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Experimental Demonstration of a New Oscillator Concept Based on Degenerate Band Edge in Microstrip Circuit

Applied Physics 2021-09-16 v1

Abstract

The first experimental demonstration of an oscillator based on a periodic, resonant microstrip circuit with a degenerate band edge (DBE) is presented. The DBE is a fourth-order exceptional degeneracy of the eigenmodes in a lossless periodic waveguide that is visible in the wavenumber-frequency dispersion diagram, and the periodic microstrip behaves as a frequency selective medium. The presence of the DBE condition and the associated DBE resonance allow for a stable, single-mode oscillation as well as stability with varying the load resistance.

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@article{arxiv.2109.07002,
  title  = {Experimental Demonstration of a New Oscillator Concept Based on Degenerate Band Edge in Microstrip Circuit},
  author = {Dmitry Oshmarin and Ahmed F. Abdelshafy and Alireza Nikzamir and Michael M. Green and Filippo Capolino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.07002},
  year   = {2021}
}