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In this paper a comparison between a rigorous electromagnetic model for transmission through a hexagonal array of circular waveguides in a series of thick, metallic screens and experimental measurements in the far infrared is made. It is found that there is excellent agreement between theory and experiment when the frequency is below that where any diffracted orders propagate. The agreement is still very good above this frequency. Below a frequency approximately equal to the cut-off frequency of the circular waveguides little power is transmitted. As the thickness of the screen is increased, this decrease in transmission becomes more abrupt. Also, for thick screens, resonances appear in the transmission spectrum which are analogous to those which appear in the spectra of two grids separated by a distance comparable to the wavelength of the radiation being used.
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Roberts, A., von Bibra, M.L., Gemünd, HP. et al. Thick grids with circular apertures: A comparison of theoretical and experimental performance. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 15, 505–517 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096233
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096233