Design of engineered reflectors for radar cross section modification

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-239

  Doumanis, E ^a   Goussetis, G ^a   Papageorgiou, G ^b   Fusco, V ^a   Cahill, R ^a   Linton, D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surface (FSS); high impedance surface; radar cross section (RCS); reflect array

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION;

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; DOUBLY PERIODIC; FLAT SURFACES; FLOQUET THEORY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; HIGH IMPEDANCE SURFACE; IMPINGING SIGNALS; METALLIC MIRRORS; MONOSTATIC RCS; POLARIZED WAVE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REFLECT-ARRAY; TARGET LOCALIZATION;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 84872042162     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2220097     Document Type: Article

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