Exceptional points of degeneracy in periodic coupled waveguides and the interplay of gain and radiation loss: Theoretical and experimental demonstration

AF Abdelshafy, MAK Othman… - … on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel paradigm for dispersion engineering in coupled transmission lines
(CTLs) based on exceptional points of degeneracy (EPDs). We also develop a theory for …

Exceptional points of degeneracy induced by linear time-periodic variation

H Kazemi, MY Nada, T Mealy, AF Abdelshafy… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
We present a general theory of exceptional points of degeneracy (EPD) in periodically time-
variant systems. We show that even a single resonator with a time-periodic component is …

On the computation of the dispersion diagram of symmetric one-dimensionally periodic structures

F Mesa, R Rodríguez-Berral, F Medina - Symmetry, 2018 - mdpi.com
A critical discussion on the computation of the dispersion diagram of electromagnetic
guiding/radiating structures with one-dimensional periodicity using general-purpose …

Non-resonant exceptional points as enablers of noise-resilient sensors

W Tuxbury, R Kononchuk, T Kottos - Communications Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Exceptional point degeneracies (EPDs) in the resonant spectrum of non-Hermitian systems
have been recently employed for sensing due to the sublinear response of the resonance …

Frozen mode in three-way periodic microstrip coupled waveguide

MY Nada, T Mealy, F Capolino - IEEE Microwave and Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that a simple periodic fully planar three-
way microstrip coupled waveguide exhibits a stationary inflection point (SIP). The SIP is a …

Experimental demonstration of degenerate band edge in metallic periodically loaded circular waveguide

MAK Othman, X Pan, G Atmatzakis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate for the first time the degenerate band edge (DBE) condition,
namely, the degeneracy of four Bloch modes, in loaded circular metallic waveguides. The …

Theory and new amplification regime in periodic multimodal slow wave structures with degeneracy interacting with an electron beam

MAK Othman, VA Tamma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the theory of a new amplification regime in traveling wave tubes (TWTs)
composed of a slow wave periodic structure that supports multiple electromagnetic modes …

[HTML][HTML] TE-polarized leaky-wave beam launchers: Generation of Bessel and Bessel–Gauss beams

E Negri, W Fuscaldo, D González-Ovejero… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The generation of focused beams in the millimeter-and submillimeter-wave ranges, with
transverse-electric (TE) polarization, is investigated in the radiative near-field region. The …

Compact CRLH Leaky-Wave Antenna Using TE20-Mode Substrate-Integrated Waveguide for Broad Space Radiation Coverage

A Sarkar, A Sharma, A Biswas… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this communication, a composite right-/left-handed (CRLH) based four-quadrant dual-
beam scanning leaky-wave antenna is proposed and demonstrated using substrate …

Lasing at a stationary inflection point

A Herrero-Parareda, N Furman, T Mealy… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The concept of lasers based on the frozen mode regime in active periodic optical
waveguides with a 3rd-order exceptional point of degeneracy (EPD) is advanced. The …