MeerKAT Holography Measurements in the UHF, L, and S bands

MS de Villiers - The Astronomical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Radio holographic measurements using the MeerKAT telescope are presented for each of
its supported observing bands, namely UHF (544–1087 MHz), L (856–1711 MHz), and S …

COMAP early science. II. pathfinder instrument

JW Lamb, KA Cleary, DP Woody, M Catha… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Line intensity mapping (LIM) is a new technique for tracing the global properties of galaxies
over cosmic time. Detection of the very faint signals from redshifted carbon monoxide (CO), a …

Microwave characterization of conductive PLA and its application to a 12 to 18 GHz 3-D printed rotary vane attenuator

E Márquez-Segura, SH Shin, A Dawood… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper demonstrates an ultra-light weight microwave rotary vane attenuator (RVA)
manufactured using polymer-based 3-D printing. In addition, for the first time, conductive …

Minimizing RF performance spikes in a cryogenic orthomode transducer (OMT)

D Henke, S Claude - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The turnstile junction exhibits very low cross-polarization leakage and is suitable for low-
noise millimeter-wave receivers. For use in a cryogenic receiver, it is best if the orthomode …

A compact machinable 90° waveguide twist for broadband applications

L Zeng, CE Tong, SN Paine… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a novel machinable 90° waveguide twist design suitable for broadband
applications from microwave to terahertz frequency. The design achieves compactness and …

A turnstile quad-ridge orthomode transducer (OMT) for octave-bandwidth receiver front-ends (24–51 GHz)

D Henke, N Kelly, K Marshall, I Wevers… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design, fabrication, and measured results of a turnstile quad-ridge
orthomode transducer (OMT) suitable for millimeter-wavelength receivers used in radio …

A 10–100-GHz double-ridged horn antenna and coax launcher

MA Morgan, TA Boyd - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design, fabrication, and measurement of a coax to double-ridged waveguide launcher
and horn antenna is presented. The novel launcher design employs two symmetric field …

A method to design trapped-mode free quadruple-ridged flared horn antennas

R Lehmensiek, DIL de Villiers - 2023 17th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A quadruple-ridged flared horn (QRFH) antenna is typically fed asymmetrically by the centre
conductor of a coaxial transmission line. Both the desired odd and undesired even modes …

Potter horn and compact orthomode transducer at 150 GHz

W Hongjian, Y Min, L Guang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Potter horn and a compact orthomode transducer operating at 150 GHz are designed
using full wave analysis. The Potter horn patterns have good symmetry within the main …

[HTML][HTML] SiAl composite feedhorn arrays for astrophysical applications: Cryogenic material properties

AM Ali, T Essinger-Hileman, T Marriage… - Review of Scientific …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
A study investigating the physical properties and use of the SiAl composite Controlled
Expansion 7 (CE7) for the packaging of silicon bolometric detectors for millimeter-wave …