Metamaterial enhanced antenna systems: A review

Daniel Binion, Pingjuan L. Werner, Douglas H. Werner, Erik Lier, Thomas H. Hand

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Abstract

Recent advances in the field of metamaterial enhanced antenna systems are reviewed. The addition of metamaterial surfaces or lenses is shown to significantly improve antenna performance over what is achievable with conventional antennas. This includes soft horn antennas with low cross-polarization, short backfire antennas with high aperture efficiency and low cross-polarization, near-zero index metamaterial lenses for directivity enhancement, as well as capacitively loaded electromagnetic bandgap structures for broadband and omnidirectional surface wave suppression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780996007870
DOIs
StatePublished - May 23 2018
Event2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018 - Denver, United States
Duration: Mar 25 2018Mar 29 2018

Publication series

Name2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018

Other

Other2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium in Denver, ACES-Denver 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period3/25/183/29/18

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Instrumentation

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