Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Review of Highly-Directive Flat-Plate Antenna Technology with Metasurfaces and Metamaterials Y. Vardaxoglou1 and F. Capolino2 1) Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE113TU United Kingdom. 2) Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. Abstract -- A rev

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Generation of Low-phase Noise and Frequency-tunable Millimeter-/terahertz-waves Using Optical Heterodyning Techniques with Uni-traveling Carrier Photodiodes Tadao Nagatsuma*, Hiroshi Ito**, and Katsumi Iwatsuki*** *NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories, NTT Corporation 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan Phone:+81-46-

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Performance Evaluation of Opto-electronic Oscillators Employing Photonic Crystal Fibers A.S. Daryoush * , H.-W. Li , G. Bouwmans#, D. Decoster, J. Chazelas**, and F. Deborgies++ Institute d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France # Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, Villeneuve

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Microwave Generation by Optical Techniques ­ A Review Asher Madjar1,Tibor Berceli 2 1 ECE Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, e-mail: amadjar-temple.edu 2 Broadband Infocom. Systems Department, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, e-mail: berceli-mht.bme.hu signal at double the frequency, which is of no inte

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Observation of Negative Refraction and Negative Phase Velocity in True Left-Handed Metamaterials Ekmel Ozbay1 and Costas M. Soukoulis2 1 Department of Physics, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University, Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, Turkey Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Fou

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Metamaterial-based devices at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths D. Lippens Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille Avenue Poincaré, BP 60069, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France didier.lippens-iemn.univ-lille1.fr Abstract : Co-Planar Strip (CPS) transmission

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Applications of Right/Left Handed and Resonant Left Handed Transmission Lines for Microwave Circuit Design I. B. Vendik1, D. V. Kholodnyak1, I. V. Kolmakova1, E. V. Serbryakova1, and P. V. Kapitanova1 F. Martín2, J. Bonache2, J. García2, I. Gil2, and M. Gil2 1 Department of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering, St. Petersburg Electrotechnical

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Metamaterials technology for sub-mm wave imaging I. Ederra(1), R. Gonzalo(1), J. Gómez Rivas(2),*, P. Haring Bolívar(2), P. de Maagt(3) (1) Antenna Group, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Campus Arrosadia, 31006, Pamplona, Spain High Frequency and Quantum Electronics, University of Siegen, Höld

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Photonic synthesis of THz signals A. J. Seeds (1), C. C. Renaud (1), M. Pantouvaki (1), M. Robertson (2), I. Lealman (2), D. Rogers (2), R. Firth (2), P. J. Cannard (2), R. Moore (2), R. Gwilliam (3) 1 : Photonics Group, Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK, Tel: +44(0)

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Design, Performance and Qualification of a Commercially Available MEMS Switch John McKillop, Thomas Fowler, David Goins and Richard Nelson Teravicta Technologies, Inc., 2535 Brockton Drive Austin, TX 78758 USA Abstract -- An overview of the design and construction of the TT712 SPDT RF MEMS Switch is presented, including a detailed discussion o