Abstract
This paper proposes a frequency reconfigurable dielectric lens antenna (DLA) to compensate high attenuation due to atmospheric losses in the THz region. An aperture coupled graphene plasmonic nanoantenna has been designed and used to feed DLA. Frequency tuning has been introduced by varying the chemical potential of graphene. A lumped elements equivalent circuit for graphene-based feed antenna has also been proposed. The values of the lumped elements are obtained using the vector fitting algorithm. The proposed DLA has high gain, narrow beamwidth, broadside radiation pattern and stable input impedance. Directivity achieved through simulation is up to 7.3 dBi with radiation efficiency of 70 % and 21.2 dBi with radiation efficiency of 65 % for feed antenna and DLA respectively. The performance of DLA has also been studied as the function of feed element, relative permittivity of lens material, radius of lens and off-axis displacement tolerances.
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