Fig. 1: Foldable and deployable origami straight electromagnetic waveguides. | Communications Engineering

Fig. 1: Foldable and deployable origami straight electromagnetic waveguides.

From: Shape-morphable origami electromagnetic waveguides

Fig. 1

a A standard WR-284 rigid straight waveguide for transmitting electromagnetic (EM) microwave energy. b Schematic of the working principle of EM waveguide. c The power loss of the EM waveguide at a wide range of microwave frequencies. d, e Images of an origami EM waveguide inspired by shopping bags in fully deployed and folded configurations, respectively. f A computer-aided design (CAD) model of the shopping-bag waveguide and its basic design. g CAD models showing the shopping-bag waveguide in fully and partially folded shapes. Scale bars: 60 mm.

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