Abstract
The photonic crystal is investigated as a substrate material for planar antennas in the microwave and millimeter-wave bands. Experimental results are presented for a bow-tie antenna on a (111)-oriented facecentered- cubic photonic-crystal substrate with a band gap between approximately 13 and 16 GHz. When driven at 13.2 GHz, the antenna radiates predominantly into the air rather than into the substrate. This suggests that highly efficient planar antennas can be made on photonic-crystal regions fabricated in semiconductor substrates such as GaAs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 404-407 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics