A high performance horn for large format focal plane arrays

Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology 2007, ISSTT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 199-210

  Yassin, G ^a   Kittara, P ^b   Jiralucksanawong, A ^b   Wangsuya, S ^b   Leech, J ^a   Jones, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS POLARIZATIONS; CROSS-POLARISATION; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; LARGE-FORMAT FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SIMPLEX OPTIMIZATION; STEP DISCONTINUITY;

DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84883297484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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