Harvesting the Energy of Multi-Polarized Electromagnetic Waves

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Almoneef, Thamer S ^a   Erkmen, Faruk ^b   Ramahi, Omar M ^b  

^a PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEEDING; POLARIZATION; SIMULATION; ARTICLE; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

EID: 85033452614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15298-5     Document Type: Article

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