dielectric constants of substrate. Some useful conclusions are derived for the design of the special conformal microstrip lines.     

Automated synthesis of transmission lines loaded with complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) and open complementary split ring resonators (OCSRRs) through aggressive space mapping (ASM)

This paper is focused on the application of space mapping optimization to the automated synthesis of transmission lines loaded with complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) and open complementary split ring resonators (OCSRRs). These structures are of interest for the implementation of resonant-type metamaterial transmission lines and for the design of planar microwave circuits based on such complementary resonators. The paper presents a method to generate the layouts of CSRR- and OCSRR-loaded microstrip lines from the elements of their equivalent circuit models. Using the so-called aggressive space mapping, a specific implementation that uses quasi-Newton type iteration, we have developed synthesis algorithms that are able to provide the topology of these CSRR- and OCSRR-loaded lines in few steps. The most relevant aspect, however, is that this synthesis process is completely automatic, i.e., it does not require any action from the designers, other than initiating the algorithm. Moreover, this technique can be translated to other electrically small planar elements described by lumped element equivalent circuit models.     

新型小型化的平面左手介质微带线及其后向波特性验证

基于裂缝谐振环结构的降频技术,首先设计了一种电尺寸较小的左手介质微带线单元,并根据电磁波在微带线上的传输和反射数据,分别计算了左手介质的有效介电常数和有效磁导率.之后针对左手介质八元阵列进行三维电磁仿真实验,结果表明该八元阵列在左手介质频段上具有独特的后向波效应,从而证实了该左手介质频段的存在.与传统的左手介质微带单元相比,阐述的左手介质单元的电尺寸减小了60%,而且结构简单,便于加工,适用于平面电路器件的小型化等应用研究工作. 关键词： 左手介质 小型化 双负特性 后向波特性     

Effects of substrate anisotropy on the dispersion of transient signals in microstrip lines

The analysis of dispersion characteristics of transient signal in microstrip lines with anisotropic substrate is developed here, with particular attention directed toward the effects of arbitrary orientations of the principal optical axis in anisotropic substrates. Numerical simulations are carried out for the propagation of transient signals, square or Guassian pulses, along microstrips with anisotropic substrates. It is shown that the dispersion characteristics is substantially affected by the change of the orientation angle of the principal optical axis in the substrate.     

An improved approximation to the microstrip line capacitance

A new empirical formula is presented for the normalised capacitance of microstrip lines. The formula uses a single equation to represent the microstrip line capacitance over the useful range of the aspect ratio. The maximum error of the new formula is contained within 0.8 percent and the relative root-mean-square error is contained within 0.55 percent. The new formula can be easily implemented in computeraided design and analysis as well as in hand calculations using pocket calculators.     

Bragg Reflectors and Resonators in Microstrip Technology Based on Electromagnetic Crystal Structures

Recently, new promising two-dimensional (2-D) Photonic Bandgap Structures (PBG), or more properly Electromagnetic Crystal Structures, for microstrip lines have been proposed. In this paper, we analyze these structures in a manner like a Bragg reflector in optical wavelengths. Joining two of such Bragg like reflectors by means of a conventional microstrip transmission line allows one to design Bragg Resonators. The 2-D periodic pattern of the electromagnetic crystal structure is implemented with circles etched in the ground plane of the microstrip line by means of a numerical milling machine. Simulations have been performed by using HP ^TM Momentum and MDS software, and in accordance with the measurements give, for the Electromagnetic Crystal Structures, new promising potential applications both in microwave and millimeter wave integrated circuits, and also in the experimentation of expensive short wavelength (including photonic) devices by using simpler and cheaper microwave down scaling.     

基于变芯径光纤的光学系统在光造型中的应用

光学系统采用变芯径光纤，可大幅度提高光的传输效率，增加光学子系统柔性。描述了光造型工作原理及其理论依据，在介绍所研制的光的成型系统光学子系统的基础上，阐述了紫外光源的选择与设计，及变芯径光纤的设计、传输、耦合与聚焦等技术。该套基于变芯径光纤的光学子系统成本低、体积小、效率高，巳成功应用于所研制的台式低成本快速成型系统中，为该系统的进一步推广奠定了技术基础。     

A five port hybrid ring mixer design

The design, construction and measured experimental characteristics of a Ka-band balanced mixer based on microstrip technology, are presented. The mixer was realised using a configuration of a rat-race hybrid with five ports and two GaAs beam lead Schottky diodes. This type of balanced mixer is advantageous because it avoids via holes, airbridges and crossing transmission lines that deteriorate the performance of the circuit, and make its construction more difficult. The circuit was constructed in uniplanar microstrip configuration, so the circuits pattern was defined on one side of the substrate only, using thin film techniques. Performance characteristics of the mixer are presented as a function of RF and LO power, RF frequency and voltage bias of the Schottky diodes.     

Distributed variable-capacitance microstrip lines for microwave applications

Variable-capacitance microstrip lines are easily prepared on semiconducting substrate by use of IC-technology yielding a form of distributed nonlinear transmission line for high-frequency operation. Its cross section may be adequate to that of any varactor diode. Wave propagation determined by a very slow TM-surface mode is described by a general equivalent circuit thus characterizing the nonlinear properties of such lines. Optimum performance together with attainable configurations and possible applications are discussed.     

馈电损耗及高辐射效率微带天线阵研究

 根据串、并馈电微带天线阵列结构,建立了各自等效参数模型,定量分析了微带馈电网络功率损耗对微带天线阵列增益的影响,借助微带线和同轴电缆组成的低损耗混合馈电网络,采用串并馈电方式,完成了C波段4×24元高效率微带天线阵的设计。实测天线阵的各项指标均优于设计要求,其中阵列增益达到25.4 dB,实现了64.5%的辐射效率,较相同阵元数目的微带串馈列实测增益提高1.1 dB,与等效参数理论计算结果很好地吻合。     

Microstrip Resonators and Broadband Lines for X-band EPR Spectroscopy of Molecular Nanomagnets

We present a practical setup to perform continuous-wave X-band electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy by using planar microstrip lines and general purpose instrumentation. We fabricated Ag/alumina and Nb/sapphire microstrip resonators and transmission lines and compared their performance down to 2 K and under applied magnetic field. We used these devices to study single crystals of molecular Cr\(_{3}\) nanomagnets. By means of X-band planar resonators we measured angle-dependent spectra at fixed frequency, while broadband transmission lines were used to measure continuous wave spectra with varying frequency in the range 2–25 GHz. The spectra acquired at low temperatures allowed to extract the essential parameters of the low-lying energy levels of Cr\(_{3}\) and demonstrate that this method is particularly suitable to study small crystals of molecular nanomagnets.     

Modeling the wave parameters of a narrow slotted transmission line based on a superconducting film

An analytical expression for calculating the wave parameters of a narrow-slot transmission line is found in the quasistatic approximation. A two-fluid model is used for analyzing processes in a superconducting film of thickness comparable to the London penetration depth. The wave parameters of the slotted line are calculated under assumptions about the current distribution near the edges of the slot which are analogous to those used previously for analyzing microstrip and coplanar lines. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 67, 94–97 (September 1997)