In the US, the 14.0-14.5 GHz band is allocated on a primary basis to the Radio-Navigation and the FSS with a secondary allocation to the LMSS. The Radio-Navigation service is the use of RADAR for navigation. An example of Radio-Navigation is the ground proximity radar used for airplane collision avoidance. FSS stands for the Fixed Satellite Service. In general, an FSS is a satellite network consisting of a geo-stationary satellite and non-movable earth stations on the ground. An example of an FSS is the earth terminals used at gas stations to verify credit cards and centrally track inventory. The 14.0-14.5 GHz band is also allocated on a secondary basis to the LMSS or Land Mobile Satellite Service. This is a satellite network with a satellite and a movable terrestrial non-aeronautical earth station. An example of an LMSS is a system called Omnitracs, which provides a satellite-based data connection for the trucking industry. AMSS stands for the Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service. An AMSS is an LMSS dedicated only to airplanes. The CPM or Conference Preparatory Meeting after WRC or World Radio Conference-2000 decided there was an urgent need for technical and regulatory studies covering sharing between the FSS and the AMSS. The requirement for a report on the studies was added to the WRC-2003 agenda. The WRC also stipulated that the studies must demonstrate that sharing between the FSS and the AMSS is feasible enough to allocate AMSS a secondary status in the band. The studies need to be completed before WRC-2003. AMSS contends that sharing is feasible if their service can meet the same PFD limits of the LMSS. Presently, the FCC has licensed the AMSS on an experimental non-interference basis. The FSS contends that characteristics are needed of the AMSS system and a detailed sharing study be completed to verify sharing is feasible. The FSS believes that sharing may not be feasible if the same transponder is used for AMSS and FSS. The FSS perceives that the AMSS is asking for a super secondary status. Super secondary status implies that the AMSS would only be required to adhere to PFD limits on individual aircraft and not for multiple aircraft in view of a victim FSS receiver. Future studies will clarify this issue. The issues associated with the sharing analysis are; the modeling of the orbital separation of the satellites, the atmospheric interference into the communication link and the availability of the communication link between the FSS and the AMSS. The issues associated with modeling of the simulation are the static, verses dynamic modeling environments and developing a dynamic software tool to track airplane movement. This thesis plans to propose a new sharing methodology between the FSS and the AMSS that could be contributed to the WRC-2003 agenda. Three systems examples were provided at ITU meetings inresponse to the WRC-2003 agenda item. The three systems will abide by the ITU-R S.728 EIRP limits. The three systems indicate that static analysis shows that sharing is feasible involving only one aircraft as the interfere. This is not a reasonable solution for a real time environment because there is only one aircraft used. It is necessary for the link to support multiple aircraft. The factors that indicate sharing is feasible are: non-harmful interference to the victim and reasonable enough link margin in the interfere system to make it viable. A viable system in the case of aircraft would include high-speed internet and video. The AMSS interfere system cannot propose a power limit that will not allow it to close it's own link. In order to mitigate the interference, systems can agree to certain interference mitigation techniques. The different techniques are: transmitting power control, geostationary arc avoidance angle and orbital arc separation. Power control as described above is the centralized control of the interfering antenna into the victim. This is done by simulating the interference environment and pre-scheduling the decreases of the transmitting power. This is a feasible solution except that it decreases the availability and thru-put of the interfere system. This approach can make the system have unrealistic link margins and spotty availability due to the pre-scheduled power control. Another technique is the geostationary arc avoidance angle. This technique is not applicable since both the AMSS and FSS use geostationary orbits. The third technique is geostationary separation. This technique requires co-channel systems to maintain a certain orbital spacing between them. FSS systems in certain bands have a minimum of 3 degrees of orbital spacing between co-channel systems. Since the AMSS has 01/25/03 a mobile terrestrial system (aircraft) as part of the link, it requires a higher orbital separation between it and the FSS system. The results of dynamic analysis indicate that this technique is feasible at 10 degree orbital spacing. The Monte Carlo analysis completed for this thesis simulated the results of four scenarios: co-located, 3 degree, and 5 and 10-degree orbital separation. It can be determined from the results that the interference decreases as the orbital separation increases. These simulations were done based on a 10 aircraft interfere scenario. / Master of Science

