• DocumentCode
    3497164
  • Title

    Towards an optics design for the SKA

  • Author

    Theron, Isak P. ; Lehmensiek, Robert ; de Villiers, Dirk I. L.

  • Author_Institution
    EMSS Antennas (Pty) Ltd., Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the process to derive the SKA optics. The outcome of this process will be both the dish optics and optimised feeds (only the illuminating part, for example feed horns up to the waveguide port) for each of the respective frequency bands.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; optical design techniques; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; SKA optics; dish optics; frequency bands; optics design; waveguide port; Apertures; Feeds; Geometry; Optics; Radio astronomy; Telescopes; antenna feeds; multireflector antennas; radio astronomy; reflector antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    AFRICON, 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Pointe-Aux-Piments
  • ISSN
    2153-0025
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5940-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AFRCON.2013.6757827
  • Filename
    6757827
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3497164