{"title":"Millimeter-wave imaging: A comparative study","authors":"E. Ranjbar, M. Dehmollaian","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869922","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper millimeter-wave imaging of perfectly conducting objects and targets with impedance surfaces within the frequency range of 27–33 GHz is calculated. First, the scattered fields are computed using physical optics approximation. Next, two different imaging methods, holography and standard back-projection techniques are evaluated and compared. The backward-wave reconstruction algorithm is implemented using two dimensional (2D) sampling at a single frequency and the standard back-projection method is implemented using a 1D sampling and multiple frequency points. It is shown that holography can provide a fine detail of structure. However, it needs a larger number of sampling points. On the other hand, the standard back-projection method needs a relatively smaller number of sampling points, showing edges. Finally, a measurement set up working within the frequency range of 8–12 GHz is used to provide an imaging result employing measurement data.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114465450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrashort terahertz cross-bar switch based on a graphene plasmonic directional coupler","authors":"Shahram Bahadori-Haghighi, R. Ghayour, M. Sheikhi","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869915","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a new vertical graphene plasmonic directional coupler as a terahertz cross-bar switch. The directional coupler is constructed of two pattern-free graphene plasmonic waveguides. The lateral confinement of surface plasmon polaritons is accomplished based on the similar mechanism used in dielectric loaded waveguides. An ultrashort switching length of 360 nm is obtained at the frequency of 30 THz. A switching voltage of 4.96 V and a very high 3dB bandwidth of more than 110 GHz are also calculated. Three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation of the structure is performed and the results are presented.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126393471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. J. Mohammad-Zamani, M. Moravvej-Farshi, M. Neshat
{"title":"Radiation enhancement in unbiased array of CW terahertz photomixer emitters with nano-slit waveguide resonant modes","authors":"M. J. Mohammad-Zamani, M. Moravvej-Farshi, M. Neshat","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869916","url":null,"abstract":"An array of unbiased CW terahertz photomixer emitters based on excitation of different waveguide modes in the bimetallic contact grating is introduced. Unlike previous structures, this emitter does not require any external bias voltage. For photocarrier acceleration it rather makes use of the built-in electrostatic field formed in the vicinity of the Schottky contact (electrode-photoconductor) interface. We show that in the designed emitters with the excitation of the second order guided modes of the subwavelength nano-slit waveguides formed between two adjacent bimetallic gratings, the effective current density is approximately about 8 times that of the structure in absence of the resonance modes with the same beat frequency of 0.5 THz. As a result of this enhancement, the resultant terahertz radiation power increases by more than one order of magnitude. A hybrid numerical simulation method is used to model and analyze this phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130360244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Karimi, S. A. Amirhosseini, R. Emadi, R. Safian
{"title":"Analysis and improvement of photo-thermoelectric current in waveguide-fed Graphene FETs","authors":"M. Karimi, S. A. Amirhosseini, R. Emadi, R. Safian","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869929","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we determine the elevated temperature of hot carriers in Graphene layer (Tel) in a waveguidefed Graphene FET (GFET) and examine its effect on photo-thermoelectric current that can be sensed at the electrodes of the GFET. Also we introduce an improvement in the Tel and, accordingly, photo-thermoelectric current by adding a second waveguide at the top of the device to produce a coupled mode with the first waveguide. We also suggest that this structure would be able to decrease the size of integrated circuits by enabling coupling and photo-detection to perform simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128045834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wideband cloaking by using inhomogeneous nanostructured graphene metasurface for tunable cloaking in the terahertz regime","authors":"Elnaz Shokati, N. Granpayeh","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869864","url":null,"abstract":"The ultrathin graphene metasurface is proposed and analyzed as a cloaking shell for cylindrical objects with the aim of wideband tunable scattering cancellation in terahertz (THz) spectrum. This mantle cloak is structured by periodic array of graphene nanopatches. In this paper, it is analytically shown that the metasurface reactance can be tuned from inductive to capacitive, as a function of the graphene's Fermi energy and dimensions of nanopatches, that provide the possibility of cloaking both dielectric and conductor cylinders. The appropriate Fermi energy and dimensions are obtained by optimization. To provide wideband invisibility, we use inhomogeneous graphene nanopatches, that we could significantly increase the 3-dB bandwidth approximately 8 times more than the homogeneous metasurface. These resultes have great interest for efficient invisibility, low noise THz sensing and communication systems and networks.