Title :
Properties of metallic microwave-scale Mach-Zehnder interferometers for dielectric resonator tuning
Author :
De Los Santos, Hector J. ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Rusch, Christian
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron., Karlsruher Inst. fur Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Modulation of the properties of metallic microwave-scale Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZI) coupled to dielectric resonators (DR) may be used to tune the resonance frequency of the latter. A report is presented on a theoretical study of the intrinsic tuning properties of a MZI-DR-transmission line system, of the type employed in DR oscillators, in particular, the tuning range and quality factor.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Q-factor; dielectric resonator oscillators; microwave resonators; tuning; DR oscillators; MZI-DR-transmission line system; dielectric resonator tuning; intrinsic tuning properties; metallic microwave scale Mach-Zehnder interferometer; quality factor; resonance frequency tuning; tuning range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.0508
