Band Operation Research Articles

Circularly Polarized Textile Sensors for Microwave-Based Smart Bra Monitoring System

This paper presents a conformal and biodegradable circularly polarized microwave sensor (CPMS) that can be utilized in several medical applications. The proposed textile sensor can be implemented in a Smart Bra system for breast cancer detection (BCD) and a wireless body area network (WBAN). The proposed sensor is composed of a wideband circularly polarized (CP) textile-based monopole antenna with an overall size of 33.5 × 33.5 mm2 (0.2 λo × 0.2 λo) and CPW feed line. The radiating element and ground are fabricated using silver conductive fabric and stitched to a cotton substrate of thickness 2 mm. In the proposed design, a slot is etched in the radiating element to extend bandwidth from 1.8 to 8 GHz at |S11| ≤ -10 dB. It realizes a circularly polarized output with AR ≤ 3 dB operation band from 1.8 to 4 GHz and an average gain of 6 dBi. The proposed CPMS's performance is studied both off-body (air) and on-body in proximity to breast models with and without tumors using near-field microwave imaging. Moreover, the axial ratio is recorded as a feature for a circularly polarized antenna and adds another degree of freedom for cancer detection and data analysis. It assists in detecting tumors in the breast by analyzing the magnitude of the electric field components in vertical and horizontal directions. Finally, the radiation properties are recorded, as well as the specific absorption rate (SAR), to ensure safe operation. The proposed CPMS covers a bandwidth of 1.8-8 GHz with SAR values following the 1 g and 10 g standards. The proposed work demonstrates the feasibility of using textile antennas in wearables, microwave sensing systems, and wireless body area networks (WBANs).

A novel broadband 3 × 4 Butler matrix beamforming network without crossovers

AbstractA novel broadband three‐input four‐output (3 × 4) Butler matrix (BM) without crossover is presented for the wider band operation. The proposed 3 × 4 BM is composed of three 3 dB branch‐line directional couplers, one T‐splitter power divider, and two 90° phase shifters. Unlike the traditional BM, the proposed BM network has successfully eliminated the crossover connection for simplifying the network, which operates in a wide operating range. For the validation of the design, a planar single‐layer 3 × 4 BM working at the frequency band of 1.69–2.69 GHz is designed, fabricated, and measured. The measurement result gives bandwidth up to 46% with return loss better than 14.3 dB at the full operating frequency band.

A Novel Tuning Fork-Shaped Tri-Band Planar Antenna for Wireless Applications

A novel tuning fork-shaped tri-band planar antenna (NTTPA) for the LTE 2.3/3.8-GHz band, WLAN 2.4/5.2/5.8-GHz band, and WiMax 2.5/3.5/5.5-GHz band is presented in this letter. By introducing an asymmetrical turning fork-shaped patch and an inverted L-shaped patch, three notched bands can be generated to form a triple-band operation. The antenna is fabricated on an FR4 board and excited by an SMA connector using a microstrip line. The antenna structure is simple and has a compact size of 45 mm × 40 mm. The measured operating frequency covers 2.2–2.63, 2.73–3.8, and 5.13–6.3 GHz, and the percentage bandwidth is close to 53.3% (S11 < −9.8 dB from 2.2 to 3.8 GHz) and 20.5% (S11 < −10 dB from 5.13 to 6.3 GHz). The calculated and experimental results suggest that the proposed antenna is one of the best candidates for wireless communication systems in terms of multi operating bands, broad percentage bandwidth (BW), compactness, stable radiation pattern, easy processing, and low cost.

Selective Enhancement of Photoresponse with Ferroelectric-Controlled BP/In2 Se3 vdW Heterojunction.

Owing to the large built-in field for efficient charge separation, heterostructures facilitate the simultaneous realization of a low dark current and high photocurrent. The lack of an efficient approach to engineer the depletion region formed across the interfaces of heterojunctions owing to doping differences hinders the realization of high-performance van der Waals (vdW) photodetectors. This study proposes a ferroelectric-controlling van der Waals photodetector with vertically stacked two-dimensional (2D) black phosphorus (BP)/indium selenide (In2 Se3 ) to realize high-sensitivity photodetection. The depletion region can be reconstructed by tuning the polarization states generated from the ferroelectric In2 Se3 layers. Further, the energy bands at the heterojunction interfaces can be aligned and flexibly engineered using ferroelectric field control. Fast response, self-driven photodetection, and three-orders-of-magnitude detection improvements are achieved in the switchable visible or near-infrared operation bands. The results of the study are expected to aid in improving the photodetection performance of vdW optoelectronic devices.