Orientador: Luiz Francisco Malmonge / Resumo: Nanocompósitos com matriz de fibras em escala micro e nanométrica de poli(fluoreto de vinilideno) – PVDF com adição de argila montmorilonita ou zeólita faujasita – FAU, nas concentrações de 3%, 5%, 10%, 20% e 30%, foram produzidas pela técnica de fiação por sopro em solução e submetidas a caracterizações morfológica e estrutural (Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura – MEV, Difratometria de Raios X – DRX e Energia Dispersiva de Raios X – EDX). As análises térmicas foram feitas por Calorimetria Exploratória Diferencial – DSC e Análise Termogravimétrica – TGA; as mecânicas por análises de Tensão – Deformação; e de molhabilidade por Ângulo de Contato. As amostras foram submetidas a testes de remoção de metais pesados através da adsorção em banho e em membrana. Os resultados demonstraram queda da espessura dos nanocompósitos, que passaram de 500 μm do polímero puro, para 251 μm e 315 μm para os nanocompósitos com 30% de argila e FAU, respectivamente. A técnica de MEV evidenciou amostras com grande quantidade de fibras lisas, uniformes, cilíndricas e pouco aglomeradas, cujos diâmetros foram inferiores a 200 nm. A ferramenta de EDX confirmou a presença dos elementos da argila e da FAU dispersos por todo o filme, porém surgem aglomerados com o aumento de sua concentração. A técnica de DRX demonstrou a presença das fases cristalinas α e β da matriz, além disso, o aumento da quantidade de argila e FAU nos nanocompósitos intensificou seus picos característicos. A técnica DSC revelou que ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AdrianoGS.pdf: 778842 bytes, checksum: bec8b3adf6e4043d40c60a7d9b9c6b70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-12 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Recently, an amazing development has been observed in telecommunication systems. Two good examples of this development are observed in mobile communication and aerospace systems. This impressive development is related to the increasing need for receiving and transmitting communication signals. Particularly, this development has required the study of new antennas and filters. This work presents a fullwave analysis of reflectarrays. The considered structures are composed by arrays of rectangular conducting patches printed on multilayer dieletric substrates, that are mounted on a ground plane. The analysis is developed in the spectral domain, using an equivalent transmission line method in combination with Galerkin method. Results for the reflection coefficient of these structures are presented and compared to those available in the literature. A good agreement was observed. Particularly, the developed analysis uses the transmission lines theory in combination with the incident potentials and the field continuity equations, at the structures interfaces, for obtaining the scattered field components expressions as function of the patch surface currents and of the incident field. Galerkin method is used to determine the unknown coefficients in the boundary value problem. Curves for the reflection coefficient of several reflectarray geometries are presented as function of frequency and of the structural parameters / Os constantes avan?os das telecomunica??es tornam-se cada vez mais evidentes nas ?ltimas d?cadas. As tecnologias de comunica??es m?veis e da ind?stria aeroespacial s?o um bom exemplo desta evolu??o. Isto ocorreu devido ao aumento do fluxo de dados a serem transmitidos. Para suprir essa demanda, novas tecnologias v?m surgindo na constru??o de antenas e na filtragem dos sinais de RF. Este trabalho apresenta uma an?lise de onda completa de estrutura de arranjos refletores (reflectarray). A estrutura analisada ? composta por um arranjo de patches condutores retangulares depositados sobre um substrato com duas camadas de materiais iso/anisotr?picos, que por sua vez est?o montadas sobre um plano de terra. A an?lise foi efetuada no dom?nio espectral, sendo utilizado o m?todo da linha de transmiss?o equivalente em combina??o com o m?todo de Galerkin. Como resultado foram obtidos os coeficientes de reflex?o (amplitude e fase) correspondentes para as estruturas analisadas. Para valida??o desses resultados foi realizada uma compara??o com os resultados dispon?veis na literatura. Especificamente, a an?lise desenvolvida usa a teoria de linha de transmiss?o em conjunto com os potenciais incidentes e com a imposi??o da continuidade dos campos nas interfaces de contorno, para a obten??o das express?es das componentes dos campos espalhados em fun??o das densidades de corrente do patch e dos campos incidentes. O m?todo de Galerkin ? utilizado na determina??o num?rica dos coeficientes pesos desconhecidos. Desta forma, s?o determinados os coeficientes de reflex?o (amplitude e fase) das estruturas consideradas

