A half Maxwell fish-eye lens antenna based on gradient-index metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 398-401

  Mei, Zhong Lei ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Niu, Tiao Ming ^a   Cui, Tie Jun ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lens antenna; Maxwell's fish eye lens; metamaterials

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; FISH-EYE LENS; GRADIENT INDEXES; LOW LOSS; MICROWAVE SCANNING; NEAR-FIELD; NONRESONANT;

ANTENNAS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 84855467318     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2167914     Document Type: Article

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