• DocumentCode
    2245841
  • Title

    Study of the impedance mismatch at the end-facet of a parallel plate waveguide operating in the THz regime

  • Author

    Mbonye, M.K. ; Mendis, R. ; Mittleman, D.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the impedance mismatch for terahertz waves propagating in a parallel plate waveguide via the TEM mode. The impedance mismatch is found to be a strong function of the plate separation.
  • Keywords
    impedance matching; microwave photonics; optical waveguides; parallel plate waveguides; terahertz wave devices; TEM mode; impedance mismatch; parallel plate waveguide; plate separation; terahertz waves; Impedance; Metals; Mirrors; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Reflection; Waveguide theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950847