• DocumentCode
    1766170
  • Title

    Surface Wave Transformation Lens Antennas

  • Author

    Rui Yang ; Zhenya Lei ; Lei Chen ; Zhaoxu Wang ; Yang Hao

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. Eng., Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Feb. 2014
  • Firstpage
    973
  • Lastpage
    977
  • Abstract
    A new class of dielectric sheet antennas is presented based on transformation optics. Specifically, we successfully implement the transformation with a consideration of surface wave eigenmode properties, and carry out a practical perforated design by drilling holes to synthesize the required dielectric constants for their potential realization. The full wave simulation shows that our surface wave transformation lens antenna is capable of obtaining a greatly improved directivity, while maintaining the original low profile.
  • Keywords
    drilling; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; lens antennas; permittivity; physical optics; dielectric constants; dielectric sheet antennas; eigenmode properties; full wave simulation; hole drilling; lens antennas; perforated design; surface wave transformation; transformation optics; Antennas; Lenses; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Substrates; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Lens; surface wave antenna; transformation optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2013.2291894
  • Filename
    6671417