title: Waveguide taper engineering using coordinate transformation technology.
abstract: Spatial coordinate transformation is a suitable tool for the design of complex electromagnetic structures. In this paper, we define three spatial coordinate transformations which show the possibility of designing a taper between two different waveguides. A parametric study is presented for the three transformations and we propose achievable values of permittivity and permeability that can be obtained with existing metamaterials. The performances of such defined structures are demonstrated by finite element numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, UMR 8622, Orsay cedex, France. paul-henri.tichit@u-psud.fr
authors.forename: Paul-Henri
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Tichit
authors.forename: Shah Nawaz
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Burokur
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Lustrac
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055096:Optical Devices; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity