Title :
Characteristics of the quasi-optical reflection circulator
Author :
Harris, N.W. ; Dionne, G.F. ; Weiss, J.A. ; Lax, B.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental measurements were made in Ku band on a reflection variant of the transmission quasi-optical Faraday rotation ferrite circulator. Measured isolation (load to transmitter) and insertion losses were 16 and 0.1 dB respectively. Theoretical predictions assuming double instead of single matching plates improve these figures to 21 and 0.03 dB respectively. The isolation (transmitter to receiver) is extremely high. The configuration planes a heat sink close to the area of RF loss and allows megawatt average power handling at millimeter wavelengths
Keywords :
Faraday effect; ferrite circulators; losses; millimetre wave circulators; 0.1 dB; 16 dB; Faraday rotation ferrite circulator; Ku band; MW power handling; RF loss; double matching plates; heat sink; insertion losses; isolation; quasi-optical reflection circulator; Electromagnetic heating; Ferrites; Filters; Heat sinks; Isolation technology; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Polarization; Propagation losses; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
