Far field subwavelength source resolution using Phase Conjugating Lens Assisted with Evanescent-to-Propagating Spectrum Conversion

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 459-468

  Malyuskin, Oleksandr ^a   Fusco, Vincent ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; Diffraction limit; Evanescent field; Microwave imaging; Phase conjugation; Subwavelength resolution

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; EVANESCENT FIELDS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PHASE CONJUGATIONS; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LENSES; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIRE;

SCATTERING;

EID: 76849090263     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037713     Document Type: Article

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