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RADIO SCIENCE, VOL. 42, RS4010, doi:10.1029/2005RS003445, 2007

Leaky wave phenomena of a conductor-back dielectric slab covered with a two-dimensionally electromagnetic band gap superstrate

R. B. Hwang

Department of Communication Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan


Abstract

This paper presents the leaky wave phenomena associated with a waveguide structure that consists of a conductor-back dielectric slab covered with a superstrate made up of a two-dimensionally (2-D) electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. A guided wave has its energy bounced back and forth between the metallic ground plane and the EBG structure that is taken as a frequency-selective reflection mirror. Because of the finite thickness of the 2-D EBG superstrate, the guided wave will leak or radiate some of its energy into the air region above the waveguide structure to become a leaky wave. By the mode-matching method and the transverse resonance technique, the overall waveguide structure is formulated as a rigorous electromagnetic boundary value problem to yield an exact dispersion relation of the waveguide so that the complex propagation constant of a guided mode can be accurately determined, including the phase and attenuation constants. Additionally, the electric field distribution inside the waveguide and the far-field radiation pattern were also calculated to demonstrate the leaky wave phenomena of this waveguide from a microscopic point of view. On the basis of the excitation of leaky waves, the phenomenology concerning a class of directive antennas with EBG structure as superstrate was clarified in this research.

Received 30 December 2005; accepted 23 January 2007; published 18 July 2007.

Keywords: leaky waves; two-dimensionally periodic structure; stop band; 2-D EBG.

Index Terms: 0619 Electromagnetics: Electromagnetic theory; 0624 Electromagnetics: Guided waves; 0689 Electromagnetics: Wave propagation (2487, 3285, 4275, 4455, 6934).

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Citation: Hwang, R. B. (2007), Leaky wave phenomena of a conductor-back dielectric slab covered with a two-dimensionally electromagnetic band gap superstrate, Radio Sci., 42, RS4010, doi:10.1029/2005RS003445.