Planar excitation of Goubau Transmission Lines for THz BioMEMS

We propose and demonstrate an original planar excitation of a single wire transmission line also known as Goubau-Line (G-Line). The excitation is based on an electromagnetic transition between a coplanar waveguide and the desired G-line in a planar configuration. We present some characteristics for this line such as its electromagnetic spatial distribution, its velocity, and results in the frequency domain analysis for the transitions. We will also show some results concerning the shape of the G-line and its influence on the transmission level. From these results, we show that there is a great interest for these structures in the field of biological characterization.