Characterisation of near-field focusing with application to low altitude beam focusing of the Arecibo tri-reflector system

IEE Proceedings: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 284-292

  Kildal, P S ^a   Davis, M M ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Near field focusing; Tri reflector system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MIRRORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO TELESCOPES;

NEAR FIELD FOCUSING; PHYSICAL OPTICS INTEGRATION; TRIREFLECTOR SYSTEM;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0030217549     PISSN: 13502417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-map:19960388     Document Type: Article

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