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AdrianoGS.pdf: 947514 bytes, checksum: 6261ee06e26f3e814492d948462a3233 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-06-12 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Recently, an amazing development has been observed in telecommunication systems. Two good examples of this development are observed in mobile communication and aerospace systems. This impressive development is related to the increasing need for receiving and transmitting communication signals. Particularly, this development has required the study of new antennas and filters. This work presents a fullwave analysis of reflectarrays. The considered structures are composed by arrays of rectangular conducting patches printed on multilayer dieletric substrates, that are mounted on a ground plane. The analysis is developed in the spectral domain, using an equivalent transmission line method in combination with Galerkin method. Results for the reflection coefficient of these structures are presented and compared to those available in the literature. A good agreement was observed. Particularly, the developed analysis uses the transmission lines theory in combination with the incident potentials and the field continuity equations, at the structures interfaces, for obtaining the scattered field components expressions as function of the patch surface currents and of the incident field. Galerkin method is used to determine the unknown coefficients in the boundary value problem. Curves for the reflection coefficient of several reflectarray geometries are presented as function of frequency and of the structural parameters / Os constantes avan?os das telecomunica??es tornamse cada vez mais evidentes nas ?ltimas d?cadas. As tecnologias de comunica??es m?veis e da ind?stria aeroespacial s?o um bom exemplo desta evolu??o. Isto ocorreu devido ao aumento do fluxo de dados a serem transmitidos. Para suprir essa demanda, novas tecnologias v?m surgindo na constru??o de antenas e na filtragem dos sinais de RF. Este trabalho apresenta uma an?lise de onda completa de estrutura de arranjos refletores (reflectarray). A estrutura analisada ? composta por um arranjo de patches condutores retangulares depositados sobre um substrato com duas camadas de materiais iso/anisotr?picos, que por sua vez est?o montadas sobre um plano de terra. A an?lise foi efetuada no dom?nio espectral, sendo utilizado o m?todo da linha de transmiss?o equivalente em combina??o com o m?todo de Galerkin. Como resultado foram obtidos os coeficientes de reflex?o (amplitude e fase) correspondentes para as estruturas analisadas. Para valida??o desses resultados foi realizada uma compara??o com os resultados dispon?veis na literatura. Especificamente, a an?lise desenvolvida usa a teoria de linha de transmiss?o em conjunto com os potenciais incidentes e com a imposi??o da continuidade dos campos nas interfaces de contorno, para a obten??o das express?es das componentes dos campos espalhados em fun??o das densidades de corrente do patch e dos campos incidentes. O m?todo de Galerkin ? utilizado na determina??o num?rica dos coeficientes pesos desconhecidos. Desta forma, s?o determinados os coeficientes de reflex?o (amplitude e fase) das estruturas consideradas

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-03-22T00:23:25Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LincolnMachadoDeAraujo_TESE.pdf: 2020947 bytes, checksum: dbf0a95d1c4132541362bdf08093f102 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-22T23:10:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 LincolnMachadoDeAraujo_TESE.pdf: 2020947 bytes, checksum: dbf0a95d1c4132541362bdf08093f102 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T23:10:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LincolnMachadoDeAraujo_TESE.pdf: 2020947 bytes, checksum: dbf0a95d1c4132541362bdf08093f102 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-15 / Os ?ltimos anos foram marcados por um grande interesse no uso de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia (FSS), como filtros espaciais, em diversas aplica??es em microondas. Dentre estas, destacam-se as aplica??es em sistemas de telecomunica??es (tais como: comunica??es por sat?lite e radar), antenas de ganho elevado (em estruturas combinadas com antenas planares) e fornos de micro-ondas (dom?sticos e industriais). As FSS s?o geralmente compostas por arranjos peri?dicos bidimensionais, com elementos igualmente espa?ados, que podem ser patches met?licos (impressos em substratos diel?tricos) ou aberturas (perfuradas em superf?cies met?licas finas). Nestas configura??es (de arranjos peri?dicos), as FSS v?m conseguindo atender ?s demandas da ind?stria de telecomunica??es de maneira satisfat?ria. Entretanto, novas demandas v?m encontrando limita??es na tecnologia empregada. Neste contexto, requisitos de filtragem adversos v?m for?ando os projetistas de FSS a utilizarem m?todos de otimiza??o na tentativa de encontrar formatos espec?ficos para seus elementos, por exemplo. Outra alternativa que vem sendo utilizada para aumentar a seletividade das FSS ? o cascateamento, uma t?cnica simples que tem como principal ponto negativo o aumento das dimens?es da estrutura, assim como do seu peso. Este trabalho prop?e o desenvolvimento de uma nova classe de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia (FSS), constitu?das de arranjos quase-peri?dicos (ou n?o-peri?dicos). Resultados de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia