Title :
Multifrequency notch filter for sub-THz applications based on photonic bandgaps in corrugated circular waveguides
Author :
Wagner, Dietmar ; Bongers, Waldo ; Kasparek, Walter ; Leuterer, F. ; Monaco, Francesco ; Munich, M. ; Schutz, Harald ; Stober, Jorg ; Thumm, Manfred ; v.d.Brand, H.
Author_Institution :
EURATOM-IPP, Max-Planck-Inst. fur Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany
Abstract :
Sensitive millimeter wave diagnostics need often to be protected against unwanted radiation like, for example, stray radiation from high power Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating applied in nuclear fusion. A notch filter based on a waveguide Bragg reflector (photonic bandgap) can provide several stop bands of defined width within up to two standard waveguide frequency bands.
Keywords :
notch filters; optical waveguide filters; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; corrugated circular waveguides; high power electron cyclotron resonance heating; multifrequency notch filter; nuclear fusion; photonic bandgap; sensitive millimeter wave diagnostics; stray radiation; subTHz applications; waveguide Bragg reflector; Heating; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665627