Radiation pattern measurements of an integrated TEM horn antenna

Jean-Francois Lampin (1) , Guillaume Ducournau (1) , Alexandre Beck (1) , Damien Ducatteau (1) , Emilien Peytavit (1) , Tahsin Akalin (1)

1 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520

A TEM horn antenna is integrated with a uni-travelling-carrier photodiode. Its radiation pattern is measured from 280 to 540 GHz thanks to a 1.55 μm photomixing set-up and a sub-harmonic mixer. The direction the main lobe shifts to a lower incidence when the frequency is increased.

Mots clés: Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Measurement by laser beam; Horn antennas; Quantum cascade lasers; Brain modeling; Laser beams

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Jean-Francois Lampin, Guillaume Ducournau, Alexandre Beck, Damien Ducatteau, Emilien Peytavit, et al.. Radiation pattern measurements of an integrated TEM horn antenna. 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and THz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2010, Sep 2010, Rome, Italy. pp.1-2, ⟨10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612961⟩. ⟨hal-00549955⟩