High Efficiency Submillimeter-Wave Imaging Array

The period of a focal array is limited by the angular sampling and the f number of the system. This fact will limit the efficiency of imaging array systems to around 50%. Recently it been demonstrated that the use of a dielectric layer on top of an array of apertures can improve this efficiency limit. In this paper, we describe a similar structure that improves the efficiency in imaging applications and that it is easy to manufacture due to its compatibility with planar lithographic techniques.