Design of TE-Polarized Bessel Antenna in Microwave Range Using Leaky-Wave Modes

In this paper, we present a transverse electric (TE)-polarized Bessel-beam antenna in the microwave range based on a leaky radial waveguide. According to the dispersion equation, an inductive sheet over a ground plane is needed. To achieve the inductive sheet, a grid structure printed on a dielectric substrate is designed. Besides, the radial waveguide is coaxially fed with a quasi-loop shaped structure to excite TE mode. The proposed antenna is investigated by simulation and measurement. In the measurement, a small loop is used to probe near magnetic field, and accurate measured magnetic intensity profiles are presented. The measurements show that TE-polarized Bessel beams can be launched within the nondiffractive range of 145 mm (2.803 lambda(0)) at 5.8 GHz.