Metamaterial Surface Plasmon-Based Transmission Lines and Antennas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

   PDF

2. Introduction

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 1-9

3. Spoof Surface Plasmon Modes Modeling Using Circuit Elements

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 11-27

4. SSP-Based Transmission Lines (TLs)

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 29-46

5. Spoof Surface Plasmon Excitation of Dielectric Resonator Antennas

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 47-55

6. Spoof Surface Plasmon-Based Leaky-Wave Antenna (LWA)

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 57-71

7. Future Work

   • Amin Kianinejad

   Pages 73-75

8. Back Matter

   Pages 77-83

   PDF

This thesis proposes a reliable and repeatable method for implementing Spoof Surface Plasmon (SSP) modes in the design of various circuit components. It also presents the first equivalent circuit model for plasmonic structures, which serves as an insightful guide to designing SSP-based circuits. Today, electronic circuits and systems are developing rapidly and becoming an indispensable part of our daily life; however the issue of compactness in integrated circuits remains a formidable challenge. Recently, the Spoof Surface Plasmon (SSP) modes have been proposed as a novel platform for highly compact electronic circuits. Despite extensive research efforts in this area, there is still an urgent need for a systematic design method for plasmonic circuits. In this thesis, different SSP-based transmission lines, antenna feeding networks and antennas are designed and experimentally evaluated. With their high field confinement, the SSPs do not suffer from the compactness limitations of traditional circuits and are capable of providing an alternative platform for the future generation of electronic circuits and electromagnetic systems.

• Microwave Circuits
• Spoof Surface Plasmon (SSP)
• Single-Layered Leaky-Wave Antenna (SL-LWA)
• Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRA)
• Slow Wave Transmission-Lines (SW-TL)
• Spoof Surface Plasmon Circuit Component Design
• Plasmonic Structures
• Spoof Surface Plasmon Cells
• Spoof Surface Plasmon Transmission Lines
• Spoof Surface Plasmon Antenna Design
• information and communication, circuits

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

  Amin Kianinejad

Policies and ethics