International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Accuracy of equivalent circuit models of periodic grids is investigated in amplitude and phase in the visible region. The grids studied here are one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) inductive thin metal meshes. They are located in free space and are illuminated by a plane wave under normal incidence. The range of validity and the accuracy of conventional circuit models are defined by comparison with rigorous results obtained with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method. In particular, it is shown that electrical models of 1D grids are accurate, whereas equivalent circuits of 2D grids should be used very cautiously. Then, a new formulation is proposed to overcome this major drawback. In the non-diffraction region, the agreement between our model and the FDTD results is within 2% for the power reflectivity and 1° for the phase over a very wide range of strip widths.

This paper proposes a new crosstie overlay slow-wave structure for a traveling-wave electro-optical modulator and presents a design method including design considerations for the optimum structure. This structure can be designed to satisfy the phase velocity and impedance matching conditions simultaneously over a broad spectral bandwidth. This idea can be applied to a number of electrode structures for broadband traveling-wave optical modulators.

The previous theory ((2,6)) of microwave open resonators has been improved, which can be applicable not only to simple cavities, but also to complex cavities. The comparison between calculations and experimental results shows tha the diffraction Q value of an open resonator may be obtained more precisely from the modified theory than one from the previous theory. According to the theory suggested here, many complex cavities, e.g. a complex cavity with a fourcavity chain, have been analyzed and calculated. It is seen that a variety of field profile forms can exist in complex cavities by adjustment of their cavity geometry.

The characteristic equation is solved for oversized slab and cylindrical hollow waveguides. The outter medium is a dielectric or a metal for cylindrical waveguides, and a dielectric for slab waveguides. The results are applied to consider the resonance conditions for a FIR laser cavity.

Design of a CW 1 THz gyrotron at second harmonic operation using a 20 T superconducting magnet has been described. The mode competition analysis is employed to investigate operation conditions of second harmonic mode, which is being excited at the frequency ranging from 920 GHz to 1014 GHz. The output power up to 250 watt corresponding to the efficiency of 4.16 percent could be achieved by using an electron beam with accelerating voltage 30 kV and current 200 mA. The important advantage of this gyrotron is that the single mode excitation at second harmonic, and extremely high frequency of the radiation, could be maintained even at high currents. It opens possibility to realize a high power radiation source at 1 THz. Such gyrotron is under construction at FIR Center, University of Fukui.

Based on the wave theory of light and taken the random polarizations of signal and crosstalk into consideration, bit error rate (BER) and power penalties (PP) of optical cross-connects are calculated using the so-called saddlepoint approximation which is improved. The calculated results agree well with the results of experiment and Gauss approximation, shown highly calculated precision of the improved saddlepoint approximation. We also show that BER and PP for systems with random-polarizations are much smaller than that for systems with matched-polarizations when the number N of crosstalk is large, and the conclusion of near-worst-case operation is true only for N<3, so the impact of random signal and crosstalk polarizations on optical cross-connects must be considered in the design for lightwave networks.

A simple E-plane tapered rectangular dielectric rod fed by NRD guide is used as a millimeter wave antenna. This class of aerial features attractive radiation patterns with relatively low sidelobes and moderate gain. The measured results show that such an antenna and mounting structure can be exploited as effective radiating element in the short millimeter wave frequency band.

Bolometric detectors used in radio-astronomical instruments such as the ESA Planck Surveyor, operate as incoherent receivers of electromagnetic radiation. Meanwhile, the optical (quasi-optical) parts of the instruments (feed horns, telescope mirrors) are conventionally designed in transmitting mode when a coherent source of radiation (supposedly, equivalent to the bolometric detector) replaces the detector and radiates the electromagnetic waves through the optical system to the sky. The rules of reciprocity in such a replacement of a detector by an “equivalent transmitter” located in a lossy (open) structure (a bolometric cavity coupled via the feed horn with the outer space) are not obvious and usually ignored. A conventional simplistic approach used in this problem may cause errors in the design of such systems. By considering simple, analytically solvable models that simulate bolometric detectors surrounded by some structures, we find the rules of reciprocity providing the necessary equivalence in replacing the receiver by an appropriate transmitter as needed for the rigorous simulations of infrared and submillimetre-wave bolometric systems.

A relation between the Fresnel reflection coefficients, for parallel and perpendicular planewave incidence, applicable to a dielectric-dielectric interface has been given by Azzam, the relationship being independent of the angle of incidence. Here, that relationship is generalized to include magnetic properties as well. Connection is also made with the Brewster angles relevant to the two polarizations.