Phase agile reflectarray cells based on liquid crystals

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 809-814

  Ismail, M Y ^a   Hu, W ^a   Cahill, R ^a   Fusco, V F ^a   Gamble, H S ^a   Linton, D ^a   Dickie, R ^a   Rea, S P ^b   Grant, N ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REFLECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547662969     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20070061     Document Type: Article

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