Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 38, Issue 2, 0216001(2018)

Frequency-Tunable Graphene Patch Antenna in Terahertz Regime

Yuan Yuan1,2, Yanan Xie1,2、*, and Xin Li1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 2 School of Communication & Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
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    A frequency-reconfigurable graphene patch antenna working in the terahertz band is designed on a polyimide substrate. The resonance frequency points of this antenna can be tuned dynamically by the bias electrical field rather than any electronic switch, meanwhile its radiation performance is kept. The main characteristics of graphene are studied, the input impedance of the graphene patch antenna is calculated based on the equivalent circuit model, and the reason of frequency-tuning is explained theoretically. The designed graphene antenna achieves five resonance frequency points in the terahertz band, which covers the frequency bands ranging from 678.25 GHz to 721.75 GHz. The radiation gain peak can reach 6.92 dB, and the radiation efficiency can reach 86.48%.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Jul. 14, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 30, 2018

    The Author Email: Xie Yanan (yxie@shu.enu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201838.0216001

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