太赫兹片上系统和基于微纳结构的太赫兹超宽谱源的研究进展

目前太赫兹辐射信号的功率不高,辐射带宽也较窄,这些对于生物化学、含能材料的太赫兹检测应用领域来说是一大限制因素,因此如何获得宽谱高功率的太赫兹源对于太赫兹时域光谱系统的发展是非常重要的;另一方面,常规的太赫兹系统是在自由空间传输探测的,测量过程需要在氮气或者干燥空气环境中进行,以克服空气中水的吸收干扰,同时自由空间中的光场与物质相互作用的模式又降低了物质检测的灵敏度,这对于痕量物质检测来说构成了挑战.面对这一问题,太赫兹片上系统利用微纳结构中的局域场效应实现对物质的低浓度检测,此方案有助于解决这一应用难题.综上所述,本文分成以下两部分阐述:首先阐述了纳米金属薄膜作为新的太赫兹源,它可以同时产生非相干的和相干的太赫兹信号,其输出为超过100 THz的太赫兹-红外辐射,功率高达10 mW,这种超宽谱和高功率现象主要是由于非相干的热辐射效应引起的;第二,阐述了基于不同传输线结构、不同基底材料的太赫兹片上系统结构设计和光谱应用.基于共面带状线结构和聚合物材料基底的太赫兹片上系统有着较低的损耗,能够实现超过2 THz带宽的测量和生物化学应用.     

T形高功率微波功率合成器的初步实验研究

 初步实验研究一种新型插片式功率合成器,它具有结构紧凑、容易加工、功率容量高等优点。该器件通过在两个相互垂直的过模矩形波导中放置两组金属插板,来实现线极化高功率微波的双路非相干通道功率合成。在对该器件进行初步结构优化设计的基础上,对器件进行了初步实验研究。冷测实验结果表明：该器件在两个通道中均有效实现了单模传输,器件的反射损耗小于0.4 dB;热测实验结果表明：器件可以承受2 GW以上的高功率,功率容量满足需求。     

紧凑型矩形波导内功率合成器设计

介绍了一种基于常规速调管功率合成和脉冲压缩的微波源系统,为实现多路高峰值功率速调管的功率合成,设计了一种紧凑型、近平面结构的微波功率合成器。在2.856 GHz频点处,合成器各端口反射损耗和相对端口隔离度均大于45 dB。当两路峰值功率为50 MW的微波功率合成时,合成器内的最大场强约为9.6 MV/m,合成效率大于99%。在四端口功率合成器的基础上,通过两级合成可实现一种八端口微波功率合成器,当四路峰值功率50 MW的微波功率合成时,合成器内最大场强约为13.5 MV/m。     

基于人工传输线的小型平衡型Wilkinson功分器（英）

提出了一种基于人工传输线并采用双面平行带状线实现的小型平衡型Wilkinson功分器。该器件采用人工传输线取代传统传输线以减少电路尺寸,同时引入双面平行带状线结构用来实现功分器平衡的功能。设计的功分器尺寸仅为传统Wilkinson功分器的25%。测试结果表明,设计制作的平衡Wilkinson功分器在0.83 GHz至1.05 GHz带宽范围内相位平衡度1.28,幅度平衡度0.17 dB,回波损耗大于16.79 dB,端口隔离度大于16.21 dB。测量结果和仿真结果吻合良好,证实了该功分器具有良好的性能。     

一种T形高功率微波功率合成器

提出了一种新型功率合成器,其工作原理为:通过在两个相互垂直的过模矩形波导中放置两组相互垂直的金属插板,对具有不同极化方向的矩形波导TE10模进行隔离传输,实现高功率微波的双路通道功率合成。基于这一原理初步设计了一个中心频率为9.55 GHz的功率合成器,并进行了数值模拟。模拟结果表明:这种功率合成器可以承受高功率,单通道工作时的功率容量分别大于7.31 GW和6.83 GW,中心频率上两个通道的单模功率传输效率分别达到了98%和99%,反射损耗分别小于-36 dB和-21 dB,通道之间的耦合损耗分别小于-30 dB和-45 dB。     

