• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 47, Issue 2, 223001 (2018)
ZHONG Dongzhou* and LIU Chengpeng
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20184702.0223001 Cite this Article
    ZHONG Dongzhou, LIU Chengpeng. Optical Leaky Wave Antenna with Ellipsoid Holes Array in Fourlayer Plasmons Structure[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2018, 47(2): 223001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Based on the fourlayer plasmons structure (siliconmetalsiliconsilica), two types of optical leakywaveantennas that have different ellipsoidhole array structures in the metal layer were proposed. The structures include onedimensional symmetric tapered array and twodimensional symmetric tapered array. Based on antenna theory and finite element method, some physical characteristics for the antennas were investigated numerically. It is found that when the operating wavelength is fixed at 1550nm, the two antennas appear ultra wide bandwidth with 80 THz that covers the band of S+L+. With their ports filled in the air and the silicon nitride, respectively, they both show low return loss and insertion loss. But for two types of different filled materials, their characteristics show some differences, for example, in a onedimensional symmetric structure, the antenna has less return loss and insertion loss, lower side lobe level, and better directionality when its ports is filled with silicon nitride. The antenna can be generalized to apply in the fields of optical integrated interconnection, the control of highly integrated optical beam and space optical communication.
    ZHONG Dongzhou, LIU Chengpeng. Optical Leaky Wave Antenna with Ellipsoid Holes Array in Fourlayer Plasmons Structure[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2018, 47(2): 223001
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