You are here
DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION OF MEANDERLINE RETARDERS AT INFRARED FREQUENCIES
| Title: | DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION OF MEANDERLINE RETARDERS AT INFRARED FREQUENCIES. |
 30 views 16 downloads |
|---|---|---|
| Name(s): |
Tharp, Jeffrey, Author Boreman, Glenn, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
|
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2007 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Meanderline structures are widely used as engineered birefringent materials for waveplates and retarders at radiofrequencies, and have been previously demonstrated at frequencies up to 90 GHz in the millimeter-wave band. In this dissertation, we present results related to the modeling, fabrication, and experimental characterization of meanderlines across the range from 30 to 100 THz, in the long-wave and mid-wave infrared bands. Specific issues addressed in these new designs include spectral dispersion and angular dependence of the retardance, as well as axial ratio and throughput. The impact resulting from the infrared properties of the metals and dielectrics is explicitly included throughout. Several novel applications are identified, including integrated circular polarizers, reflective waveplates, and large-area polarization tags. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0001884 (IID), ucf:47396 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2007-12-01 Ph.D. Optics and Photonics, College of Optics and Photonics Doctorate This record was generated from author submitted information. |
|
| Subject(s): |
phase retarder frequency selective surface birefringence |
|
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001884 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