n?o-peri?dicas e flex?veis tamb?m ser?o apresentados, mostrando uma nova gama de aplica??es. Portanto, as FSS propostas n?o apresentam periodicidade em rela??o ? posi??o espacial dos seus elementos. As respostas em frequ?ncia destas estruturas foram simuladas utilizando softwares comerciais que implementam m?todos de onda completa. Para valida??o do estudo efetuado, foram constru?dos e medidos prot?tipos das FSS propostas, tendo sido observada uma boa concord?ncia entre os resultados simulados e medidos. S?o apresentadas e comentadas as principais conclus?es deste estudo, al?m de indicadas sugest?es para a sua continuidade. / The past years have seen a great interest in the use of frequency selective surfaces (FSS), as spatial filters, in many microwave applications. Among these, we highlight applications in telecommunication systems (such as satellite communications and radar), high gain antennas (combined with planar antennas) and (home and industrial) microwave ovens. The FSS is usually composed of two-dimensional periodic arrays, with equally spaced elements, which may be metallic patches (printed on dielectric substrates) or aperture (holes in thin metal surfaces). Using periodic arrays, the FSS have been able to meet the demands of the telecommunications industry. However, new demands are finding technological limitations. In this context, adverse filtering requirements have forced designers to use FSS optimization methods to find specific formats of FSS elements. Another alternative that has been used to increase the selectivity of the FSS is the cascaded FSS, a simple technique that has as main drawback the increased dimensions of the structure, as well as its weight. This work proposes the development of a new class of selective surfaces frequency (FSS) composed of quasi-periodic (or non-periodic) arrangements. The proposed FSS have no array periodicity, in relation with the spatial position of their elements. The frequency responses of these structures were simulated using commercial softwares that implement full-wave methods. For the purpose of validation of this study, FSS prototypes were built and measured, being possible to observe a good agreement between simulated and measured results. The main conclusions of this work are presented, as well as suggestions for future works.

This thesis presents both theoretical and experimental investigations of the performance and capabilities of frequency selective surfaces (FSS) applied at THz frequencies. The aim is to explore and extend the use of FSS, traditionally limited to microwave frequencies, towards the THz regime of the spectrum, where interesting applications such as imaging, sensing and communications exist. The contribution of this work lies in three main areas within the scope of THz FSS, namely, performance, prototyping and applications. Unlike microwave FSS where extensive research has been performed to evaluate the performance of different FSS designs, particular problems arise at THz frequencies, significantly, the ohmic losses. While a few notable studies can be found on the issue of ohmic losses, part of this thesis investigates, for the first time, the power dissipation due to the presence of both ohmic and dielectric losses, in relation to the power stored in the vicinity of the FSS, the currents induced in the elements of the array and the array’s terminal impedance. By doing so, a better understanding of the performance of THz FSS has been given in terms of their quality factor, allowing for design guidelines previously unavailable. In order to demonstrate multiband operation experimentally, a novel fabrication process has been designed and developed to manufacture capacitive or dipole-based THz FSS on a dielectric layer. Dry deep-reactive ion etching has been employed in order to avoid the use of wet etching to provide better control of etch characteristics. Various FSS operating around 15THz have been demonstrated experimentally. In addition, THz FSS have been investigated theoretically in the realm of three different applications, namely, multiband operation, sensing capability and reconfigurability. Multiband characteristics using single-screen FSS have been achieved by perturbed dipole FSS exhibiting up to four resonances due to the excitation of even and odd current modes. After studying the near-fields in perturbed FSS, it has been found that this type of FSS represent a very attractive candidate for sensing applications due to the revealed near-field enhancement phenomena related to the excitation of the odd mode, where currents flow in opposite directions. Finally, a novel tunability approach to reach frequency reconfigurability by varying the near-field coupling between two closely spaced layers in a dual-layer configuration has been proposed. A MEMS movable four-arm membrane has been suggested to vary the distance between the two layers mechanically, leading to the frequency tuning effect. This approach has been shown to be particularly suitable for THz frequencies, and has been applied to demonstrate theoretically tunable FSS and other periodic structures, such as artificial magnetic conductors and dielectric gratings.

