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In this paper, the dominant mode in groove guide is analyzed by finite element method. For the guide with a shallow groove, the electric field lines (abbreviated as E lines) are perpendicular to the parallel plate, which is different from the literatures, and the dominant mode distribution is irrelevant to the groove width; for the guide with a narrow but deeper groove, the E lines are parallel to the plate region, which represents the characteristics of lower attenuation, for the guide with a deeper and wider groove, a complicated E lines are obtained. These results reveal that the dominant mode distribution in groove guide is varied, which replenish our understanding of groove guide, and the results have important values in design, manufacture, and application of groove guide.
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Lu, M., Hu, Z., Peng, Z. et al. Finite Element Analysis of the Dominant Mode Variation in Groove Guide. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 21, 63–76 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006642904457
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