A small tapered slot antenna with a notched band for wireless applications is proposed in this paper. A modified transition from microstrip to slotline is used to introduce a notched band from 4.90 to 6.34GHz. Corrugated edges on the ground is also used to improve the radiation patterns at the lower frequency band. Relatively stable radiation patterns and consistent group delay except the notch...

We investigate experimentally the generation of highly directional radiation from a plain two-dimensional photonic crystal structure where an embedded source couples to a photonic crystal band having Bloch modes of even symmetry and negative group velocity. No modification is made to the crystal structure. By virtue of recent studies employing corrugated surface modes, this may be a viable meth...

This paper reports the design and analysis of a novel pyramidal horn antenna based on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, which is used in terahertz (THz) applications. The structure of the antenna includes two parts, pyramidal horn structure and rectangle waveguide for feed, the fabrication of the structure needs only one wafer, and the antenna can be easily integrated with oth...

Twisted electromagnetic waves, of which the helical phase front is called orbital angular momentum (OAM), have been recently explored for quantum information, high speed communication and radar detections. In this context, generation of high purity waves carrying OAM is of great significance and challenge from low frequency band to optical area. Here, a novel strategy of mode combination method...