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Woodpile EBG waveguide as a DC electrical break for microwave ion sources
Author(s) -
Mauro Giorgio S.,
Locatelli Andrea,
Torrisi Giuseppe,
Celona Luigi,
De Angelis Costantino,
Sorbello Gino
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.31628
Subject(s) - microwave , materials science , optoelectronics , bandwidth (computing) , waveguide , voltage , dielectric , optics , electrical engineering , engineering , telecommunications , physics
This article presents a dielectric waveguide, operating at 18 GHz that can sustain 40 kV DC voltages and can be used to feed microwave ion sources. The metallic‐to‐woodpile waveguide transition optimization gives a very low maximum insertion loss of 0.3 dB over a 3.75% bandwidth.