PhotonIcs and Electromagnetics Research Symposium,
also known as Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium
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Published: 2015-07-09
Enhanced Group Velocity Characteristics of a ENG Cladded Metamaterial Loaded Helical Guide
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Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)486-488
Abstract
In this paper, we propose an ENG Cladded Metamaterial Loaded Helical (CMLHG) waveguide structure, to achieve enhance slow wave in THz frequency spectrum. Both analytical as well as numerical computation has been done to explore the dispersion behavior of the struc- ture. It is observed that the waveguide supports propagation of forward wave (FW) mode having parallel phase and group velocities over a wide bandwidth with an enhanced slow wave charac- teristic. A comparative study of slow wave behavior has been done between the ENG CMLHG waveguide and two other cases (i) when helix is in free space and (ii) when helix is cladded with DPS material and loaded with metamaterial. It is found that present structure supports slower wave as compared to those structures.
Citation
Surya Kumar Pathak, and Dushyant Kumar Sharma, "Enhanced Group Velocity Characteristics of a ENG Cladded Metamaterial Loaded Helical Guide," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)486-488
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