Dielectric waveguides at submillimeter wavelengths

Author

Weinzierl, J. ; Fluhrer, Ch. ; Brand, H.

Author_Institution

Lehrstuhl fur Hochfrequenztech., Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Sep 1998

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

169

Abstract

A flexible waveguide system has been simulated using the field calculation program MAFIA, for the first time realised for frequencies up to 150 GHz and operated in two applications. The flexible waveguide system consists of a rectangular, dielectric fibre made of polyethylene combined with optimised tapers and waveguide adapters, which makes the flexible waveguide easy to use in combination with conventional waveguides. A minimum attenuation of 4 dB/m at 140 GHz; has been obtained with the dielectric waveguides, which is about 6 dB less than the measured attenuation of D-band waveguides operated at the same frequency. Additionally the phase shift of the flexible waveguides for different bending radii as well as the influence of different tapered fibre terminations was measured and is reported

Keywords

dielectric waveguides; flexible structures; rectangular waveguides; submillimetre wave devices; waveguide discontinuities; 140 to 150 GHz; MAFIA; bending radii; dielectric waveguides; field calculation program; flexible waveguide system; optimised tapers; phase shift; polyethylene; rectangular dielectric fibre; submillimeter wavelengths; waveguide adapters; Antennas and propagation; Attenuation; Dielectric measurements; Frequency measurement; Geometry; Horn antennas; Polyethylene; Rectangular waveguides; Waveguide components; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Terahertz Electronics Proceedings, 1998. THz Ninety Eight. 1998 IEEE Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Leeds

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4903-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/THZ.1998.731707

Filename

731707