Radiation Pattern Measurements of an Integrated Transverse Electromagnetic Horn Antenna Using a Terahertz Photomixing Setup

Author

Prissette, L. ; Ducournau, Guillaume ; Akalin, T. ; Peytavit, E. ; Beck, A. ; Zaknoune, M. ; Ducatteau, D. ; Lampin, J.F.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Microelectron. & Nanotechnol. (I.E.M.N.), Villeneuve-d´´Ascq, France

Volume

21

Issue

1

fYear

2011

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

51

Abstract

We report experimental radiation pattern measurements of a transverse electromagnetic horn antenna at the millimetric/sub-millimetric frontier (280-350 GHz). The antenna is fed by a monolithically integrated uni-travelling-carrier photodiode illuminated by an optical beatnote (photomixing) at 1.55 μm. The detection is performed using an electronic sub-harmonic mixer and the whole characterization system is working at room temperature. Radiation patterns are measured in the E-plane and compared with electromagnetic simulations with a good agreement.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; microwave antennas; millimetre wave antennas; photodiodes; electromagnetic simulations; electronic subharmonic mixer; frequency 280 GHz to 350 GHz; integrated transverse electromagnetic horn antenna; monolithically integrated unitravelling-carrier photodiode; optical beatnote; photomixing; radiation pattern measurements; terahertz photomixing setup; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Brain modeling; Directive antennas; Horn antennas; Lenses; Microwave antennas; Horn antennas; photodiodes; submillimeter wave antennas; submillimeter wave generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2010.2088383

Filename

5648371