Artigo Revisado por pares

Corrugated Rectangular Waveguide Tunable Backward Wave Oscillator for Terahertz Applications

2010; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 57; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/ted.2010.2045678

ISSN

1557-9646

Autores

Mauro Mineo, Claudio Paoloni,

Tópico(s)

Terahertz technology and applications

Resumo

A tunable backward wave oscillator (BWO) for terahertz applications is proposed. The use of a corrugated rectangular waveguide as the slow-wave structure permits relevant performance together with full compatibility with microfabrication technologies. The design, done using an analytical electromagnetic model, is fully verified by 3-D particle-in-cell simulations. A 20% tuning bandwidth is obtained at a central frequency of 1 THz, demonstrating more than 100-mW output power.

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