Resolution of near-field microwave target detection and imaging by using flat LHM lens

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3534-3541

  Wang, Gang ^a   Fang, Jieran ^a   Dong, Xiaoting ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image processing; Imaging; Left handed metamaterial (LHM); Lens; Metamaterials; Near field; resolution; Resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCUSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WAVELENGTH;

LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL (LHM) LENS; NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE TARGET DETECTION; SUB-WAVELENGTH IMAGING RESOLUTION;

LENSES;

EID: 37349063199     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.910365     Document Type: Article

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