Rectangular waveguides with two conventional and two superconducting walls

Abstract The propagation properties of TE pm modes and their dispersion relations in rectangular waveguides with two conventional and two superconducting walls, derived by using the Meissner boundary conditions on the superconducting wails, are presented. In addition to recovering some previously known results, some novel results have been obtained: the cut-off wavelength of the dominant TE10 mode is greater than that of the conventional TE10 mode, and the tangential electric field and normal magnetic field for the dominant mode TE10 exist on the superconducting surfaces. Expressions for electromagnetic components, surface currents, attenuation coefficient, maximum transmitted power, dispersion and wave impedance are also presented.