On the size of left-handed material lens for near-field target detection by focus scanning

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2008, Pages 345-361

  Wang, G ^a   Gong, Y ^a   Wang, H ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METAMATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; LENSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; TARGET DRONES; TARGETS;

COMBINED SCHEMES; IMAGING RESOLUTIONS; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELDS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; SCANNING SYSTEMS; THIN LENS; TWO WAVELENGTH;

SCANNING;

IMAGING RESOLUTIONS; LEFT-HANDED MATERIALS; NEAR FIELDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; SCANNING SYSTEMS; TARGET DETECTIONS; THIN LENSES; TWO WAVELENGTHS;

EID: 58149194034     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08101902     Document Type: Article

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