Photonic crystals: a new quasi-optical component for high-power microwaves

Autor: Elliott R. Brown, Kevin J. Malloy, Edl Schamiloglu, Mohammad Mojahedi, K. Agi, L.D. Moreland
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 24:1067-1071
ISSN: 0093-3813
DOI: 10.1109/27.533114
Popis: The interaction of a high-power microwave beam with a face-centered-cubic photonic crystal is studied. A Sinus-6 high-power relativistic repetitively pulsed electron beam accelerator was used to drive a slow wave structure in vacuum to generate 450 MW at 9.65 GHz. It is shown that the photonic crystal, comprised of a periodic arrangement of air holes in a dielectric host, is capable of performing as a quasi-optical reflector similar to a metal. The crystals can be designed to operate as efficient frequency-selective reflectors over narrow frequency ranges. We propose that photonic crystals can have many applications in high-power microwave research.
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