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Wearable on-body millimeter-wave (mmWave) radars can provide obstacle detection and guidance for visually impaired individuals. The antennas, being a crucial component of these systems, must be lightweight, flexible, low-cost, and compact.…
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…
In this paper, a new composite right/left-handed (CRLH) Leaky Wave Antenna (LWA) based on substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) structures is proposed. The suggested antenna has a continuous beam scanning from backward to forward versus…
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…
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…
In this work, we show that propagating waves can be fully converted into surface waves and back using geometrically periodic arrays of simple electrically small metal elements loaded by adjustable reactive loads. The proposed approach…
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)…
This work introduces a reconfigurable leaky-waveguide antenna with a simplified biasing scheme for dynamic beam steering at a fixed frequency. Unlike prior metasurface-aided leaky-waveguide antennas that employ tunable metasurfaces as…
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…
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 ever-growing demand for ultra-high data rates, massive connectivity, and joint communication-sensing capabilities in future wireless networks is driving research into sub-terahertz (sub-THz) communications. While these frequency bands…
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…
In this paper, a novel concept of a leaky-wave antenna is proposed, based on the use of Huygens' metasurfaces. It consists of a parallel-plate waveguide in which the top plate is replaced by a bianisotropic metasurface of the Omega type. It…
Despite their great potential in communication and sensing applications, printed leaky-wave antennas have rarely been reported at mm-wave frequencies. In this paper, tapered leaky-wave antennas operating at 80 GHz are designed, fabricated…
A new spin photonic topological insulator model with a 30-degree rhombic unit cell is presented and analyzed. Topological band gaps and the robustness against the defects are shown. The edge modes are studied via full-wave simulation of a…
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…
This work presents a non-local terahertz metasurface integrated into a leaky-wave antenna for robust, wide-angle beam steering. The metasurface encodes a holographic pattern by explicitly inducing tangential and normal susceptibilities,…
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…
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 leaky-wave antenna at optical frequencies is designed and integrated with a ring resonator at 1550 nm wavelength. The leaky wave is generated by using periodic perturbations in the integrated dielectric waveguide that excite the -1…