A novel antenna concept for future solar sails: Application of Fresnel antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 50-62

  Khayatian, Behrouz ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial exploration; Fresnel zone plate; Lens antennas; Moment methods; Multifrequency antennas; Physical optics; Reflector antennas; Solar sail; Space vehicle antennas; Space vehicle propulsion

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXPLORATION; FRESNEL ANTENNAS; FRESNEL ZONE PLATE; LENS ANTENNAS; MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNAS; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE VEHICLE ANTENNAS; SPACE VEHICLE PROPULSION;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

EID: 3142658107     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2004.1305534     Document Type: Article

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