Design of a Broadband E-Plane Power Combiner Based on Quarter-Arc Bent Rectangular Waveguides for Sub-THz and THz Wave

A method of designing an E-plane power combiner composed of two quarter-arc bent rectangular waveguides is proposed for sub-THz and THz waves.The quarter-arc bent-waveguide power combiner has a simple geometry which is easy to design and fabricate.By HFSS codes,the physical mechanism and performance of the power combiner are analyzed,and the relationship between the output characteristics and the structure/operating parameters is given.Simulation results show that our power combiner is suitable for the combining of two equalpower and reversed-phase signals,the bandwidth of the combiner is wide and can be adjusted by the radius of the quarter-arc,and the isolation performance of the combiner can be improved by adding thin film resistive septa at the junction of two quarter-arc bent waveguides.Meanwhile,an approximate method based on the analytic geometrical analysis is given to design this power combiner for different frequency bands.     

一种矩形腔式高功率合成器的设计

研究了一种基于矩形腔式功率合成的射频高功率合成器。该合成器可以实现功放模块与合成器的直接耦合,合成效率高,功率容量大,且功率容量可调,可以很好地满足目前CiADS中对固态发射机功率容量的梯度要求。12合1矩形腔式功率合成器仿真结果表明,合成器各输入端到输出端的幅度传输和相位传输具有很好的一致性,最大偏差分别在0.05 dB和0.5°以内,调节功放模块数量可以调节发射机的功率容量。     

A Novel Millimeter-Wave Power Combining Circuit

This paper presents the analysis and design of a novel millimeter-wave power combining circuit. This combing circuit is composed of a new style 3-dB combiner, which achieves low-loss, wide-band, and symmetric power division. Different from conventional Wilkinson hybrid, the proposed combiner requires no isolating resistor, and is easier fabricated and more suitable for millimeter integrate circuits. Analytical and experimental work on a two-way combining circuit with wave-guide ports in Ka-band shows the combiner has an insertion loss of 0.2dB, and a power-combining efficiency above 80% in 32–33GHz is obtained.     

环状烯烃聚合物基底材料的太赫兹复介电常数和损耗特性研究

太赫兹时域光谱(THz-TDS)已被用于研究包括液体,半导体,爆炸物和气体等多种材料。然而自由空间太赫兹光谱系统存在着一些检测局限性,如微量物质难以被检测、系统尺寸难以实现微型化、空气中水的强烈吸收引起的信号衰减较大等问题。为了解决这些问题,研究人员设计了基于金属波导传输线结构的太赫兹芯片集成器件,通过飞秒红外激光激励传输线上的光电导材料实现太赫兹波的产生和检测。然而,在这些芯片上传输的太赫兹信号的频谱宽度很难达到自由空间太赫兹时域光谱系统的频带宽度,一个重要原因是由于传输信号受到随频率增加的传输线损耗所导致的衰减。通常这些损耗主要由三个部分组成：导体损耗,介电损耗和辐射损耗。研究表明：使用低介电常数材料作为共面传输线的衬底,将减少这种介电常数的失配,从而避免冲击波辐射损失;使用具有低损耗角正切的基底材料可以减少太赫兹传输线的损耗。环烯烃聚合物(COP)是一种具有环状烯烃结构的非晶性透明共聚物的材料,在太赫兹波段具有很高的透射率,为了探究这种材料是否能用于共面传输线的衬底,需要通过太赫兹时域光谱技术和介电函数理论分析它在太赫兹频段的光谱和介电特性,以及对这种材料作为基底时用在太赫兹传输线的传输特性进行仿真计算分析。使用透射式太赫兹时域光谱系统,对三种COP、熔融石英和PMMA进行了光谱测试,提取了它们的透射时域信号,采用Dorney和Duvillaret等提出的物理模型计算复介电函数。实验表明：与其他两种材料相比,COP材料在1 THz处的透过率更高,可以达到94.5%,同时介电损耗和介电常数更低,其中介电损耗在1 THz处达到4.31×10-4,因此将COP作为传输线基底材料时能有效减少基底的介电损耗。同时COP材料的介电常数在0.2～2.8 THz范围内维持在约2.3的水平,也有效减弱了辐射损耗。对实验材料基底组成的共面波导传输线进行了HFSS模拟,获得了它们的正向传输衰减系数(S₂₁ parameter),并对由基底引起的介电损耗和辐射损耗进行了计算分析。模拟和计算结果也表明在同一传输线结构下,与其他材料相比COP作为基底时的损耗更小。通过太赫兹时域光谱法与介电响应分析,表明了在太赫兹波段具有较低介电常数的COP材料更适合作为太赫兹传输线结构的基底材料,它可以有效的降低因基底引起的介电损耗和辐射损耗。这为太赫兹传输线的设计过程中衬底材料的选择与应用提供了实验和理论依据。     

