Title :
Enhanced bandwidth “bull´s eye” antenna using corrugated metalized plastic
Author :
Kyoung Youl Park ; Meierbachtol, Collin S. ; Chahal, Premjeet
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a plastic, surface plasmon (SP) enhanced bullseye antenna for millimeter wave and terahertz (THz) frequency range. A low refractive index plastic layer is used to confine incident electromagnetic energy to the structure. A metal grating layer focuses the incident wave through a subwavelength aperture via SP. The electromagnetic propagation characteristics were simulated and analyzed using both FDTD and commercial FEM software tools. The structure was also fabricated, and experimental data will be presented at the time of the conference.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave propagation; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; millimetre wave antennas; refractive index; submillimetre wave antennas; surface plasmons; FDTD; bulls eye antenna; commercial FEM software tools; corrugated metalized plastic; electromagnetic energy; electromagnetic propagation; metal grating layer; millimeter wave frequency range; plastic layer; refractive index; surface plasmon; terahertz frequency range; Apertures; Metals; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Plastics; Time-domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711144
