A reflector antenna for focusing subnanosecond pulses in the near field

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 12-15

  Xiao, Shu ^a   Altunc, Serhat ^b   Kumar, Prashanth ^b   Baum, Carl E ^b   Schoenbach, Karl H ^c  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing; Impulse radiating antennas (IRAs); Near field; Prolate spheroidal reflector; Subnanosecond pulse

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNAS; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; NEAR FIELDS; POWER DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PREPULSES; PROLATE SPHEROIDAL REFLECTOR; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SUB-NANOSECOND PULSE; SUBNANOSECOND; TRANSMISSION LINE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; FOCUSING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 77949355581     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2041027     Document Type: Article

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