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Published on: July 8, 2013
H-plane horn antenna with enhanced directivity using conformal transformation optics
Hossein Eskandari1, Juan Luis Albadalejo-Lijarcio2, Oskar Zetterstrom2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Hossein.skandari@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Conformal transformation optics is employed to enhance an H-plane horn's directivity by designing a graded-index all-dielectric lens. The transformation is applied so that the phase error at the aperture is gradually eliminated inside the lens, leading to a low-profile high-gain lens antenna. The physical space shape is modified such that singular index values are avoided, and the optical path inside the lens is rescaled to eliminate superluminal regions. A prototype of the lens is fabricated using three-dimensional printing. The measurement results show that the realized gain of an H-plane horn antenna can be improved by 1.5-2.4 dB compared to a reference H-plane horn.
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