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Zhang, H. (author), Dabironezare, Shahab Oddin (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We present a freely accessible graphical user interface (GUI) for analyzing antenna-fed quasi-optical (QO) systems in reception (Rx). This analysis is presented here for four widely used canonical QO components: parabolic reflectors and elliptical, extended hemispherical, and hyperbolic lenses. The employed methods are geometrical optics (GO)...journal article 2021
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Zhang, H. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)A dual-polarized 4 x 4 scanning phased array antenna with leaky-wave enhanced lenses operating at 28 GHz is presented. Such an antenna can be used for point-to-point fifth-generation (5G) communications that require high gain, wide bandwidth (BW), and limited steering ranges. The proposed array has a periodicity of two wavelengths, and the...journal article 2021
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Fiorellini Bernardis, A. (author), Zhang, H. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)The time evolution of voltages and currents in a pulsed photo conductive antenna (PCA) source is evaluated resorting to a rigorous procedure that stems from semiconductor physics first, to define the phenomena involved in the generation of the photocurrent, and then relies on an equivalent circuit in time domain, providing a direct estimation...abstract 2021
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Neto, A. (author), Fiorellini Bernardis, A. (author), Emer, Diego (author), Freni, Angelo (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)The observable field is defined as the portion of the incident field that can contribute to the power received by an antenna. Recently, the observable field was estimated for a plane wave incidence. Here, the procedure is extended to a general incident field expressed as a superposition of homogeneous plane waves. The observable field concept...journal article 2020
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Van Katwijk, Alexander J. (author), Neto, A. (author), Toso, Giovanni (author), Cavallo, D. (author)We present the unit cell design of a wideband wide-scanning phased array operating in both Ku- and Ka-bands, for satellite communication applications. The radiating elements are dual-polarized connected slots loaded with an artificial dielectric superstrate, acting as a wide angle impedance matching (WAIM) structure. The design of the multi...conference paper 2020
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Tokan, F. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Neto, A. (author)Three-dimensional body scanning systems are increasingly used in sensitive public areas such as airports. By providing a high resolution image of a person from all sides, it is possible to detect potential metallic, ceramic and explosive threats. For these systems, it is essential to design broadband antennas with a fan beam, highly directional...journal article 2020
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Yepes Julia, C. (author), Gandini, E. (author), Monni, S. (author), Neto, A. (author), Vliet, F. E. van (author), Cavallo, D. (author)In this letter, we present a design of a linear array of tilted dipoles to achieve radiation patterns with asymmetric angular filtering characteristics. To realize the asymmetric radiation, the dipole elements are spaced by a distance larger than half a wavelength, thus allowing for grating lobes to occur in the visible region. Moreover, the...journal article 2020
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Arias Campo, M. (author), Blanco, Darwin (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Bruni, Simona (author)In order to fulfill the exponential increase in the demand of high-speed wireless links, future XG wireless networks will be developed at higher carrier signal frequencies, reaching the hundreds of gigahertz. In this contribution, a leaky-wave-fed HDPE lens antenna working at ${G}$ -band which can be useful for future XG communications is...journal article 2020
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Hähnle, S.A. (author), Yurduseven, Ozan (author), van Berkel, S.L. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author), Bueno, Juan (author), Yates, Stephen J.C. (author), Murugesan, Vignesh (author), Thoen, David (author), Neto, A. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author)We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a broadband leaky lens antenna for broadband, spectroscopic imaging applications. The antenna is designed for operation in the 300-900 GHz band. We integrate the antenna directly into an Al-NbTiN hybrid microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) to measure the beam pattern and...journal article 2020
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Dabironezare, Shahab Oddin (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Freni, Angelo (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)Future sub millimeter imagers are being developed with large focal plane arrays (FPAs) of lenses to increase the field of view (FoV) and the imaging speed. A full-wave electromagnetic analysis of such arrays is numerically cumbersome and time-consuming. This article presents a spectral technique based on Fourier optics combined with...journal article 2020
