The feasibility of generating superdirective radiation from antenna arrays comprising a finite number of active elements has been previously established in theoretical research, and has also been verified experimentally. In an earlier paper the authors have demonstrated that the scattered field of a structure formed by a finite array of coupled slotted cylinders exhibits superdirective characteristics at the resonance frequencies of the system. It is interesting to examine the question whether this property is a common attribute of scatterers formed by coupled resonant elements. This prompts us to investigate, in this paper, a corrugated structure formed by a finite array of rectangular grooves in a conducting surface. We find that the scattered field from such gratings also exhibits superdirective properties and that the superdirective scattering is associated with a high Q resonance that can only be excited in finite gratings. At these resonances, the magnitude of the electromagnetic field excited in the grooves is very high and the phase alternates between 0 and π. © 1998 IEEE.
Documento: | Conferencia |
Título: | Superdirective radiation from finite groove gratings |
Autor: | Skigin, D.; Veremey, V.; Mittra, R. |
Filiación: | University of Ruenos Aires, Physics Department, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón, Buenos Aires, 11428, Argentina Pennsylvania State University, 319 Electrical Engineering East, University Park, PA 16802-2705, United States |
Palabras clave: | Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic fields; Amplitude modulation; Antenna arrays; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Electromagnetic wave scattering; Phase modulation; Conducting surfaces; Corrugated structures; High-Q resonances; Rectangular groove; Resonance frequencies; Resonant elements; Slotted cylinders; Theoretical research; Resonance; Antenna radiation; Finite groove gratings; Q resonances; Rayleigh coefficients; Superdirective radiations |
Año: | 1998 |
Volumen: | 4 |
Página de inicio: | 2174 |
Página de fin: | 2177 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APS.1998.701649 |
Título revista: | 1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 1998 |
Título revista abreviado: | IEEE Antennas Propag. Soc. Int. Symp., Dig. - Antennas: Gateways Glob. Netw. - Held conjunction: USNC/URSI National Radio Sci. Meet. |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_07803447_v4_n_p2174_Skigin |