Title :
Transmission-line metamaterial antennas for THz quantum-cascade lasers
Author :
Williams, Benjamin S. ; Tavallaee, Amir Ali ; Hon, Philip ; Liu, Zhijun ; Chen, QiSheng ; Itoh, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Abstract :
We present a scheme for achieving active composite right/left handed (CRLH) transmission line metamaterial waveguides in the THz by loading THz QC-laser metal-metal waveguides with sub-wavelength capacitive and inductive structures. We discuss our progress in using transmission-line metamaterial concepts for the engineering of THz active leaky-wave antennas that provide amplification and exhibit beam steering.
Keywords :
Dispersion; Laser beams; Metamaterials; Power transmission lines; Quantum cascade lasers; Waveguide lasers; leaky-wave antennas; terahertz quantum-cascade lasers; transmission-line metamaterials;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259609
