On the Optimum Polarizations of Incoherently Reflected Waves

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 818-825

  Van Zyl, Jakob J ^a   Papas, Charles H ^b   Elachi, Charles ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS - OPTIMIZATION;

INCOHERENTLY REFLECTED WAVES; OPTIMUM POLARIZATION; OPTIMUM POWER RECEPTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0023382747     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1987.1144175     Document Type: Article

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