• 文献标题:   A Broadband Graphene-Based THz Coupler with Wide-Range Tunable Power-Dividing Ratios
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU YL, QU MJ, LIU YA, GHASSEMLOOY Z
  • 作者关键词:   wideband, coupler, adjustable powerdividing ratio, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   PLASMONICS
  • ISSN:   1557-1955 EI 1557-1963
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Univ Posts Telecommun
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11468-016-0409-9
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A wide-band coupler based on the graphene with inherent DC-block function and adjustable power-dividing ratios is proposed. This coupler uses three sections of the two-line coupled lines, four sections of the three-line coupled lines, and four graphene stubs (two U-shaped stubs and two rectangular stubs). The graphene stubs allow the coupler to own dynamic surface conductivity, which could be tuned by altering the chemical potentials. The tunable power-dividing ratios could be achieved by varying the chemical potentials applied to the U-shaped graphene stubs and the rectangular graphene elements, respectively. In addition, the widths of two-line coupled lines in the proposed coupler are analyzed to affect the power-dividing ratios in detail. Finally, the power-dividing ratios of the proposed coupler have a variation range from 5.4 to 9.56 dB at 1.75 THz with a flat 90 degrees phase shift. The minimum -10 dB impedance bandwidth is 44 % from 1.47 to 2.3 THz, thus indicating a wide-band performance.