DIPOLE ANTENNAS ON PHOTONIC BAND-GAP CRYSTALS - EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION

Authors
SIGALAS MM BISWAS R LI Q CROUCH D LEUNG W JACOBSWOODBURY R LOUGH B NIELSEN S MCCALMONT S TUTTLE G HO KM
Citation
Mm. Sigalas et al., DIPOLE ANTENNAS ON PHOTONIC BAND-GAP CRYSTALS - EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION, Microwave and optical technology letters, 15(3), 1997, pp. 153-158
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Microwave and optical technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08952477
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
153 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-2477(1997)15:3<153:DAOPBC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The radiation patterns of dipole antennas on three-dimensional photoni c crystal substrates have been measured and calculated with the finite -difference-time-domain method. The photonic band-gap crystal behaves as a perfectly reflecting substrate, and all the dipole power is radia ted into the air side when driven at frequencies in the stop band. The radiation pattern is found for different positions and orientations o f the dipole antenna. Antenna configurations with desirable patterns a re identified. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.