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Far-Distance VNA-based Measurements of Indoor Materials at 300 GHz

Sheikh, Fawad; Zantah, Yamen; Batra, Aman; Mabrouk, Ismail; Al-Hasan, Muath; Kaiser, Thomas

Authors

Fawad Sheikh

Yamen Zantah

Aman Batra

Muath Al-Hasan

Thomas Kaiser



Abstract

This paper reports the far-distance achievable reflected paths of indoor material groups such as glass, wood, paper , and plastic at frequencies ranging from 270 GHz to 330 GHz. A VNA equipped with ~ 25.45 dBi horn antenna as transceiver is employed to retrieve and evaluate these reflections. The beam spot size illuminated by the horn antenna from a distance of interest to the material under test (MUT) is aforethought and considered during the channel sounding. Thus, approximately 14.4 m long reflections are detected. The knowledge of the reflective properties of indoor building materials is virtuous in terms of facilitating propagation modeling and design of efficient future indoor wireless systems at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The results obtained taking into account the beam spot size are the first ever published.

Citation

Sheikh, F., Zantah, Y., Batra, A., Mabrouk, I., Al-Hasan, M., & Kaiser, T. (2021, August). Far-Distance VNA-based Measurements of Indoor Materials at 300 GHz. Presented at 2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name 2021 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC)
Start Date Aug 9, 2021
End Date Aug 13, 2021
Online Publication Date Sep 21, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date May 26, 2023
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages 064-064
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/apwc52648.2021.9539739
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1134791