In order to study the impact of the filled medium on the cutoff characteristics of ridged waveguides
this paper calculates the variations of the cutoff characteristics of dielectric loaded trapezoid symmetric double-ridge waveguides in the TE mode with the geometric dimensions by using the FDTD method
and gives their relation curve.The results show that the smaller the ridge gap
the greater the relative dielectric constant of the filled medium and the longer the cutoff wavelength
the narrower the single mode bandwidth.These results enrich the existing data of dielectric loaded waveguides and contribute to their design and engineering applications.