Demonstration of a Broadband Quasi-Optical Power Distribution and Beam-Steering with Transmit Lens Arrays at 550 GHz

Conference Paper (2022)
Authors

Maria Alonso Del Pino (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

S. Bosma (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

C Jung-Kubiak (California Institute of Technology)

Juan Bueno Lopez (TU Delft - Electronics)

Goutam Chattopadhyay (California Institute of Technology)

Nuria Llombart Llombart (TU Delft - Tera-Hertz Sensing)

Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
Copyright
© 2022 M. Alonso Del Pino, S. Bosma, C. Jung-Kubiak, J. Bueno Lopez, G. Chattopadhyay, Nuria Llombart
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Publication Year
2022
Language
English
Copyright
© 2022 M. Alonso Del Pino, S. Bosma, C. Jung-Kubiak, J. Bueno Lopez, G. Chattopadhyay, Nuria Llombart
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing
Pages (from-to)
1-2
ISBN (print)
978-1-7281-9428-8
ISBN (electronic)
978-1-7281-9427-1
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz50927.2022.9895904
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Abstract

A novel transmit lens array is proposed to provide broadband quasi-optical power distribution and beam-steering capabilities for array architectures in future submillimeter-wave heterodyne instruments. The transmit array is composed of a double array layer of lens antenna elements with high aperture efficiency. To enable broadband and low loss quasi-optical (QO) power distribution, the transmit lens array is coupled with a high aperture efficiency single lens antenna. The high aperture efficiency is achieved by using a recently introduced multi-mode leaky wave feed. The top lens array can be used to achieve beam-steering capabilities when fed coherently and mechanically translated using a piezo-motor. In this contribution, we present the development of a prototype based on a transmit lens array of 7 elements at 450-650 GHz with measurements showing a good agreement with simulations. This prototype demonstrates a quasi-optical power coupling efficiency of nearly 60%. Moreover it also shows beam-steering of a 36dBi directivity beam to few discrete angles up to +/-25 degrees with less than 2dB scan loss

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