Title :
The complete set of dyadic Green´s functions for the parallel-plate chirowaveguide and the application to the coaxial-probe excitation method
Author :
Hui, Hon-Tat ; Yung, Edward K N ; Sheng, Xin-Qing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
fDate :
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The complete set of four spatial-domain electromagnetic dyadic Green´s functions are rigorously derived for the parallel-plate chirowaveguide. These dyadic Green´s functions are presented in the cylindrical coordinates, which are found to facilitate numerical calculations. An electric-field integral equation for the coaxial-probe excitation problem is formulated using the dyadic Green´s functions, and the moment-method solution is sought. The probe admittance and current distribution along the probe at different chiral levels are obtained. Results show that a substantially higher admittance level is obtained, but the admittance bandwidth decreases with the chiral parameter. Stopbands at which no net power input into the waveguide are observed. This characteristic is found to have no match in the nonchiral waveguide. The computed current distribution along the probe shows a greater current magnitude than that of the nonchiral waveguide. The validity of the numerical solution is checked with the measured values for the nonchiral case.
Keywords :
Galerkin method; Green´s function methods; boundary-value problems; chirowaveguides; current distribution; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; electric field integral equations; method of moments; parallel plate waveguides; waveguide theory; Galerkin method; admittance bandwidth; coaxial-probe excitation method; current distribution; cylindrical coordinates; dyadic Green´s functions; eigenfunctions; electric-field integral equation; moment-method solution; parallel-plate chirowaveguide; probe admittance; spatial-domain Green´s functions; Admittance; Bandwidth; Coaxial components; Current distribution; Electromagnetic waveguides; Green´s function methods; Integral equations; Moment methods; Probes; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on