Submitted by Alex Sandro R?go (alex@ifpb.edu.br) on 2016-11-23T14:35:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CARACTERIZA??O_DE_FSS_COM_GEOMETRIA_ESTRELA_DE_QUATRO_BRA?OS_TIPO_FENDA.pdf: 3334448 bytes, checksum: 72e9a0cc6327c3ea260649a17ee9e917 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Alex Sandro R?go (alex@ifpb.edu.br) on 2016-11-23T14:36:47Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 CARACTERIZA??O_DE_FSS_COM_GEOMETRIA_ESTRELA_DE_QUATRO_BRA?OS_TIPO_FENDA.pdf: 3334448 bytes, checksum: 72e9a0cc6327c3ea260649a17ee9e917 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-23T14:36:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CARACTERIZA??O_DE_FSS_COM_GEOMETRIA_ESTRELA_DE_QUATRO_BRA?OS_TIPO_FENDA.pdf: 3334448 bytes, checksum: 72e9a0cc6327c3ea260649a17ee9e917 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-23 / Nos ?ltimos anos, devido ao intenso crescimento de aplica??es que utilizam os sistemas de telecomunica??es, a demanda de disponibilidade de bandas de frequ?ncia do espectro eletromagn?tico tem se tornado cada vez maior. Embora esse crescimento seja determinado principalmente por tecnologias desenvolvidas para tablets e smartphones, o espectro eletromagn?tico ? ainda disputado por diversos servi?os, tais como os sistemas de posicionamento global, TV digital, servi?os de internet e outros. Diante disso, os engenheiros de telecomunica??es e micro-ondas buscam por novas tecnologias capazes de suprir as demandas espec?ficas desses dispositivos. Nesse contexto, uma das estruturas que tem recebido consider?vel aten??o de diversos grupos de pesquisa ? a superf?cie seletiva em frequ?ncia, FSS, pois pode desempenhar um papel fundamental na otimiza??o de sistemas de telecomunica??es, possibilitando, entre outras aplica??es, a redu??o de sinais indesej?veis e opera??o multibanda. A fim de se obter dimens?es reduzidas, resposta em frequ?ncia espec?fica e opera??o multibanda, diversas geometrias s?o estudadas, incluindo elementos simples ou uma combina??o dos mesmos, em que o elemento da c?lula unit?ria pode ser constitu?do a partir de uma camada de metaliza??o impressa sobre um substrato diel?trico, ou uma fenda em uma camada de metaliza??o sobre um substrato diel?trico. Logo, neste trabalho ? apresentada a an?lise da geometria estrela de quatro bra?os tipo fenda para FSS, destacando-se as suas caracter?sticas de redu??o de dimens?es e opera??o multibanda. O dimensionamento da estrutura, o ajuste da resposta em frequ?ncia e a sua reconfigura??o a partir da comuta??o s?o aspectos abordados. Para a an?lise num?rica das FSS s?o utilizados o M?todo das Ondas, mais conhecido na literatura como WCIP (Wave Concept Iterative Procedure), empregando o programa WCIPAG08?, desenvolvido no GTEMA-IFPB, e o M?todo dos Momentos, no qual se baseia o programa comercial ANSOFT-DESIGNER. Os resultados num?ricos e experimentais apresentaram boa concord?ncia entre si. Al?m disso, observa-se que o ajuste da resposta em frequ?ncia e a opera??o multibanda foram obtidos sem altera??o das dimens?es da c?lula unit?ria. S?o propostas equa??es aproximadas de projetos e apresentada a compara??o entre as caracteriza??es anal?tica, num?rica e experimental.

