Propagation constant measurements of silver nanowires, carbon nanotubes and graphene at 75–110 GHz

Author

Nefedova, I.I. ; Lioubtchenko, D.V. ; Raisanen, A.V.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng., Aalto Univ., Espoo, Finland

fYear

2014

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

640

Lastpage

643

Abstract

The results from our efforts to characterize propagation constant of carbon nanotube, graphene and silver nanowire layers in the frequency range of 75 to 110 GHz are presented. The method is based on measurements of propagation characteristics of a dielectric rod waveguide unloaded and loaded with the layers under study. The losses caused by carbon nanotube layers can be explained by high absorption. The losses caused by silver nanowires and graphene are quite low. Measurement results agree well with the simulations.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; dielectric waveguides; graphene; losses; millimetre wave measurement; nanowires; silver; carbon nanotube layer; dielectric rod waveguide loaded; dielectric rod waveguide unloaded; frequency 75 GHz to 110 GHz; graphene; high absorption; losses; nanowire layer; propagation constant measurements; Carbon nanotubes; Dielectrics; Frequency measurement; Graphene; Nanowires; Optical waveguides; Silver; carbon nanotubes; graphene; millimeter waves; silver nanowires dielectric rod waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European

Conference_Location

Rome

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986515

Filename

6986515