Flared monopole antennas for 10 μm energy harvesting

We analyze flared monopole antennas for 10 μm radiation energy harvesting. The figure of merit of the proposed antennas is evaluated by computing the field enhancement over a large bandwidth around 10 μm. In particular, we demonstrate that these radiators need to be designed by fully taking into account the dispersive nature of both conductors and loads. © 2010 EuMA.