Design optimization of multishell Luneburg lenses

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Fuchs, Benjamin ^a   Le Coq, Laurent ^a   Lafond, Olivier ^a   Rondineau, Sébastien ^b   Himdi, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

High directivity; Lens antennas; Luneburg lens; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY;

LENS ANTENNAS; MULTISHELL LUNEBURG LENSES;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 33947367467     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.889849     Document Type: Article

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