Photonic crystals: a new quasi-optical component for high-power microwaves

Author

Agi, Kamil ; Moreland, Larald D. ; Schamiloglu, Ed ; Mojahedi, Mohammad ; Malloy, Kevin J. ; Brown, Elliott R.

Author_Institution

Center for High Technol. Mater., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1067

Lastpage

1071

Abstract

The interaction of a high-power microwave beam with a face-centered-cubic photonic crystal is studied. A Sinus-6 high-power relativistic repetitively pulsed electron beam accelerator was used to drive a slow wave structure in vacuum to generate 450 MW at 9.65 GHz. It is shown that the photonic crystal, comprised of a periodic arrangement of air holes in a dielectric host, is capable of performing as a quasi-optical reflector similar to a metal. The crystals can be designed to operate as efficient frequency-selective reflectors over narrow frequency ranges. We propose that photonic crystals can have many applications in high-power microwave research

Keywords

microwave devices; slow wave structures; 450 MW; 9.65 GHz; Sinus-6 high-power relativistic repetitively pulsed electron beam accelerator; air holes; dielectric host; face-centered-cubic crystal; frequency-selective reflectors; high-power microwave beam interaction; metal; periodic arrangement; photonic crystals; quasioptical component; slow wave structure; Antennas and propagation; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Electron beams; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Optical losses; Particle beams; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.533114

Filename

533114