DEEP-SUBWAVELENGTH DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL DETECTION WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE USING TIME MODULATION - סמינר מחלקה פיסיקלית

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Room 512, "Tochna" Building, Faculty of Engineering

DEEP-SUBWAVELENGTH DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL DETECTION WITH

ENHANCED PERFORMANCE USING TIME MODULATION

By:

Tamir Zchut Oskar

MSc student under the supervision of  Dr. Yarden Mazor

Abstract                   

In recent years, the interaction between electromagnetic waves and time-modulated systems has gained interest and research attention. Incorporating temporal variation allows for additional control over the system response, followed by the possibility to go beyond the known abilities of passive systems. Contemporary uses of such systems include aviation and military radars. In this work, we study the physical mechanisms that allow sensitivity enhancement of a time-modulated 2D dimer, for deep-subwavelength Direction of Arrival (DoA) sensing. Our 2D dimer is constructed from two infinite wires with periodic loading,
and the temporal modulation is achieved by incorporating a time-modulated capacitor as part of the periodic loading impedance. We formulate the scattering problem from the 2D dimer using an analytical model for the scattering from a single loaded wire. Then, we define a performance metric to facilitate a quantitative discussion of the sensitivity. We explore physical phenomena which cause the sensitivity enhancement and identify three separate operation regimes, each dominated by a specific physical mechanism: frequency conversion, which translates the incident wave to a resonance frequency; High-frequency sensitivity ripples; and parametric amplification. We study the high harmonies generated in the dimer wires and the information that can be retrieved from them. The energy that is received and scattered from the system is calculated, giving us a better understanding of the physical interactions in the system, and allowing us to study the frequency conversion efficiency. We demonstrate the difference in working in different fundamental frequencies and the energy balance as a function of the DoA. We show that time modulation allows for a new degree of freedom which can be used to optimize the sensor for a wide range of
frequencies, allowing wide-band operation.