Finite structure splitting (FSS) is a bottleneck for quantum dot (QD) based solid state entangled photon pair generator (EPPG) for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) application. In QD, entangle photon pairs are generated through a cascaded emission process—biexciton to exciton to ground state. The FSS of the excitonic state destroys the entanglement of the photon pairs, hence needs to be eliminated. FSS can be tuned by engineering the crystal growth direction, varying dot shape or size, changing the material composition and/or applying external strain. Numerical investigation of FSS and designing of realistically-sized QD based EPPG demands multiscale-multiphysics many-body simulation efforts. To this end, in this work, we report the coupling of full configuration integration (FCI) method with the atomistic empirical tight-binding (TB) models (10-band sp3s* and 20-band sp3d5s*) to calculate the excitonic energetics and FSS in recently reported multimillion-atom III-V dot-in-nanowire structures. The core of the computational framework comprises two parts: i) NEMO3D, which, using the TB models, can compute single-electron energetics of multimillion-atom structures, and ii) An FCI kernel, which computes the many-particle energetics and wavefunctions using the single-electron outputs as derived from NEMO3D. NEMO3D is a broad platform that handles geometry construction, calculation of strain distributions and built-in potential fields, solving the Schrodinger’s equation and computing optical matrix elements. Three output files from NEMO3D are of particular importance for the FCI toolkit: i) Single-electron energy values, ii) Eigen functions, and iii) Relaxed atom positions of the device. FCI calculates the Coulomb and Exchange matrix elements associated with multi-particles and forms the many-body Hamiltonian. The excitonic states (electron-hole pair) are calculated by solving the many-body Hamiltonian and the value of FSS, if exists, is determined. Recently, nitride-based nanostructured devices have been found to be a promising candidate for single and entangled multi-photon emitter applications. The principal goal of this dissertation is to facilitate the numerical design of InGaN/GaN based dot-in-nanowire EPPG units. To this end, a number of kernels in NEMO3D and FCI packages were augmented. The geometry constructor in NEMO3D was extended for two non-polar planes of wurtzite crystal: m-plane and a-plane. It is found that these two non-polar planes, with much smaller built-in piezoelectric fields, exhibit improved optical transition probabilities than the polar c-plane counterpart. As test cases, light-emitters in dot-in-wire and multiple quantum well (MQW) configurations were simulated and compared in all three (c-plane, m-plane, and a-plane) growth directions. TCAD toolkits are used to simulate the terminal optical characteristics such as internal quantum efficiency (IQE) and spontaneous emission rate. Hexagonal-base truncated-pyramid shaped QD was also added to the NEMO3D geometry constructor as pyramid shaped dots offer directionality and better extraction efficiency of emitted photons, which is important for single or entangled photon generators. The FCI simulator was modified for calculating the excitonic states that involve an electron-hole pair. As for EPPG design, four device structures are considered: i) Disk-in-nanowire on the polar c-plane, ii) pyramid shaped dot-in-nanowire on polar c-plane, iii) Disk-in-nanowire on non-polar m-plane, and iv) Disk-in-nanowire on non-polar a-plane. Simulations are done for different disk thicknesses, material compositions, quantum dot shapes and crystal directions. Results and in-depth analysis are presented on the effects of these design parameters on many-body energetics e.g. binding energy, excitonic bandgaps and FSS. The derivation of excitonic transition probability from single-electron momentum matrix is discussed in detail. Finally, an EPPG design is proposed employing the entangled polarization profiles from two excitonic emissions.

