Highly Tuneable X-band Bragg Resonator - Initial Results

Pratik Dilip Deshpande; Simon Jonathan Bale; Mark Hough; Jeremy Kenneth Arthur Everard

doi:10.1109/FCS.2015.7138872

Highly Tuneable X-band Bragg Resonator - Initial Results

Pratik Dilip Deshpande, Simon Jonathan Bale, Mark Hough, Jeremy Kenneth Arthur Everard

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Abstract

This paper describes the design and measurement of a broad tuning aperiodic Bragg resonator at X-band. The resonator utilizes an aperiodic arrangement of non (λg/4) low loss alumina plates (ℰr=9.75, loss tangent of ~1 to 2×10E-5) mounted in a cylindrical metal waveguide. The initial results demonstrate a spurious free tuning range of 100MHz. The insertion loss, S21, varies from -5.6dB to -4dB while the unloaded Q varies from 40,000 to 60,000 over the tuning range. The loaded Q varied from 20,000 to 23,000. It is also possible to tune over a range of 400MHz with similar unloaded Qs up to 64,000, but on occasion the required TE011 mode passes through several lower Q modes which therefore degrades the unloaded Q of the wanted mode.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2015
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	423-426
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-8866-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FCS.2015.7138872
Publication status	Published - 12 Apr 2015
Event	2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum - Colorado, Denver, United States Duration: 12 Apr 2015 → 16 Apr 2015

Conference

Conference	2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	12/04/15 → 16/04/15

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10.1109/FCS.2015.7138872

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Deshpande, PD, Bale, SJ, Hough, M & Everard, JKA 2015, Highly Tuneable X-band Bragg Resonator - Initial Results. in Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum (FCS), 2015. IEEE, pp. 423-426, 2015 Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium & European Frequency and Time Forum, Denver, United States, 12/04/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/FCS.2015.7138872

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