Analysis of antenna gain enhancement with a new planar metamaterial superstrate: An effective medium and a Fabry-Pérot resonance approach

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1289-1303

  Kim, Dongho ^a   Choi, Jaeick ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antenna gain; Fabry P rot cavity (FPC) resonance; Metamaterial; Near zero refractive index

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BEAMS; ANTENNA GAINS; CAVITY RESONANCES; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; GAIN BEHAVIOR; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; INCIDENCE ANGLES; N VALUE; NEAR-ZERO REFRACTIVE INDEX; POSITIVE VALUE; SUPERSTRATES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; LIGHT REFRACTION; METAMATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 78649929756     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-010-9712-2     Document Type: Article

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