Yes / This article presented a novel compact multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) hexagonal monopole antenna with a uniplanar compact frequency-selective-surface (FSS) array for microwave imaging (MWI). The ultra-wideband (UWB) dual-element linear MIMO antenna was designed on the FR4 substrate with 50 Ω coplanar waveguide feed, T-strip isolation, novel numerical calculation, and equivalent circuit analyses. The main issues of realising high-resolution images based on planer UWB antenna for MWI are the low gain, omnidirectional pattern, design size, and mutual coupling of MIMO design. A novel technique was proposed to solve a hybrid issue (mutual coupling) of the MIMO reflected-waves from the FSS array and direct-wave. The uniplanar UWB-FSS unit cell was compacted by combining a square-loop and cross-dipole with a size of 0.095λ×0.095λ. The novel isolated UWB-MIMO antenna and UWB-FSS array (IMAF) were integrated, after investigating the distance between the antenna and FSS. The fabricated IMAF with a stable gain improvement of 4.5 dBi higher than the antenna without FSS, directional radiation pattern, size of 30×73.8×21.6 mm3 observed that a low mutual coupling of -27 dB, and operation bandwidth of 3.0-11.7 GHz. Moreover, a handbag was scanned experimentally via the bi-static approach to detect a small concealed object. The MWI system based on the MIMO antenna with FSS was displayed image resolution of 55% higher than that of MIMO antenna without FSS. The new baggage-scanner approach confirmed that the proposed MIMO antenna with FSS array can lead the humanity for healthy MWI applications.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-07-03T12:46:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaGomesGoncalvesDeCarvalho_DISSERT.pdf: 3495415 bytes, checksum: 8f2ba59f5497dd2972e751f7feaa758f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-07-06T15:18:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaGomesGoncalvesDeCarvalho_DISSERT.pdf: 3495415 bytes, checksum: 8f2ba59f5497dd2972e751f7feaa758f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-06T15:18:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RafaelaGomesGoncalvesDeCarvalho_DISSERT.pdf: 3495415 bytes, checksum: 8f2ba59f5497dd2972e751f7feaa758f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / A reconfigurabilidade ? uma caracter?stica muito importante nos sistemas modernos de comunica??o, pois permite que uma mesma estrutura se adapte aos diferentes cen?rios de uma mesma aplica??o, como por exemplo, radomes, r?dio cognitivo, e telas adaptativas que bloqueiam transmiss?es sem fio indesejadas. Essa caracter?stica pode ser alcan?ada mediante m?todos tradicionais, como o uso de dispositivos semicondutores ativos (diodos PIN, Schottky) ou capacitores vari?veis acoplados a cada elemento b?sico da superf?cie seletiva de frequ?ncia (FSS), sendo necess?rio o uso de um circuito separado para alimentar esses dispositivos. No entanto, estes m?todos requerem um n?mero elevado de elementos ativos, o que aumenta a complexidade e o custo de fabrica??o, abrindo espa?o para o surgimento de t?cnicas mais simples e robustas quanto ? seletividade, como a reconfigurabilidade mec?nica. Este trabalho consiste no desenvolvimento de uma superf?cie seletiva de frequ?ncia (FSS) reconfigur?vel, para operar na banda X, formada por patches condutores triangulares impressos em uma camada de diel?trico de fibra de vidro (FR-4). A FSS desenvolvida permite a reconfigura??o da frequ?ncia de resson?ncia a partir da varia??o do ?ngulo da onda incidente na estrutura, com polariza??o TE, e pode ser aplicada em sistemas de comunica??o via sat?lite a partir de uma interface microcontrolada. A an?lise da estrutura da FSS ? efetuada atrav?s do software Ansoft Designer do M?todo das Ondas ? WCIP. / Reconfigurability is a very important feature in modern communication systems because it allows the same structure to adapt to different scenarios of the same application, such as radomes, cognitive radio, and adaptive screens that block unwanted wireless transmissions. This characteristic can be achieved by traditional methods, such as the use of active semiconductor devices (PIN and Schottky diodes) or variable capacitors coupled to each basic element of the frequency selective surface (FSS), requiring the use of a separate circuit to feed these components. However, these methods require a high number of active elements, which increases the complexity and cost of manufacturing, opening space for the emergence of simpler and more robust techniques for selectivity, such as mechanical reconfigurability. This work consists of the development of a reconfigurable frequency selective surface (FSS), to operate in the X-band, composed of triangular patch elements printed on a dielectric layer of fiberglass (FR-4). The developed FSS allows the reconfiguration of the resonant frequency from the variation of the angle of the incident wave in the structure, in the TE polarization, and can be applied in satellite communication systems through a microcontrolled interface. The analysis of the structure of the FSS is done through Ansoft Designer software and WCIP method.