Design and measurement of a polarization convertor based on a truncated circular waveguide

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 34, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Donaldson, Craig R ^a   He, Wenlong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; MICROWAVE PROPERTY; MICROWAVE REFLECTION; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY RANGE; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84865101800     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/34/345103     Document Type: Article

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