A Miniaturized Full-Ground Dual-Band MIMO Spiral Button Wearable Antenna for 5G and Sub-6 GHz Communications.

A detachable miniaturized three-element spirals radiator button antenna integrated with a compact leaky-wave wearable antenna forming a dual-band three-port antenna is proposed. The leaky-wave antenna is fabricated on a denim (εr = 1.6, tan δ = 0.006) textile substrate with dimensions of 0.37 λ0 × 0.25 λ0 × 0.01 λ0 mm3 and a detachable rigid button of 20 mm diameter (on a PTFE substrate εr = 2.01, tan δ = 0.001). It augments users' comfort, making it one of the smallest to date in the literature. The designed antenna, with 3.25 to 3.65 GHz and 5.4 to 5.85 GHz operational bands, covers the wireless local area network (WLAN) frequency (5.1-5.5 GHz), the fifth-generation (5G) communication band. Low mutual coupling between the ports and the button antenna elements ensures high diversity performance. The performance of the specific absorption rate (SAR) and the envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) are also examined. The simulation and measurement findings agree well. Low SAR, <-0.05 of LCC, more than 9.5 dBi diversity gain, dual polarization, and strong isolation between every two ports all point to the proposed antenna being an ideal option for use as a MIMO antenna for communications.

Millimeter-Wave Broadband MIMO Antenna Using Metasurfaces for 5G Cellular Networks

Developing a millimeter-wave (mm-wave) antenna that enables wide bandwidth with its operating band covering the entire global 5G spectrum is highly desirable but very challenging for achieving both compact size and high-performance antenna. Herein, the mm-wave microstrip patch antenna (MPA) and its multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configuration based on the metasurfaces for 5G system applications are proposed and investigated by the simulation method. To improve performance and keep the low-profile and low-cost MPA antenna, square ring resonator (SQRR) metasurface and radiating patch are printed on a single dielectric layer. With the presence of the metasurfaces that acting as a secondary radiator, the performance of the designed antenna is significantly improved with a wide operating band in the range of 23.9-30.7 GHz, high peak gain of 9.4 dBic, and radiation efficiency of above 87%. Based on this design, four-port MIMO antenna configuration is performed for evaluating a MIMO system that realizes the advantage features such as compact size, wide bandwidth covering the entire global mm-wave 5G spectrum band of 24.25-29.5 GHz, and excellent diversity performance characterized by good isolation between the adjacent elements and low envelope correlation coefficient. Thus, the MIMO antenna design is a very promising candidate for 5G MIMO mm-wave applications, specifically in cellular systems.

A Wideband Transition from Microstrip Line to Microstrip Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Line for Microwave/Millimeter-Wave Applications

In this article, a wideband transition from a microstrip transmission line to a microstrip spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) transmission line is reported. The proposed transition is realized to achieve better performance starting from low frequencies up to 40 GHz. The proposed shape of the unit cell is taken in such a manner that the momentum, impedance, and polarization of the microstrip line can be matched with that of the SSPP transmission line. The wide operating band of the transition can be achieved by perturbing only the shape of the unit cell. Extra care is taken in choosing the shape of the unit cell so that the fabrication of the circuit becomes easier, especially at millimeter-wave frequencies. The proposed transition has a good transition-occupation ratio and transmission efficiency. The achieved transition-occupation ratio and transition efficiency for all three designed cases are excellent, and it is 34.18%, 44%, and 39% for p = 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm, respectively. It is a potential candidate for realizing millimeter-wave antennas and devices due to its attractive properties, such as compact layout, low fabrication cost, ease of fabrication even at millimeter-wave frequencies, and good operational characteristics.