Design of Low-Profile Millimeter-Wave Substrate Integrated Waveguide Power Divider/Combiner

A low-profile millimeter-wave substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) power divider/combiner is presented in this paper. The simplified model of this compact SIW power dividing/combining structure has been developed. Analysis based on equivalent circuits gives the design formula for perfect power dividing/combining. In order to verify the validity of the design method, a four-way SIW power divider/combiner circuit operating at Ka band is designed, fabricated and measured. Good agreement between simulated and measured results is found for the proposed passive power divider/combiner. Experiments on the four-way passive divider/combiner back-to-back design demonstrate a minimum overall insertion loss of 1.5 dB at 31.1 GHz, corresponding to a power-combining efficiency of 84%. The measured 10-dB return loss bandwidth is demonstrated to be 2.2 GHz, and its 0.5-dB bandwidth was 2 GHz.     

Photonic generation of high quality frequency-tunable millimeter wave and terahertz wave

A scheme for the photonic generation of frequency-tunable millimeter wave and terahertz wave signals based on a highly flat optical frequency comb is proposed and demonstrated experimentally.The frequency comb is generated using two cascaded phase modulators(PMs)and an electro-absorption modulator(EAM).The frequency comb covers a 440-GHz frequency range,with 40-GHz comb spacing and less than 2-dB amplitude variation.By filtering out two of the comb lines with 50 dB out of the band suppression ratio,high frequency-purity and low phase noise millimeter wave or terahertz wave signals are successfully generated,with frequencies ranging from 40 to 440 GHz.     

多功能太赫兹超表面偏振控制器

本文提出了一种“金属栅-开口环/硅环-金属栅”结构的透射式超表面偏振控制器, 研究了入射角度和抽运光对该器件传输及偏振态控制性能的影响. 研究结果表明, 当线偏振太赫兹波垂直入射时, 可对0.39-1.11 THz频段的太赫兹波实现偏振方向90°旋转, 偏振旋转效率为99%, 损耗为1 dB. 对于斜入射的情况, 偏振转换性能在0-60°范围内基本保持不变, 且透过率达到90%以上. 同时, 通过调控抽运光强度的方式, 该器件能够实现对透射与反射太赫兹光束的强度调制, 调制深度均达到90%, 且可以实现太赫兹波偏振分束功能. 该器件可以作为未来太赫兹空间光通信和信息处理的宽带、角度不敏感、可调谐的偏振转换器和分束器.     

A novel integrated MEMS helix antenna for terahertz applications

This paper reports the design and analysis of a novel helix antenna based on Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, which is used in terahertz (THz) applications. The structure of the antenna includes two parts, the metallic helix and the coplanar waveguide (CPW) on the substrate for feed, the fabrication of the structure needs only one wafer, and the antenna can be easily integrated with other parts of on-chip circuits. There are many tunable parameters of the helix, so that high performance THz antenna can be achieved by optimizing these parameters. The proposed antenna can be manufactured by MEMS processing with low fabrication cost, suitable for many terahertz systems.     

