Title :
Dual polarized leaky wave antenna coupled KIDs for THz space applications
Author :
Llombart, Nuria ; Bueno, J. ; Yurduseven, Ozan ; Baselmans, Jochem ; Neto, Augusto
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. of Deft, Deft, Netherlands
Abstract :
This contribution presents the design of a dual polarized leaky lens antenna coupled to a Kinetic Inductance Detector (KID) in order to enable a broadband THz detector for future space applications. The designed antenna presents high aperture efficiency and clean symmetric patterns.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; leaky wave antennas; lens antennas; terahertz wave detectors; THz space applications; broadband THz detector; clean symmetric patterns; coupled KID; coupled kinetic inductance detector; dual polarized leaky lens antenna; dual polarized leaky wave antenna; high aperture efficiency; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Dielectrics; Instruments; Lenses;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956409
