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Amir Shlivinski1, Yakir Hadad2

  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.

Physical Review Letters
|December 1, 2018
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This study introduces a novel impedance matching method using temporal switching, overcoming the Bode-Fano limit for efficient wideband power transfer. This breakthrough benefits applications like ultrawideband communication and high-resolution imaging.

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