X波段高峰值功率速调管功率合成器设计

 基于微波电路理论和EBMA(extended boundary condition model analysis)电磁计算方法,先后设计了一个工作在9 GHz的4合1和8合1功率合成器。功率合成器可将多个侧壁矩形波导中相同输入的TE10模电磁波在中心圆波导中以TE01模式输出,实现功率的合成。利用EBMA方法和CST软件对所设计功率合成器的传输系数进行了计算,在中心频率9 GHz处,计算结果分别为1.00和0.99,从而验证了功率合成器具有良好的功率合成效果。对于8合1功率合成器,还根据模型简化的想法,使得功率合成器加载后,对输出腔间隙阻抗的计算成为可能。     

Circuit analysis of the compound quasi-optical power combiner

In 1991, we developed a new type of quasi-optical power combiner, called a compound quasi-optical power combiner, at Ka-band. In this paper, the circuit of such a compound quasi-optical power combiner is analysed. Its equivalent circuit model is proposed. The circuit equations, the balance condition, the injection locking and the stabilized condition of the compound quasi-optical power combiner are studed by the equivalent circuit model. As an example, a compound quasi-optical power combiner which consists of two single—cavity, two—device power combiners is analysed     

合肥光源40kW高频固态发射机的研制进展

介绍了用于合肥光源800 MeV电子储存环高频系统的204 MHz,40 kW固态发射机的研制进展。该发射机为双塔结构,由130个330 W功放模块进行三级合成。其关键部件的样件包括10路功放和2.5kW八合一,20 kW八合一以及40 kW二合一功率合成器各1件的制作和测试已完成。测得各合成器输出端驻波比不超过1.05,功放模块的增益达到26 dB,幅相偏差小于0.1 dB和5°,达到设计要求。     

A method for designing a variable-channel high-power cavity combiner

Cavity combiners have been put forward for high power combining due to their advantages of larger combining ability,variable input channels and less power loss.For a high power cavity combiner,it is better to keep the power loss ratio in a reasonable range,because large power loss would lead to strict requirements on the cooling system.A combiner with variable input channels is convenient for outputting different power levels according to practical demands.In this paper,a method for designing a variable-channel high-power cavity combiner is proposed,based on the relation between input and output coupling coefficients obtained by analyzing the equivalent circuit of the cavity combiner.This method can put the designed cavity combiner in a matching state and keep its power loss rate in a reasonable range as the number of input channels changes.As an example,a cavity combiner with 500 MHz and variable input channels from 16 to 64 is designed,and the simulation results show that our proposed method is feasible.     

基于过模波导的高功率微波准相干功率合成器

研究了一种用于功率合成的GW级高功率微波功率合成器。该合成器工作在X波段,输入微波由2路工作频率不同的X波段的微波源产生。为了满足输出功率和功率容量的要求,用于功率合成的微波源工作段波导的过模因子为12.7,这给功率合成器的设计带来了一定的困难。着重讨论了如何利用过模波导设计X波段高功率合成器,研究了如何抑制过模波导的高次模式并提高其功率容量和传输效率。设计的功率合成器单路传输效率达到99.0%以上,允许的最大输出功率达到5.6 GW以上,还可以按照需求适当增大高度,以进一步提高其功率容量而不影响传输效率。     

基于自适应随机共振理论的太赫兹雷达信号检测方法

太赫兹雷达系统在差频信号频谱分析过程中,干扰噪声影响其测距能力.针对上述问题,提出基于自适应随机共振理论的太赫兹雷达信号检测方法,通过对含噪差频信号进行二次采样,利用自适应随机共振系统提取信号,进行尺度恢复完成测距计算.实验数据显示,不同测量距离时,相较于快速傅里叶变换法,输出信噪比的平均增益为9.684 d B,其中测量距离为1000 mm处,差频信号初始频谱值提高了64.1倍,系统信噪比增益为11.761 d B;相较于滤波法,在测量距离为1000 mm处信噪比增益最大,提高了70.56%;输入噪声强度为1—5 V之间时,输出信噪比曲线的曲率相对于滤波法降低了86.5%,其中噪声强度为5 V时信噪比增益最大,为14.018 d B.实验表明太赫兹雷达系统的测距能力大幅提高.