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Hamid Esfahani

Hamid Esfahani

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
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Research

Title
A highly directive graphene antenna embedded inside a Fabry-Perot cavity in terahertz regime
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Graphene Highly directional antenna Terahertz antenna Fabry Perot cavity
Year
2018
Journal SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES
DOI
Researchers ، hamidreza Karami ، Parisa Dehkhoda ، Hamid Esfahani ، Fatemeh Dabir

Abstract

In this paper, a highly directive nano-thickness graphene-based antenna is introduced in the terahertz frequency band. The antenna is a graphene patch dipole which is placed between two Bragg mirrors called Fabry-Perot cavity. Tunability of the graphene's conductivity makes it possible to excite the desired resonances of the cavity. Here, first, a single resonant antenna is introduced at 5 THz with an enhanced gain from 2.11 dBi to 12.8 dBi with a beamwidth of 22.7°. Then, a triple resonant antenna at 4.7, 5 and 5.3 THz is presented with respective gains of 7.97, 11.9 and 8.52 dBi. Finally, the effect of dimensions and number of the dielectric layers of the cavity are studied in order to further increase in directivity.