Wideband Cascaded and Stacked Receiver Front-Ends Employing an Improved Clock-Strategy Technique

A wideband cascaded receiver and a stacked receiver using an improved clock strategy are proposed to support the software-defined radio (SDR). The improved clock strategy reduces the number of mixer switches and the number of LO clock paths required to drive the mixer switches. This reduces the dynamic power consumption. The cascaded receiver includes an inverter-based low-noise transconductance amplifier (LNTA) using a feed-forward technique to enhance the noise performance; a passive mixer; and an inverter-based transimpedance amplifier (TIA). The stacked receiver architecture is used to reduce the power consumption by sharing the current between the LNTA and the TIA from a single supply. It utilizes a wideband LNTA with a capacitor cross-coupled (CCC) common-gate (CG) topology, a passive mixer to convert the RF current to an IF current, an active inductor (AI) and a 1/f noise-cancellation (NC) technique to improve the noise performance, and a TIA to convert the IF current to an IF voltage at the output. Both cascaded and stacked receivers are simulated in 22 nm CMOS technology. The cascaded receiver achieves a conversion-gain from 26 dB to 36 dB, a double-sideband noise-figure (NFDSB) from 1.4 dB to 3.9 dB, S11&lt;−10 dB and an IIP3 from −7.5 dBm to −10.5 dBm, over the RF operating band from 0.4 GHz to 12 GHz. The stacked receiver achieves a conversion-gain from 34.5 dB to 36 dB, a NFDSB from 4.6 dB to 6.2 dB, S11&lt;−10 dB, and an IIP3 from −21 dBm to −17.5 dBm, over the RF operating band from 2.2 GHz to 3.2 GHz. The cascaded receiver consumes 11 m from a 1 V supply voltage, while the stacked receiver consumes 2.4 m from a 1.2 V supply voltage.

A Single-Layer Low-Profile Dual-Wideband Monopolar Patch Antenna With Shorting Vias and Parasitic Annular Sectors

A new design for dual-wideband microstrip patch antenna is proposed in this letter. A dual-band characteristic is obtained with the help of four loaded shorting vias. To widen both lower and upper impedance bandwidth, parasitic annular sectors are employed to introduce two additional resonant modes. For further demonstration, a prototype is manufactured and tested. The measured results which are close to the simulated results indicate that the proposed antenna can achieve 10 dB impedance bandwidth of 10.4% from 2.37 to 2.63 GHz with a maximum realized gain of 5.2 dBi and 14.3% from 5.52 to 6.37 GHz with a maximum realized gain of 6 dBi. Along the whole operating band, the antenna radiates similar patterns, which resemble those generated by a monopole antenna. With these advantages, this proposed work is suitable to be applied in the WLAN communications.

Ensemble-Learning-Based Multiobjective Optimization for Antenna Design

An ensemble-learning-based multiobjective optimization is proposed for antenna design. By integrating the local search into multiobjective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition (MOEA/D) and selecting appropriate solutions of the local search acquired with different offspring reproduction (OR) operators, the MOEA/D combined with ensemble OR (MOEA/D-EOR) is presented. Parallel local OR operators based on samples are also merged, for the first time, by exhaustively mining the evolution data of the optimization searching. The diversity and convergence of MOEA/D-EOR are verified by several widely used benchmark problems. The efficiency of MOEA/D-EOR is demonstrated by designing a high-performance bow-tie multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna, which saves at least 25% of the optimization time. The overall performance of MOEA/D-EOR is further demonstrated by designing a <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> 2 MIMO patch antenna in a compact size of <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.667\lambda _{0} \times 0.667\lambda _{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> , which achieves a high isolation of 24 dB in an operation band of 4.95–5.07 GHz.

Extremely Low-Profile Dual-Band Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Electric Coupling for 5G Mobile Terminal Applications

For modern mobile terminals, the shrinking antenna space on terminal frames and the increasing number of 5G antennas motivate engineers to seek new space for antennas. The terminal back cover can provide a large area to accommodate planar antennas; thus, mobile planar antennas are becoming a hotspot recently. This communication proposes a novel approach to develop a dual-band planar antenna with an extremely low profile, which is an urgent need for modern ultra-thin terminals. The first two modes (TM0.5, 0 and TM0.5, 1) of the half-mode patch are adopted to cover the two target bands and a parasitic half-mode patch excited through electric coupling is added to expand the impedance and efficiency bandwidths. The realized dual-band patch antenna operating at partial 5G band N78 (3.40–3.60 GHz) and N79 (4.80–4.97 GHz) is with a profile of only 0.5 mm, about <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.006~\lambda _{{\text {L}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> ( <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{\text {L}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> refers to the lowest frequencies of the operation band). Measured results show that the −6 dB impedance bandwidths are 3.19–3.42 GHz (230 MHz, 6.9%) and 4.77–5.03 GHz (260 MHz, 5.3%) with average efficiencies of −4.2 dB (39.0%) and −3.7 dB (42.6%) at the lower and higher bands, respectively. As far as the authors know, the proposed antenna is with the lowest profile and highest bandwidth-to-volume ratio (BVR) compared to other reported planar dual-band antennas.

High-Gain and Wideband Planar Endfire Antenna Implemented via Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons and Dielectric Lens for X-Band Applications

This letter proposes a wideband, high-gain, and planar endfire antenna using odd-mode spoof surface plasmon polaritons (SSPPs) and dielectric lens. The SSPPs of the odd mode are excited via a novel asymmetric coplanar waveguide feeding configuration, consisting of a row of gradient slots etched inside of one ground plane. Symmetric SSPPs structure serves as a radiator element to realize stable endfire radiation. By extending a planar elliptical dielectric lens at the end of the substrate, the gain and front-to-back ratio (FBR) of the proposed antenna are further enhanced. The proposed endfire antenna is fabricated and measured to certify the design concept. Measured results indicate the endfire antenna obtains a desired operating band of 7.9–13 GHz, a high peak endfire gain of 14.8 dBi, and an average efficiency of 80%. Moreover, the FBR is better than 20 dB over the wide bandwidth with an optimal peak FBR up to 40 dB.

Cryptotanshinone Attenuated Pathological Cardiac Remodeling In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments.

Cardiac remodeling has been demonstrated to be the early stage and common pathway for various types of cardiomyopathy, but no specific treatment has been suggested to prevent its development and progress. This study was aimed at assessing whether Cryptotanshinone (CTS) treatment could effectively attenuate cardiac remodeling in vivo and in vitro. Aortic banding (AB) surgery was performed to establish a pressure-overload-induced mouse cardiac remodeling model. Echocardiography and pressure-volume proof were used to examine mouse cardiac function. Hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and Picro-Sirius Red (PSR) staining were used to assess cardiac remodeling in vivo. Mouse hearts were collected to analysis signaling pathway and cardiac remodeling markers, respectively. Furthermore, neonatal rat cardiomyocyte (NRCMs) and cardiac fibroblast (CF) were isolated to investigate the roles and mechanisms of CTS treatment in vitro. CTS administration significantly alleviated pressure-overload-induced mouse cardiac dysfunction, inhibited cardiac hypertrophy, and reduced cardiac fibrosis. Mechanically, CTS treatment significantly inhibited the STAT3 and TGF-β/SMAD3 signaling pathways. In vitro experiments, CTS treatment markedly inhibited AngII-induced cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and TGF-β-induced myofibroblast activation via inhibiting STAT3 phosphorylation and its nuclear translocation. Finally, CTS treatment could not protect against pressure overload-induced mouse cardiac remodeling after adenovirus-associated virus (AAV)9-mediated STAT3 overexpression in mouse heart. CTS treatment might attenuate pathological cardiac remodeling via inhibiting STAT3-dependent pathway.

Optically transparent triple and dual band terahertz metamaterial absorber based on indium tin oxide and PET substrate

A simple optically transparent polarization and angular insensitive triple and dual band Terahertz (THz) Metamaterial Absorber (MMA) is designed and analysed in this paper. The MMA consists of three layers, dielectric layer is placed in-between the ground plane and top metallic patch. Without using stacked layers, doping and multiple resonators the absorber is designed here. The metal and substrate used here is Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The ITO with PET combination produces the optical transparency. The important thing in this work is the same design produces the triple and dual band operation while changing the top patch radius value. The absorber produces the triple band operation when the radius of the top circle is 65 μm and it produces the dual band when the radius of the top circle is 55 μm. It covers the frequency ranges from 0.3 THz to 1.4 THz. The designed structure is analysed by electric field, magnetic field distribution and surface current distributions. This structure is polarization and angle independent up to 90 degrees. From the parametric analysis, we found this absorber will work in both triple and dual band operation. So, this bifunctional working absorber will find more applications in optically transparent devices, sensing and imaging.

