Image and/or Movie Analyses of 100-GHz Traveling Waves on the Basis of Real-Time Observation With a Live Electrooptic Imaging Camera

Author

Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Sasagawa, Kiyotaka ; Shiozawa, Takahiro

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

57

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3373

Lastpage

3379

Abstract

A 100-GHz-class live electrooptic imaging camera (LEI-camera), a novel microwave and millimeter-wave instrument, has been implemented for a scheme of W-band wave analyses. The first real-time visualization of W-band waves as phase-resolved images and phase-evolving movies has been successfully demonstrated, and the relevant images and/or movies obtained have been applied to the analyses of 100-GHz traveling waves. In conjunction with complementary numerical simulation approaches, studies have been conducted on a mode interaction between a ZnTe slab waveguide and a free space as well as on the loss tangent effect on W-band wave propagations. On the basis of the observed images and/or movies with live electrooptic imaging camera, some interesting analytical results have been obtained.

Keywords

dielectric losses; electro-optical devices; image sensors; microwave detectors; millimetre wave detectors; real-time systems; waveguides; LEI-camera; W-band wave analysis; ZnTe; electrooptic imaging camera; frequency 100 GHz; loss tangent effect; microwave instrument; millimeter-wave instrument; phase-evolving movies; phase-resolved image; real-time observation; real-time visualization; slab waveguide; traveling waves; Electrooptic effects; electrooptic modulation; imaging; millimeter wave measurements; millimeter wave propagations; millimeter-wave waveguide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2009.2033890

Filename

5337889