@inproceedings{24200e0b35b549e5a840f98479f56cba,
title = "Dielectrically embedded mesh lens design for cubesat water detection",
abstract = "Here we present a preliminary design for a dielectrically embedded mesh lens, with the intended purpose of being deployed on a 6-unit CubeSat to observe the 556GHz water emission line. A CubeSat offers a cost-effective potential solution for observing these emissions, which cannot be observed from the ground, given it has a lens which can offer a significant effective collecting area at that frequency. To this end, we investigate designs for a lens by using transmission line theory to model a flat, lightweight, dielectrically embedded mesh lens which can be fabricated using layers of photolithographically etched material. We demonstrate that, using commercially available material, transmittances of over 95% may be achieved.",
keywords = "CubeSats, Lens, Metamaterial, Terahertz",
author = "Whitton, {Jeremy D.} and Philip Mauskopf and Goldsmith, {Paul F.} and Davis, {Kristina K.} and Christopher Groppi",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by JPL award SP.17.0001.003. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 SPIE.; Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX 2018 ; Conference date: 12-06-2018 Through 15-06-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2312853",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781510619692",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Jonas Zmuidzinas and Jian-Rong Gao",
booktitle = "Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX",
}