Mode analysis in multimode waveguides using voltage traveling wave ratios
Abstract
The voltage traveling wave ratio (VTWR) equations are discussed in general and the specific case of guided traveling waves in multimode circular waveguides is addressed in detail. An experimental technique for measuring VTWR's is described and sample experimental results are analyzed. Measurements of the VTWR's can be easily related to the fractions of total power propagating in each waveguide mode. This information may be used, for example, to examine the mode conversion properties of multimode waveguide components.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techniques
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1981ITMTT..29...91S
- Keywords:
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- Microwave Transmission;
- Mode Transformers;
- Propagation Modes;
- Traveling Waves;
- Waveguides;
- Circular Cylinders;
- Electric Potential;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Network Analysis;
- Power Conditioning;
- Ratios;
- Standing Wave Ratios;
- Transmission Loss;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering