Parametric Analysis of an Optical Log-Spiral Nano-Antenna for Infrared Energy Harvesting

Authors

  • Abdulrahman Alhomrani King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • Ali Yahyaoui 1 King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Jeddah
  • Anas Al Hashmi Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Jeddah
  • Ameni Mersani University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Sciences Tunisia, Microwave Electronics Research Laboratory LR18ES43, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia
  • Majed Nour King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • Hatem Rmili King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
  • Raj Mittra King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia ,4 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, EMC Lab Orlando, FL 32816 USA

Keywords:

Electric field, harvesting, infrared (IR), optical antenna, spiral antenna, THz

Abstract

In this paper, we present the design of a spiral nano-antenna dedicated to infrared energy harvesting at 28.3 THz. A comprehensive, detailed parametric study of key parameters such as the initial angle at the origin arm , width of the spiral arms, gap between the two arms, thickness of substrate, length of substrate, thickness of patch and number of turns of the nano-antenna is also presented and discussed in order to harvest maximum electric field in the gap of the spiral antenna in the frequency range of 28 – 29 THz. The maximum electric field is simulated at 28.1, 28.3, 28.5 and 28.7 THz. A variation of the electric field of the antenna for different value of incident wave angle at the resonance frequency 28.3 THz has been simulated. The main advantages of the studied structure are its ability to reach high confined electric field within its gap, its wideband behavior around the operating frequency 28.3 THz, and its insensitivity to polarization of incident electromagnetic waves.

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Author Biographies

Abdulrahman Alhomrani, King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman G. Al-Hamrani was born in Jeddah, November 1991. He received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA, in 2014. He is currently working toward the M.Sc. degree in Electronic/Communication Engineering with the Department of Electrical Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia, from 2016. His Research interests include Renewable energy, Nanotechnology, green power generation including rectifying antennas.

Ali Yahyaoui, 1 King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia2 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Jeddah

Ali Yahyaoui received the Master degree in Electronics from the University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, in 2012. He received the Ph.D. degree in Communication Systems from the National Engineering College of Tunis (ENIT), University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia, in 2018. He has been employed by University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, since 2014. His research interests focuced on RF and microwaves antennas, Terahertz and optical antennas, terahertz photoconductive antennas for infrared energy harvesting, UWB nano-rectennas for collection of solar energy, metamaterials and metasurfaces.

Anas Al Hashmi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Jeddah

Anas Al Hashmi was born in Saudi Arabia, and graduated from the University of Nottingham, UK in 2011 (B.Eng. (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Mathematics). In 2012 he completed the M.Sc. course in Electronic and Ultrasonic Instrumentation and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2017 from the same university. He has been employed by Jeddah University, Saudi Arabia since 2014. He had been in the Optics and Photonics Group in the University of Nottingham, UK. His research focuses on the development of inexpensive differential ultrasonic calorimeter for accurate measurement of heat loss in machinery. He is currently holding a position of assistant professor at the University of Jeddah, he was promoted as the Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department at the same university

Ameni Mersani, University of Tunis El Manar, Faculty of Sciences Tunisia, Microwave Electronics Research Laboratory LR18ES43, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia

Ameni Mersani received the B.S. degree in Electronics, Computer and Information Science from the University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia in 2009 and the Master thesis in Electronics from the Faculty of Science of Tunis, Tunisia in 2012. She received the Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences (Electronics) from the University of Tunis El Manar, 2018. From September 2018, she was a Research Assistant in ISET’COM (Department of Telecommunication). From December 2019, she was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Her research mainly focuses on the development of design of wearable antennas for wireless applications, metamaterial, reconfigurable antennas and Energy Harvesting.

Majed Nour, King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Majed Nour received the Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering (Biomedical) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia since 2014 and his Master degree in Biomedical Engineering from La Trobe University, Australia since 2010. His Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (Biomedical) from King Abdul Aziz University since 2007. He is an Assistant Professor at KAU and an active researcher in the field of Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Sensors with several highly cited publications. He is keen in Hospital design, medical equipment acquisition and commissioning, medical equipment regulation and standards. He is a Medical equipment and hospital design consultant. He is a member of the Saudi Scientific Society for Biomedical Engineering, and the Saudi Society for Quality.

Hatem Rmili , King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Hatem Rmili received the B.S. degree in General Physics from the Science Faculty of Monastir, Tunisia in 1995, and the DEA diploma from the Science Faculty of Tunis, Tunisia, in Quantum Mechanics, in 1999. He received the Ph.D. degree in Physics (Electronics) from both the University of Tunis, Tunisia, and the University of Bordeaux 1, France, in 2004. From December 2004 to March, 2005, he was a Research Assistant in the PIOM laboratory at the University of Bordeaux 1. During March 2005 to March 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rennes Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications, France. From March to September 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the ESEO Engineering School, Angers, France. From September 2007 to August 2012, he was an Associate Professor with the Mahdia Institute of Applied Science and Technology (ISSAT), Department of Electronics and Telecomm-unications, Tunisia. Actually, he is Full Professor with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rmili’s research interests concern applied electromagnetic applications involving antennas, metamaterials and métasurfaces. The main targeted applications are reconfigurable antennas for multi-standard wireless communications systems, security of chipless RFID systems with fractal tags, terahertz photoconductive antennas for infra-red energy harvesting, UWB nano rectennas for collection of solar energy, phase shifters for low-cost 5G communication systems, and microwave absorbing materials for stealth technologies.

Raj Mittra, King Abdulaziz University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia ,4 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, EMC Lab Orlando, FL 32816 USA

Raj Mittra is a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Science of the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL., where he is the Director of the Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory. Prior to joining the University of Central Florida, he worked at Penn State as a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering from 1996 through June, 2015. He also worked as a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign from 1957 through 1996, when he moved to the Penn State University. Currently, he also holds the position of Hi-Ci Professor at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, a Past-President of AP-S, and he has served as the Editor of the Transactions of the Antennas and Propagation Society. He won the Guggenheim Fellowship Award in 1965, the IEEE Centennial Medal in 1984, and the IEEE Millennium medal in 2000. Other honors include the IEEE/AP-S Distinguished Achievement Award in 2002, the ChenTo Tai Education Award in 2004 and the IEEE Electromagnetics Award in 2006, and the IEEE James H. Mulligan Award in 2011. Mittra is a Principal Scientist and President of RM Associates, a consulting company founded in 1980, which provides services to industrial and governmental organizations, both in the U.S. and abroad.

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2020-10-01

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Abdulrahman Alhomrani, “Parametric Analysis of an Optical Log-Spiral Nano-Antenna for Infrared Energy Harvesting”, ACES Journal, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1183–1191, Oct. 2020.

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