Title :
THz thermal radiation enhancement using electromagnetic crystals
Author :
Xin, Hao ; Wu, Ziran ; Young, Abram ; Ziolkowski, Richard
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
Abstract :
In this paper, a new idea on thermal radiation based THz source utilizing EM crystals (also known as electromagnetic band gap structures, or EBG) is introduced. Preliminary theoretical and experimental results are reported and give promising indications that carefully designed EM crystal thermal radiators may be useful in thermal imaging and identification applications and enable a new type of low cost and high performance THz source.
Keywords :
heat radiation; infrared imaging; periodic structures; photonic band gap; submillimetre wave imaging; THz thermal radiation enhancement; electromagnetic band gap structures; electromagnetic crystals; thermal imaging; Crystals; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic radiation; Frequency; Hafnium; Metamaterials; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Silicon; Thermal engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4395978
