Design of linear-to-circular polarization transformers made of long densely packed metallic helices

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 390-401

  Silveirinha, Mário G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial materials; Chiral media; Homogenization; Polarization transformers

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; PERMITTIVITY;

CHIRAL MEDIA; METALLIC HELICES; POLARIZATION TRANSFORMERS;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 40549090602     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915428     Document Type: Article

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