A dual polarized near-field focusing plate at microwave frequencies providing sub-wavelength focusing in two dimensions

Author

Hosseini, S. Ali ; Campione, Salvatore ; Capolino, Filippo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

1147

Lastpage

1150

Abstract

In this work we introduce a novel near-field focusing plate able to provide sub-wavelength focusing in both directions, parallel to the plate, as well as for both polarizations of the illuminating plane wave at microwave frequencies. Two similar designs are proposed: the first one is made of a thick metallic plate, whereas the second one is made of a thin copper plate fabricated on top of a Rogers 5880 dielectric substrate. The focusing behavior of these structures is analyzed with Ansys HFSS and CST Microwave Studio full-wave simulators.

Keywords

light polarisation; microwave photonics; microwave propagation; optical focusing; Ansys HFSS simulator; CST Microwave Studio full-wave simulator; Rogers 5880 dielectric substrate; dual polarized near-field focusing plate; illuminating plane wave; microwave frequency; subwavelength focus; thick metallic plate; thin copper plate; Copper; Focusing; Lenses; Lighting; Probes; Substrates; dual polarized NFFP; near-field focusing plate (NFFP); near-field microscopy; sub-wavelength structures;

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.2011.5996486

Filename

5996486