• DocumentCode
    989332
  • Title

    Fields in the focal region of a spherical reflector

  • Author

    Thomas, B. ; Bao, Vo Nguyen Quoc

  • Author_Institution
    C.S.I.R.O., Epping, N.S.W., Australia
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    3/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    232
  • Abstract
    An earlier analysis of the field structure and energy flow near the axis of any circularly symmetric focusing reflector is applied to the case of a spherical reflector. From the results an estimate is made of the attainable efficiency of corrugated-waveguide aperture-type feeds.
  • Keywords
    Reflector antennas, spherical; Spherical reflector antennas; Apertures; Costs; Equations; Feeds; Focusing; Geometrical optics; Helium; Optical diffraction; Optical scattering; Polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1969.1139386
  • Filename
    1139386