Broadband sub‐6 GHz flower‐shaped MIMO antenna with high isolation using theory of characteristic mode analysis (TCMA) for 5G NR bands and WLAN applications

SummaryA small size neutralization line integrated flower‐shaped MIMO antenna is designed and analyzed for sub‐6 GHz type 5G NR frequency bands like n79 (4400–5000 MHz), n78 (3300–3800 MHz), n77 (3300–4200 MHz), and WLAN (5150–5825 MHz) applications. The novel approach of theory of characteristic mode analysis (TCMA) is introduced to provide physical insight of the designed structure and its characteristics behavior. Due to the suggested modifications in the geometry, the isolation among the patches is greatly increased. The overall miniaturized dimension of the MIMO antenna is 25 × 40 mm2. The edge‐edge spacing among the elements is 0.0233λ. The prototype antenna is fabricated and measured that shows good agreement compared with simulated results. The designed MIMO antenna without the presence of decoupling structure offers an isolation of 28 dB, gain of 3.6 dBi, and radiation efficiency of 69.7% at the resonant frequency. The proposed MIMO antenna covers a broad range of frequency band from 3.296 to 5.962 GHz with −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 2666 MHz and maintains a good isolation of greater than 50 dB for the entire operating band. The tested radiation efficiency and gain are 85.3% and 6.22 dBi at 3.5 GHz. Moreover, the diversity parameters of the neutralization line integrated MIMO antenna, that is, channel capacity loss (CCL) isolation, mean effective gain (MEG), total active reflection coefficient (TARC) diversity gain (DG), and envelope correlation coefficient (ECC), are analyzed and discussed in this article.

Impaired cell–cell communication and axon guidance because of pulmonary hypoperfusion during postnatal alveolar development

BackgroundPulmonary hypoperfusion is common in children with congenital heart diseases (CHDs) or pulmonary hypertension (PH) and causes adult pulmonary dysplasia. Systematic reviews have shown that some children with CHDs or PH have mitigated clinical outcomes with COVID-19. Understanding the effects of pulmonary hypoperfusion on postnatal alveolar development may aid in the development of methods to improve the pulmonary function of children with CHDs or PH and improve their care during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is characterized by cytokine storm and persistent inflammation.Methods and resultsWe created a neonatal pulmonary hypoperfusion model through pulmonary artery banding (PAB) surgery at postnatal day 1 (P1). Alveolar dysplasia was confirmed by gross and histological examination at P21. Transcriptomic analysis of pulmonary tissues at P7(alveolar stage 2) and P14(alveolar stage 4) revealed that the postnatal alveolar development track had been changed due to pulmonary hypoperfusion. Under the condition of pulmonary hypoperfusion, the cell–cell communication and axon guidance, which both determine the final number of alveoli, were lost; instead, there was hyperactive cell cycle activity. The transcriptomic results were further confirmed by the examination of axon guidance and cell cycle markers. Because axon guidance controls inflammation and immune cell activation, the loss of axon guidance may explain the lack of severe COVID-19 cases among children with CHDs or PH accompanied by pulmonary hypoperfusion.ConclusionsThis study suggested that promoting cell–cell communication or supplementation with guidance molecules may treat pulmonary hypoperfusion–induced alveolar dysplasia, and that COVID-19 is less likely to cause a cytokine storm in children with CHD or PH accompanied by pulmonary hypoperfusion.Graphical

Design and Fabrication of a Low-Cost, Multiband and High Gain Square Tooth-Enabled Metamaterial Superstrate Microstrip Patch Antenna.

