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Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas (P-LWA) offer highly directive and space-scanning radiation. Unfortunately, they have been plagued by the ``broadside issue'', characterized by a degradation in gain when the antenna's main beam is steered…
The paper includes two contributions. First, it proves that the series and shunt radiation components, corresponding to longitudinal and transversal electric fields, respectively, are always in phase quadrature in axially asymmetric…
Over the past decade, the issue of gain degradation at broadside in periodic leaky-wave antennas (P-LWAs) has been resolved, using a circuit modeling approach, by introducing proper asymmetry in the unit cell of the antenna structure. This…
This paper introduces two methods for analyzing periodic leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) within a new framework denoted as multi-modal network theory (MNT) with open periodic boundaries (OPBs). The approach is hybrid, combining analytical…
A low cross-polarization periodic-slotted ridged substrate-integrated waveguide (RSIW) leaky wave antenna (LWA) array is presented. Parametric constraints of the structure were investigated to realize a periodic leaky wave antenna (PLWA)…
We provide for the first time the detailed study of the radiation performance of an optical leaky wave antenna (OLWA) integrated into a Fabry-P\'erot resonator. We show that the radiation pattern can be expressed as the one generated by the…
A novel ridged SIW leaky wave antenna (LWA) with controllable side lobe level and low cross-polarization is proposed and fabricated. Longitudinally continuous asymmetric ridges beside SIW sidewalls provide an asymmetric field distribution…
Future wireless systems are envisioned to utilize the large spectra available at THz bands for wireless communications. Extremely massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas can be costly and power inefficient for wideband THz…
Topological photonics has emerged as a powerful platform for terahertz on-chip systems due to its robust waveguiding capabilities. However, directly extracting topological valley-locked edge states into directional free-space radiation…
A periodic leaky-wave antenna (LWA) with tuning capability and enhanced scanning sensitivity is introduced in this paper. This antenna leverages the concept of active Gain-Loss C-section pairs to tune the group delay of each antenna unit…
A periodic long slot leaky-wave antenna (LWA) based on a ridged substrate integrated waveguide (RSIW) is proposed. To reduce the cross polarization, the long slot is placed on the SIW centerline, and a sinusoidal ridge is used to produce a…
An analog, low-profile and shielded spectrum analyzer is proposed for operation at mm-wave frequencies around the 60 GHz band based on a novel side-fire Leaky-Wave Antenna (LWA) configuration. The proposed side-fire periodic LWA is…
Leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) are widely used as single-point-fed linear antenna arrays. The extension of LWAs to 2D implies that they can be used as single-point-fed 2D antenna arrays without requiring a complex feeding network. However,…
This paper proposes a dual-band frequency scanning meandering microstrip leaky-wave antenna with linear polarization in the Ku-band and circular polarization in the K-band. This is achieved by making use of two spatial harmonics for…
The integration of a leaky-wave antenna with a ring resonator is presented using analytical guided wave models. The device consists of a ring resonator fed by a directional coupler, where the ring resonator path includes a leaky-wave…
A novel application of leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) as integrated antennas and multiplexers/demultiplexers is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in the millimeter-wave band at 60~GHz. The first application is demultiplexing of an…
Amplitude-modulated (AM) leaky-wave antenna (LWA), a concept following amplitude modulation technique from classical communications theory, is a promising structure that enables transforming traveling wave into the radiating wave. In this…
Periodic leaky-wave antennas can be realized with planar low-profile structures supporting the generation of highly directional beams with frequency scanning from backward to forward directions. We propose a method to generate leaky modes…
A circularly polarized leaky-wave antenna capable of frequency scanning is proposed in this paper. The main objective is to achieve high gain and polarization purity without the need for a complex feed network. The antenna consists of two…
This study suggests an idea that radiation in a periodic leaky-wave antenna (PLWA) should be considered to be produced with the fundamental mode, regardless of whether it is fast-wave or slow-wave. The idea is different from the…