Near-Field radio holography of large reflector antennas

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 24-31

  Baars, Jacob W M ^a,b   Lucas, Robert ^c   Mangum, Jeffrey G ^d   Lopez Perez, J A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c IRAM   (France)

^d NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e Centro Astronomico de Yebes   (Spain)

Author keywords

ALMA; Antenna measurements; Microwave holography; Millimeter wave antennas; Near field; Radio astronomy

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE HOLOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; RADIATION; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; LARGE REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNAS; NEAR-FIELD RADIO HOLOGRAPHY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 37249007297     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.4395293     Document Type: Article

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