The manuscript represents a novel square tooth-enabled superstrate metamaterial loaded microstrip patch antenna for the multiple frequency band operation. The proposed tooth-based metamaterial antenna provides better gain and directivity. Four antenna structures are numerically investigated for the different geometry of the patch and tooth. These proposed structures are simulated, fabricated, measured, and compared for the frequency range of 3 GHz to 9 GHz. The electrical equivalent model of the split-ring resonator is also analyzed in the manuscript. The comparative analysis of all of the proposed structures has been carried out, in terms of several bands, reflectance response, VSWR, gain and bandwidth. The results are compared with previously published works. The effects are simulated using a high-frequency structure simulator tool with the finite element method. The measured and fabricated results are compared for verification purposes. The proposed structure provides seven bands of operation and 8.57 dB of gain. It is observed that the proposed design offers the multiple frequency band operation with a good gain. The proposed tooth-based metamaterial antenna suits applications, such as the surveillance radar, satellite communication, weather monitoring and many other wireless devices.

Wideband linear cross-polarization conversion with 3D metamaterial configuration.

In this Letter, a broadband and wide-angle linear polarization (LP) converter based on a 3D resonator for cross-polarization conversion (CPC) is presented. The designed structure performs a CPC with a polarization conversion ratio (PCR) of more than 90% in the frequency range 16.32 to 34.12 GHz, corresponding to a relative frequency bandwidth of 70.6%. Moreover, the presented structure possesses broad angle stability and miniaturized configuration. The efficiency of CPC remains over 90% in the operational frequency band with the incident angles up to 40°, and the cell size is 0.18λ for the lowest frequency of the CPC operational band. The proposed 3D structure is fabricated using the multi-material hybrid microdroplet jetting modeling (MHMJM) technique, and the experiments agree closely with the simulated results. Compared with traditional polarization converters based on a planar resonant structure, the proposed design shows excellent bandwidth, wide-angle performance, and miniaturization advantages.

Quad-band Compact MIMO Antennas for 5G Mobile Communications

Three types of quad-band millimetric-wave two-port MIMO antenna systems are proposed for the forthcoming generations of mobile handsets. A novel printed antenna is introduced to be the single element of the proposed MIMO antennas. It is shown that the proposed MIMO antennas are capable of producing both spatial and polarization diversities that enhance the performance of mobile communications. Two configurations of co-polarized two-port MIMO antennas are proposed to provide spatial diversity, whereas a cross-polarized two-port MIMO antenna is proposed to produce polarization diversity. It is shown that all the proposed MIMO antennas can operate efficiently over the four frequency bands centered at 28, 43, 52, and 57 GHz. Prototypes are fabricated for the proposed MIMO antennas for the sake of experimental evaluation. The measurements agree with the simulation results showing high performance of the proposed types of MIMO antennas including the impedance matching, radiation patterns, envelop correlation coefficient, and diversity gain. Both the experimental and simulation results show that the achieved bandwidths, at the four operational frequency bands, are 0.6, 0.6, 1.8, and 1.5 GHz, respectively. Also, the radiation efficiencies calculated at the four operational frequencies are 86.5%, 87.5%, 89.2%, and 90.0%, respectively. The dimensions and the results concerning the performance of the proposed MIMO antennas are compared to other designs for MIMO antennas available in some recently published work.

1.3/1.4 µm dual-wave band dissipative soliton resonance in a passively mode-locked Bi-doped phosphosilicate fiber laser.

We report the 1.3/1.4 µm dual-wave band dissipative soliton resonance (DSR) in a passively mode-locked bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber (Bi-PSF) laser. The low-water-peak Bi-PSF with two bismuth active centers associated with silicon and phosphorus supports the O+E-band gain. Using a 1239 nm home-made Raman fiber laser as pump source and nonlinear amplifying loop mirror for initiating mode-locking, stable DSR operation at 1343 and 1406 nm is achieved with the spectral bandwidth of 12 and 16 nm. The pulse duration with the pump power increases from 62 to 270 ps with a repetition frequency of 4.069 MHz. The average power is 11.05 mW corresponding to the maximum energy of 2.7 nJ. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of a mode-locked fiber laser in the ∼1.38 µm water absorption band and the O+E dual-wave band operation for applications in all-spectral-band communications, bio-medical imaging, and terahertz difference frequency generation.