Design, fabrication, and testing of a paraboloidal reflector antenna and pulser system for impulse-like waveforms

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 318-326

  Giri, David V ^a   Lackner, Heinz ^a   Smith, Ian D ^a   Morton, Dave W ^a   Baum, Carl E ^a   Marek, J R ^a   Prather, William D ^a   Scholfield, David W ^a  

^a Pro Tech   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

PARABOIDAL REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; PULSER SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 0031125606     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.602506     Document Type: Article

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