Artificial Dielectric Devices for Variable Polarization Compensation at Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3072-3079

  Drysdale, Timothy D ^a   Blaikie, Richard J ^b   Chong, Harold M H ^b   Cumming, David R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Birefringence; Compensation; Micromachining; Microwave measurements; Millimeter wave devices; Polarization; Submillimeter wave devices

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; BIREFRINGENCE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

DIELECTRIC GRATINGS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0242612032     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.818787     Document Type: Article

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