Full band waveguide turnstile junction orthomode transducer with phase matched outputs

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-341

  Cano, Juan L ^a   Tribak, Abdelwahed ^a   Hoyland, Roger ^b   Mediavilla, Angel ^a   Artal, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmic microwave background radiation; Ortho mode transducer; Polarimetry; Radiometry; Reduced height waveguide; Turnstile junction

Indexed keywords

COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION; ORTHO-MODE TRANSDUCER; ORTHO-MODE TRANSDUCERS; REDUCED HEIGHT; TURNSTILE JUNCTIONS;

BANDWIDTH; COSMOLOGY; DESIGN; ELLIPSOMETRY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; POLARIMETERS; RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77954559280     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: 1099047X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20437     Document Type: Article

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