Abstract
The use of inhomogeneous metamaterial lenses is proposed to enable suitable radiation properties for arbitrary-shape antenna arrays. Towards this end, the Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics (QCTO) methodology is generalized to allow an arbitrary physical arrangement coated with a suitable lens to exhibit the same radiating features of an arbitrary reference virtual array in free space. A representative numerical example, concerned with a two-dimensional layout, is presented to assess the effectiveness of the proposed method as well as the enhanced features of the resulting metamaterial-coated arrays with respect to standard conformal arrangements.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 6824251 |
| Pages (from-to) | 4089-4095 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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