Numerical and experimental parameter study of helix layers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1321-1328

  Meiners, Christian ^a   Jacob, Arne F ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiral media; Electromagnetic scattering; Helices; Nonhomogeneous media; Scattering parameters measurement

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INCLUSIONS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

CHIRAL MEDIA; HELIX LAYERS; NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; SCATTERING PARAMETERS MEASUREMENT;

HELICAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 44449098141     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.922170     Document Type: Article

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