Gain Enhancing Compact GRIN Lens

Eric B. Whiting, Jingwei Xu, Sawyer D. Campbell, Joshua W. Withrow, John P. Barrett, James D. Weigner, Jeremy A. Bossard, Pingjuan L. Werner, Douglas H. Werner

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Abstract

GRadient INdex (GRIN) lenses are spatially inhomogeneous dielectric lenses that can significantly improve the gain of an antenna. However, traditional lens designs are too bulky to be used on aircraft or in space applications especially for frequencies at or below L-band. To overcome these size limitations, an additively manufactured ceramic compact GRIN lens with a diameter of 1.3 wavelengths at the smallest frequency of interest was fabricated and demonstrates over 4 dB gain improvement compared to the no lens case. This significant improvement is possible because of the coherent interaction of the radiation through the inside and, importantly, around the outside of the GRIN lens.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1874-1875
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781665496582
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022 - Denver, United States
Duration: Jul 10 2022Jul 15 2022

Publication series

Name2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period7/10/227/15/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Instrumentation

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