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Zhang, H. (author), Dabironezare, Shahab Oddin (author), Carluccio, G. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)In this work, a free accessible MATLAB interface is presented to analyze antenna-coupled Quasi-Optical (QO) systems in reception. This goal is achieved by using Fourier Optics (FO) and Geometrical Optics (GO) based methods. Specifically, the FO method represents the field focalized by a QO component on its focal plane as a plane wave spectrum...conference paper 2019
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Fiorellini Bernardis, A. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)Recently, powerful, reliable and cost-effective THz radiation photoconductive-emitters have been developed, providing up to 1mW of pulsed power in the range of frequencies between 0.1 and 0.7THz. In this paper we study the potential use of such sources for future pulsed radar systems aiming at stand-off imaging applications. Specifically, we...conference paper 2019
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Fiorellini Bernardis, A. (author), Sberna, P.M. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)Pulsed terahertz time-domain systems rely on antennas printed on photoconductive substrates (PCA), which show extremely fast conductivity transients when illuminated by femto-seconds laser pulses. This work introduces a time domain representation of the PCA transmitter that accounts for time evolving voltages at the terminals of the...conference paper 2019
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Yepes Julia, C. (author), Gandini, E. (author), Monni, Stefania (author), Van Vliet, Frank E. (author), Neto, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author)We propose a systematic approach to describe planar slot antennas, embedded in generic stratified media. An equivalent transmission line model for the slot is proposed, based on a spectral domain analysis. First, we introduce a method of moments solution to model semi-infinite slots, fed by a deltagap excitation. The solution entails only two...abstract 2019
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van Berkel, S.L. (author), Malotaux, E.S. (author), Spirito, M. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Neto, A. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)A 12-pixel THz Focal Plane Array (FPA), integrated in Global Foundries 22nm CMOS technology, enabling high resolution passive THz imaging, is presented. The array efficiently couples blackbody radiation from 200 GHz to 600 GHz to Schottky Barrier Diodes (SBDs) in a differential topology. An antenna-detector co-design results in an average...conference paper 2019
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Yepes Julia, C. (author), Gandini, Erio (author), Monni, Stefania (author), Van Vliet, Frank E. (author), Neto, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author)In this work, antenna arrays with tilted dipoles are investigated in terms of radiation and impedance properties. A spectral method of moments (MoM) was developed for the analysis of doubly-periodic arrays (i.e. periodic in both x and ydirections)<br/>with arbitrarily tilted dipole elements, in free space or in the presence of a backing...conference paper 2019
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van Schelven, R.M. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Neto, A. (author)We propose a systematic approach to describe pla- nar slot antennas, embedded in generic stratified media. An equivalent transmission line model for the slot is proposed, based on a spectral domain analysis. First, we introduce a method of moments solution to model semi-infinite or finite slots, fed by a delta-gap excitation. The solution...conference paper 2019
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van Schelven, R.M. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Neto, A. (author)We propose a systematic approach to describe planar slot antennas, embedded in generic stratified media. An equivalent transmission line model for the slot is proposed, based on a spectral domain analysis. First, we introduce a method of moments solution to model semi-infinite slots, fed by a deltagap excitation. The solution entails only two...conference paper 2019
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Yepes Julia, C. (author), Neto, A. (author), Cavallo, D. (author), Gandini, E (author), Van Vliet, Frank E. (author), Monni, Stefania (author)We present the design of an array of tilted dipoles loaded with artificial dielectrics, to achieve asymmetric radiation patterns. First, a simplified array element consisting of skewed stacked dipoles in the presence of a backing reflector is studied, by means of a dedicated spectral periodic method of moments (MoM). The analysis of the stacked...conference paper 2019
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Pascual Laguna, A. (author), Karatsu, K. (author), Neto, A. (author), Endo, A. (author), Baselmans, J.J.A. (author)The design of an octave bandwidth sub-mm wave superconducting on-chip filter-bank spectrometer for Astronomy is presented. An array of THz band-pass filters subdivides the bandwidth 220-440 GHz into channels with a spectral resolution of 400 and an average maximum coupling strength f/ Delta {f} of 40%. The filter-bank performance is assessed...conference paper 2019