Nonlinear transmission line extraction systems

摘要

A dielectric-based nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) coupled to an adjacent waveguide. Energy in an input pulse to the nonlinear transmission line is concentrated into an electromagnetic shock or a series of soliton-like oscillations by the nonlinear properties of the NLTL. Energy from the electromagnetic shock or the soliton-like oscillations are transferred into the waveguide. A plate of the NLTL coupled to the waveguide can include an aperture or a series of apertures. Energy from the electromagnetic shock or the soliton-like oscillations can then be transferred into waveguide via an aperture or apertures in such a way that forward and/or backward guided electromagnetic waves are generated in the waveguide. The waveguide can contain at a nonlinear magnetic material, a dielectric material, a slow wave structure, or a metamaterial. The NLTL can include nonlinear dielectric elements such as a periodic array interspersed with linear dielectric elements.

主权项

1. A system for extraction of electromagnetic energy from nonlinear transmission line, comprising:
a nonlinear transmission line deriving nonlinear behavior from a nonlinear dielectric material contained therein, said nonlinear transmission line coupled to a singular adjacent waveguide containing a waveguide material; said waveguide material being different from said nonlinear dielectric material; and said nonlinear transmission line being for transferring electromagnetic energy having varying phase velocities from said nonlinear transmission line into said adjacent singular waveguide.