• DocumentCode
    2932470
  • Title

    Revisiting stepped septum circular polarizer using full-wave simulations

  • Author

    Kim, Ilkyu ; Rahmat-Samii, Yahya

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    919
  • Lastpage
    921
  • Abstract
    Septum is an effective polarizer to generate circular polarizations from the linear excitations in a waveguide. In this paper, the functionality of the septum is revisited using full-wave simulations, and a graphical visualization is presented to aid in better understanding the fundamental principals of a stepped septum circular polarizer. Septum responses to even and odd mode excitations are analyzed, and the electric field distributions inside the septum polarizer are presented. The simulated S-parameters and axial ratio validates its effectiveness.
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; circular waveguides; waveguide polarisers; axial ratio; electric field distributions; full-wave simulations; graphical visualization; odd mode excitations; simulated S-parameters; stepped septum circular polarizer; waveguide; Antennas; Electric fields; Geometry; Rectangular waveguides; Scattering parameters; Visualization; circular polarization; circular polarizer; septum; waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Spokane, WA
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9562-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2011.5996426
  • Filename
    5996426