S-band octave-bandwidth orthomode transducer for the Expanded Very Large Array

The Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) project is currently under way to upgrade the Very Large Array (VLA) to improve the sensitivity, bandwidth, spectral resolution and frequency coverage of the existing array of 27 radio telescopes [1]. The EVLA receivers will provide continuous frequency coverage from 1 GHz to 50 GHz. Three of the cryogenically cooled EVLA receivers will provide octave band coverage for the L-band (1 GHz to 2 GHz), S-Band (2 GHz to 4 GHz) and C-band (4 GHz to 8 GHz).