Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton and Its Applications to Microwave Frequencies

TANG Wenxuan; ZHANG Haochi; CUI Tiejun

doi:10.11999/JEIT160692

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TANG Wenxuan, ZHANG Haochi, CUI Tiejun. Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton and Its Applications to Microwave Frequencies[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2017, 39(1): 231-239. doi: 10.11999/JEIT160692

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TANG Wenxuan, ZHANG Haochi, CUI Tiejun. Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton and Its Applications to Microwave Frequencies[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2017, 39(1): 231-239. doi: 10.11999/JEIT160692

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Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton and Its Applications to Microwave Frequencies

doi: 10.11999/JEIT160692

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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (61571117, 61631007, 61401089, 61302018, 61501112, 61501117), The National Instrumentation Program (2013YQ- 200647), The 111 Project (111-2-05)

Received Date: 2016-07-04
Rev Recd Date: 2016-09-20
Publish Date: 2017-01-19

Abstract

Abstract

Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton (SSPP), which possesses extraordinary ability of sub-wavelength- scaled field confinement, can be realized by an ultrathin corrugated metallic strip at microwave frequencies. Advantages of SSPP such as the high confinement, low loss, and controllable dispersion properties are analyzed in this paper. SSPP waveguide, a novel high-performance transmission line, is studied for its great potentials in modern integrated circuits. A series of reported applications for microwave circuits/devices are reviewed. In the end, future development of this technique is discussed.
- Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton (SSPP),
- Microwave,
- Transmission line,
- Miniaturization,
- Controllable

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