Fully probe-corrected near-field far-field transformation employing plane wave expansion and diagonal translation operators

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 737-746

  Schmidt, Carsten H ^a   Leibfritz, Martin M ^a,b   Eibert, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Research and Technology Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagonal translation operators; Fast multipole method (FMM); Near field far field transformation; Near field measurements; Plane wave expansion

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; HOLOGRAPHY;

DIAGONAL TRANSLATION OPERATORS; FAST MULTIPOLE METHOD; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION;

PROBES;

EID: 41649104133     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.916975     Document Type: Article

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