Experimental realisation of integrated THz electromagnetic crystals (EMXT) H-plane horn antenna

Author

Liu, Yanbing ; Si, L.M. ; Zhu, S.H. ; Xin, Huanhai

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing, China

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

82

Abstract

An integrated terahertz (THz) H-plane horn antenna made of an electromagnetic crystals (EMXT) straight waveguide feed and a gradually flared horn is investigated. The EMXT structure is composed of metallised periodic square rods with dimensions of 48×48×241××m (width×length×height). The THz horn antenna is simulated using the finite element method and fabricated by microelectromechanical systems technology on silicon substrate. Measured attenuation loss of the EMXT straight waveguide is 0.17×dB per wavelength at 0.5×THz (××600××m). Good radiation patterns with 25× half power beam width and a low sidelobe of ×18.2×dB in the H-plane are demonstrated at 0.5×THz.

Keywords

finite element analysis; horn antennas; EMXT straight waveguide; finite element method; frequency 0.5 THz; integrated THz electromagnetic crystal; integrated terahertz H-plane horn antenna; loss 0.17 dB; metallised periodic square rod; microelectromechanical system technology; radiation pattern; silicon substrate; waveguide feed; wavelength 600 mum;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2010.3493

Filename

5699983