Spatial demultiplexing in the submillimeter wave band using multilayer free-standing frequency selective surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1904-1911

  Dickie, Raymond ^a   Cahill, Robert ^a   Gamble, Harold S ^a   Fusco, Vincent F ^a   Schuchinsky, Alexander G ^a   Grant, Norman ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surface (FSS); Mesh filters; Millimeter wave; Quasi optical technology; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROMACHINING; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); MESH FILTERS; QUASI-OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 22444447131     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.848668     Document Type: Article

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