Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis
Introduction. The existing CAD tools of electrodynamic modeling used to analyze complex waveguide structures of the microwave range employ the finite element method. However, in the terahertz range, determining the channeling properties of layered dielectric waveguides becomes a difficult task. This...
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| author | I. G. Mironenko S. S. Sokolov A. A. Ivanov |
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| description | Introduction. The existing CAD tools of electrodynamic modeling used to analyze complex waveguide structures of the microwave range employ the finite element method. However, in the terahertz range, determining the channeling properties of layered dielectric waveguides becomes a difficult task. This is primarily related to the construction of a partition grid of the layered structure and the need to take into account the behavior of the electromagnetic field at the boundaries of media with different relative permittivity. In this work, we use the principles of the finite element method to solve the problem of finding a propagation constant in a flat multilayer dielectric waveguide, and show how to reduce the number of elements when setting optimal boundary conditions. Based on the obtained computational model, the possibility of constructing diffraction antennas operating in the THz range is considered.Aim. Construction of a computational model for calculating a flat dielectric waveguide by the finite element method, determination of the dispersion characteristics of the analyzed structure in the THz range. Discussion of the possibility of constructing a diffraction antenna on a dielectric structure in various designs.Materials and methods. A computational mathematical model for the analysis of a complex layered structure is based on Maxwell's equations and the finite element method using boundary conditions for tangential and normal components of the electromagnetic field.Results. A numerical analysis of the dispersion characteristics of structures with complex dielectric filling is carried out; variants of diffraction antennas for use in the THz range are considered.Conclusion. The created mathematical models made it possible to numerically evaluate the channeling properties of dielectric structures in the THz range, on the basis of which diffraction antennas can be constructed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5627ae1edf24ac385b041fe46fdb7fb2025-08-20T03:39:49ZrusSaint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"Известия высших учебных заведений России: Радиоэлектроника1993-89852658-47942024-11-01275546410.32603/1993-8985-2024-27-5-54-64595Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their BasisI. G. Mironenko0S. S. Sokolov1A. A. Ivanov2Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical UniversitySaint Petersburg Electrotechnical UniversitySaint Petersburg Electrotechnical UniversityIntroduction. The existing CAD tools of electrodynamic modeling used to analyze complex waveguide structures of the microwave range employ the finite element method. However, in the terahertz range, determining the channeling properties of layered dielectric waveguides becomes a difficult task. This is primarily related to the construction of a partition grid of the layered structure and the need to take into account the behavior of the electromagnetic field at the boundaries of media with different relative permittivity. In this work, we use the principles of the finite element method to solve the problem of finding a propagation constant in a flat multilayer dielectric waveguide, and show how to reduce the number of elements when setting optimal boundary conditions. Based on the obtained computational model, the possibility of constructing diffraction antennas operating in the THz range is considered.Aim. Construction of a computational model for calculating a flat dielectric waveguide by the finite element method, determination of the dispersion characteristics of the analyzed structure in the THz range. Discussion of the possibility of constructing a diffraction antenna on a dielectric structure in various designs.Materials and methods. A computational mathematical model for the analysis of a complex layered structure is based on Maxwell's equations and the finite element method using boundary conditions for tangential and normal components of the electromagnetic field.Results. A numerical analysis of the dispersion characteristics of structures with complex dielectric filling is carried out; variants of diffraction antennas for use in the THz range are considered.Conclusion. The created mathematical models made it possible to numerically evaluate the channeling properties of dielectric structures in the THz range, on the basis of which diffraction antennas can be constructed.https://re.eltech.ru/jour/article/view/932finite element methodchanneling dielectric structureslinear dielectricsdiffraction antennas |
| spellingShingle | I. G. Mironenko S. S. Sokolov A. A. Ivanov Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis Известия высших учебных заведений России: Радиоэлектроника finite element method channeling dielectric structures linear dielectrics diffraction antennas |
| title | Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis |
| title_full | Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis |
| title_fullStr | Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis |
| title_short | Flat Dielectric Waveguides of the Terahertz Range and Diffraction Antennas on Their Basis |
| title_sort | flat dielectric waveguides of the terahertz range and diffraction antennas on their basis |
| topic | finite element method channeling dielectric structures linear dielectrics diffraction antennas |
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