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125615409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 77 GHz stepped diffractive dielectric lens with enhanced directivity and reduced SLL","authors":"Owrang Vosoughi-Niri, K. Mohammadpour‐Aghdam","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869924","url":null,"abstract":"Primary pyramidal horn with a stepped diffractive dielectric lens has been designed to be used in a perimeter radar to shape the required radiation pattern in a band of frequency around 77GHz. A full-wave simulation for this structure indicates directivity improvement and side lobe level (SLL) reduction which is necessary for radar applications. A directivity of 35 dBi or higher and SLL of −17 dB or less have been the goals of the proposed structure and are fulfilled.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132445281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hedayati, A. Abdipour, R. S. Shirazi, M. John, M. Ammann, R. Staszewski
{"title":"A 38 GHz on-chip antenna in 28-nm CMOS using artificial magnetic conductor for 5G wireless systems","authors":"M. Hedayati, A. Abdipour, R. S. Shirazi, M. John, M. Ammann, R. Staszewski","doi":"10.21427/D7M23M","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21427/D7M23M","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the first-ever millimeter wave on-chip antenna (AoC) in 28 nm CMOS technology. The addition of artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) can increase the antenna's power gain and radiation efficiency to −1.75 dBi and 22%, respectively, with an occupied area of 0.95 mm×4.75 mm at 38 GHz. This structure is intended for fully integrated single-chip nanometer CMOS transceivers for 5G communication systems.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128938204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Panahi, B. Yahyaei, Mehrdad Kheyrollahi Kouhanestani, M. Mousavi, M. Darbani, A. Majde
{"title":"Terahertz time domain spectroscopy for mixture detection: A quantitative study","authors":"O. Panahi, B. Yahyaei, Mehrdad Kheyrollahi Kouhanestani, M. Mousavi, M. Darbani, A. Majde","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869866","url":null,"abstract":"Terahertz spectroscopy is a useful and an efficient method for detection of pure materials and also mixture compounds. In the present study the terahertz spectra of the α-lactose, high explosives RDX and also the binary mixture of mentioned materials has been obtained in the transition mode. The obtained spectra of the pure materials were in a very good agreement with literatures in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 terahertz. The spectra of mixture samples which show the specific fingerprint characters of each component, declare that terahertz spectroscopy can be used effectively for the detection of explosives and chemical compounds even in the mixture samples.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123718417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Emadi, As'ad Amirhosseini, M. Karimi, R. Safian, A. Z. Nezhad
{"title":"Design of low loss waveguide switch using graphene strips at THz frequencies","authors":"R. Emadi, As'ad Amirhosseini, M. Karimi, R. Safian, A. Z. Nezhad","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869925","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a surface plasmon (SP) waveguide switch using graphene strip at 30 THz frequency, has been designed and simulated. The waveguide comprise of two graphene strips and the switching is controlled by varying chemical potential of middle strip while outer strips have fix chemical potential. Graphene is doped via back-gate and top-gate voltages. The electrostatic gating is modeled in an electronic solver, while the switching is performed in an electromagnetic solver. The propagation losses of the designed waveguide was shifted to higher frequencies, by doping graphene strips.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126545883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Absorption enhancement in tunable graphene based plasmonic absorber","authors":"M. Zare, N. Nozhat, Reza Rashiditabar","doi":"10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMWATT.2016.7869870","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a graphene based plasmonic absorber with two absorption peaks of 0.99 and a wide full width at half maximum (FWHM) between the wavelengths of 1455 and 1610 nm is presented. The proposed absorber is composed of a single layer of graphene that covers the nanostructure with an array of ring and L-shaped grooves on a metal film. The light absorption is more due to the localized surface plasmons (LSPs) resonance in the grooves that reinforces the interaction of light and graphene. Therefore, the absorption of the structure is enhanced. We have shown that the absorber can be tuned by variation of the L-shaped arms length and grooves depth. Moreover, it is possible to create three absorption peaks and have a triple-band absorber in the near-infrared region.","PeriodicalId":294709,"journal":{"name":"2016 Fourth International Conference on Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWaTT)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114277245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}