Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 42, Issue 6, 806(2023)

A review on Terahertz lens antennas

Yi-Cong CHEN... Shuo-Bo WANG, Guo-Hua ZHAI and Jian-Jun GAO* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Physics and Electronic Science,East China Normal University,Shanghai 200241,China
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    (a) Lens for quasi-nondiffractive OAM waves, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [11], (b) nondiffractive Bessel beam launcher, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [21], (c) flat-top beam shaper, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [12], (d) Luneburg lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [22], (e) LP-CP converter, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [24], (f) polarization beam splitter, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [25]
    (a-ⅰ) 3-D near-field focus-scanning lens, (a-ⅱ) power densities on the three focal planes (S = 0.5, 4.5, and 8.5 mm) at 300 GHz by combining synchronous co-rotation and counter-rotation of the lenses, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [10], (b) multi-focus lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [43], (c-ⅰ) stretchable Fresnel flat zone plate, (c-ⅱ) Fresnel flat zone plate at stretching degrees of 0 and 21%, (c-ⅲ) E-field of the zone plate at stretching degrees of 0 and 21%, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [44], (d) two-layered cascaded discrete dielectric lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [17], (e-ⅰ) high numerical aperture metalens, (e-ⅱ) the schematic diagram of processing flow of metalens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [45], (f) measurement setup of the time domain spectrometer , and the picture is quoted from Ref. [55], (g) measurement setup of the Field-effect transistors, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [18]
    (a) Bullet shaped ceramic composite lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [26], (b) hyperhemispherical Si lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [27], (c) hemicylindrical PTFE lens[16], (d) hemispherical TPX, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [13], (e) cylindrical sapphire-fiber lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [29], (f) 3D printed planar lens, and the picture is quoted from Ref. [30]
    • Table 1. THz lens antennas for beam control in references

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      Table 1. THz lens antennas for beam control in references

      参考文献结构技术材料工作频率功能
      11离散介质3D打印聚乳酸140 GHz产生偏转准非衍射OAM波
      12双曲面-聚四氟乙烯100 GHz产生平顶波束
      21离散介质3D打印耐高温树脂300 GHz发射非衍射贝塞尔波束
      22超半圆+圆柱3D打印金属+聚苯乙烯130~180 GHz扫描和接收广角波束
      24离散介质3D打印耐高温树脂300 GHz高增益线极化转圆极化
      25离散介质3D打印聚乳酸140 GHz极化分束
    • Table 2. High gain THz lens antennas in references

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      Table 2. High gain THz lens antennas in references

      参考文献形状材料工作频率应用
      13半球形聚甲基戊烯220~320 GHzCMOS 超宽带调频连续波雷达
      16半圆柱聚四氟乙烯280~330 GHz漏波天线
      26子弹形氧化钼锂空心玻璃微珠陶瓷复合材料220-330 GHz-
      27半球形670 GHz振荡器辐射源阵列
      28半球形100~600 GHz光导脉冲源
      29圆柱形蓝宝石纤维-光导天线
      30平面超材料聚合物和金属增材3D打印140 GHz调频连续波雷达
    • Table 3. THz lens antennas for focus and collimation

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      Table 3. THz lens antennas for focus and collimation

      参考文献结构材料工作频率功能
      10离散介质耐高温树脂300 GHz三维近场聚焦扫描
      17离散介质耐高温树脂300 GHz动态全息成像
      18商用曲面透镜聚四氟乙烯490~645 GHz准直、预聚焦
      43C形槽超表面阵列二氧化钒800 GHz热可切换多聚焦
      44平面

      可拉伸单壁碳纳米管薄膜

      +可拉伸聚合物

      0.3~1.2 THz径向拉伸变焦
      45超透镜30 THz成像
      55商用曲面透镜聚甲基戊烯0.25~1 THz准直
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    Yi-Cong CHEN, Shuo-Bo WANG, Guo-Hua ZHAI, Jian-Jun GAO. A review on Terahertz lens antennas[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2023, 42(6): 806

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 6, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2023

    The Author Email: Jian-Jun GAO (jjgao@ee.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2023.06.014

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