Title :
A modal approach to the modeling of rectangular detector horns and cavities at THz frequencies
Author :
Doherty, Stephen ; Trappe, Neil ; O´Sullivan, C. ; Murphy, Anthony
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Exp. Phys., NUI-Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Abstract :
Far-IR space telescopes use horn antenna coupled bolometers for achieving high levels of sensitivity. Unfortunately at THz frequencies large cavity coupled horns prove significantly challenging to simulate accurately. This paper will outline alternative simulation concepts for such problems.
Keywords :
bolometers; horn antennas; infrared astronomy; infrared detectors; mode matching; radiotelescopes; THz frequency; cavity coupled horn; far-IR space telescope; horn antenna coupled bolometer; modal approach; rectangular detector horn; Analytical models; Cavity resonators; Computational modeling; Detectors; Horn antennas; Instruments; Modal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5613014
