The application of photonic crystals to quasi-optic amplifiers

John Aiden Higgins; Moonil Kim; Jonathan B. Hacker; Dan Sievenpiper

doi:10.1109/22.798010

The application of photonic crystals to quasi-optic amplifiers

John Aiden Higgins, Moonil Kim, Jonathan B. Hacker, Dan Sievenpiper

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Quasi-optical spatial power combining provides the high combining efficiency required of solid-state power amplifiers for millimeter-wave frequencies. Photonic crystals (PXT's) are used to implement this type of power combining, as shown by two examples in this paper. The first example describes an alldielectric structure that provides a carrier for the amplifier array chip satisfying the requirements concerning unilateral transmission and thermal management. The second example describes the use of a high impedance ground plane, based on PXT's, to make the power density incident on the array chip as uniform as possible in order to maximize power and efficiency.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2139-2143
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	47
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/22.798010
Publication status	Published - 1999

Keywords

Millimeter-wave power
Photonic crystals
Quasioptic amplifiers
Spatial power combining
Waveguides

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiation
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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