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dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Duncan A.
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Johannes E.
dc.contributor.authorHunter, Robert I.
dc.contributor.authorSpeirs, Peter J.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Graham M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-25T11:30:19Z
dc.date.available2017-01-25T11:30:19Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-28
dc.identifier248900024
dc.identifier32aa1d9a-5bc7-4a17-81bd-46b4137a1d0d
dc.identifier85006085581
dc.identifier.citationRobertson , D A , McKay , J E , Hunter , R I , Speirs , P J & Smith , G M 2016 , High Gaussicity feedhorns for sub-/ millimeter wave applications . in 2016 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) . , 7758492 , IEEE , 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2016 , Copenhagen , Denmark , 25/09/16 . https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758492en
dc.identifier.citationconferenceen
dc.identifier.isbn9781467384858
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4042-2772/work/42588119
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6578-7412/work/59464778
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-0415-9540/work/60195471
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/10171
dc.description.abstractIn feedhorn design, the power coupling to the fundamental free-space LG00 mode, or Gaussicity, is a good proxy for high performance, particularly the sidelobe and cross-polar levels and the near-field behavior. Gaussicity can be maximized by ensuring that the first few horn modes reach the aperture with the appropriate phase and amplitude relationship. We present two feedhorn designs for which the Gaussicity was maximized in order to achieve high performance. The first is a 94 GHz corrugated horn with a tanh-linear profile, manufactured by electroforming, which achieves a Gaussicity of 99.92% at band center and sidelobes at the -60 dB level. The second is a 340 GHz smooth-walled spline horn which achieves a Gaussicity of >99.2% over a 10% bandwidth, sidelobes below -30 dB and excellent near-field behavior. This design has been successfully fabricated in E-plane split block suitable for low volume manufacture, for example for imaging arrays.
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dc.format.extent317190
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIEEE
dc.relation.ispartof2016 41st International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz)en
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectT Technologyen
dc.subjectEnergy Engineering and Power Technologyen
dc.subjectElectrical and Electronic Engineeringen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.subject.lccTen
dc.titleHigh Gaussicity feedhorns for sub-/ millimeter wave applicationsen
dc.typeConference itemen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Physics and Astronomyen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758492
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/K503940/1en
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/F039034/1en


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