Metamaterials and Conformal Antenna Technologies

Abstract

Metamaterials are artificially constructed materials. When electromagnetic waves propagate through metamaterials they display properties different from those found in natural materials. These different properties can include negative refraction (light is bent in the opposite direction from that expected from general laws of physics), flat lens focusing, and subwavelength imaging. The use of meta-materials to direct electromagnetic beams is a highly promising approach to overcome current limitations of conformal antennas by improving the radiation characteristics of antenna elements, especially those at the edge of phased array antennas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA571054

Entities

People

  • D. Heiman
  • Hossein Mosallaei
  • Jeffrey Sokoloff
  • Latika Menon
  • Mehmet Remzi Dökmeci
  • Srinivas Sridhar

Organizations

  • Northeastern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Metamaterials
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Nanotechnology
  • Negative Index Metamaterials
  • Optical Properties
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Refractive Index
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics