Title :
Design of metamaterial-coated arrays through quasi-conformal transformation optics
Author :
Bekele, Ephrem T. ; Oliveri, G. ; Turpin, Jeremiah P. ; Werner, Douglas H. ; Massa, A.
Author_Institution :
ELEDIA Res. Center @ DISI, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents synthesis of conformal arrays enhanced by metamaterial lenses. The synthesis uses a multi-step Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics technique to compute lens parameters that allow an arbitrary-shaped conformal array to acquire properties of another desirable conformal array. The approach is demonstrated by numerical experiments including a full wave simulation.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; conformal antennas; metamaterial antennas; optical arrays; arbitrary-shaped conformal array; conformal arrays synthesis; full wave simulation; metamaterial lenses; metamaterial-coated arrays; multistep quasi-conformal transformation optics technique; quasi-conformal transformation optics; Antenna arrays; Lenses; Metamaterials; Optical arrays; Conformall Array; Lenses; Metamaterial; Quasi-Conformal Optical Transformation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902462
