Electromagnetic implosion using an array

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3 PART 2, 2008, Pages 757-762

  Baum, Carl E ^a   Altunc, Serhat ^a   Christodoulou, Chtistos G ^a   Schamiloglu, Edl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Electromagnetic implosion; Focusing; Lens; Time domain

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA FEEDERS;

ARRAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPLOSION; FOCUSING; IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNAS; LENS; SPHERICAL ARRAY; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 45949106458     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.923751     Document Type: Article

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