Alignment procedure for radiation pattern measurements of antenna-coupled infrared detectors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Krenz, Peter M ^a   Slovick, Brian A ^a   Bean, Jeffrey ^a   Boreman, Glenn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment procedure; antenna coupled detector; infrared antenna; radiation pattern

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RADIATION; ANTENNA COUPLED DETECTORS; ANTENNA-COUPLED; AXIS OF ROTATION; DIRECTIONAL PROPERTIES; INFRARED ANTENNA; INFRARED FREQUENCIES; ORTHOGONAL AXIS; RADIATION PATTERN; RADIATION PATTERN MEASUREMENTS;

ALIGNMENT; ANTENNAS; DETECTORS; INFRARED LASERS; LASER BEAMS; ROTATION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77957977308     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3365959     Document Type: Article

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