Nonlinear transmission line extraction systems

A system for extraction of electromagnetic energy from a nonlinear dielectric-based nonlinear transmission line, comprising:

• a nonlinear transmission line containing at least one nonlinear dielectric material;
• the nonlinear transmission line being coupled to a singular adjacent waveguide via a common wall having at least one aperture;
• the singular adjacent waveguide containing at least one waveguide material;
• at least one of the at least one waveguide material being different from at least one of the at least one nonlinear dielectric material;
• and
• the nonlinear transmission line being for transferring electromagnetic energy having varying phase velocities from the nonlinear transmission line into the singular adjacent waveguide via the at least one aperture.

An apparatus for extracting electromagnetic energy from a nonlinear transmission line, comprising:

• a nonlinear transmission line having a longitudinal axis being generally parallel to a direction of propagation for an electromagnetic pulse introduced into the nonlinear transmission line;
• a singular waveguide lying adjacent to the nonlinear transmission line;
• the singular waveguide and the nonlinear transmission line having a common lateral wall;
• an aperture in the wall communicating the singular waveguide and the nonlinear transmission line;
• the nonlinear transmission line containing a linear dielectric material and also containing a nonlinear dielectric material;
• the linear and nonlinear dielectric materials filling separate linear and nonlinear dielectric regions in the nonlinear transmission line, respectively, with each of the linear and nonlinear dielectric regions having a longitudinal length along the longitudinal axis and a lateral width orthogonal to the longitudinal axis;
• and
• the linear and nonlinear dielectric regions alternating along the longitudinal axis, whereby
• the electromagnetic pulse introduced into the nonlinear transmission line is broken up into a series of soliton-like oscillations and electromagnetic energy radiates from the aperture into the singular waveguide.

A system for extraction of electromagnetic energy from a nonlinear transmission line, comprising:

• a nonlinear transmission line
• deriving nonlinear behavior from a nonlinear dielectric material contained therein,
• being coupled to a singular adjacent waveguide containing a waveguide material, and
• being for receiving an electromagnetic pulse;
• and
• the waveguide material being different from the nonlinear dielectric material, whereby
• electromagnetic energy is extracted from the nonlinear transmission line by the adjacent singular waveguide.

A system for extraction of electromagnetic energy from a nonlinear dielectric-based nonlinear transmission line, comprising:

• a nonlinear transmission line
• containing at least one nonlinear dielectric material;
• being coupled to a singular adjacent waveguide via a common wall having at least one aperture, and
• being for receiving an electromagnetic pulse;
• the singular adjacent waveguide containing at least one waveguide material;
• and
• at least one of the at least one waveguide material being different from at least one of the at least one nonlinear dielectric material, whereby
• electromagnetic energy is extracted from the nonlinear transmission line by the singular adjacent waveguide via the at least one aperture.