Supplementary linear feed for "Herouni" mirror radiooptical telescope\´s antenna

Author

Sargsyan, A.S.

Author_Institution

Radiophys. Measurements Inst., State Eng. Univ. of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

17

Abstract

Summary form only given. It is known that the "Herouni" mirror radiooptical telescope\´s double reflector spherical antenna of the Radiophysical Measurements Institute (RMI, Yerevan) placed on the mountain Aragats, Armenia has quite a high gain factor. For example, at 2 mm wavelength the gain of the antenna is equal to 1,000,000,000. It is also known that the antenna field amplitude and phase distributions along the axis of the main spherical reflector are regular. It is proposed to increase the antenna\´s effective area and antenna gain factor by a supplementary linear feed along the axis of the main spherical reflector below the antenna focal spot. Several supplementary linear feeds were considered and a not-in-phase space-tapered slotted-waveguide antenna was chosen

Keywords

radiotelescopes; reflector antenna feeds; Armenia; Herouni mirror radiooptical telescope; antenna gain factor; double reflector spherical antenna; effective area; space-tapered slotted-waveguide antenna; supplementary linear feed; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Aperture antennas; Diffraction; Interferometers; Mirrors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Electromagnetism, 2000. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Trans Black Sea Region on

Conference_Location

Xanthi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6428-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AEM.2000.943181

Filename

943181