Experimental demonstration of narrow beam monopole antenna embedded in low effective index of refraction (n < 1) wire medium

Rongguo Zhou; Hualiang Zhang; Hao Xin

doi:10.1002/mop.23653

Experimental demonstration of narrow beam monopole antenna embedded in low effective index of refraction (n < 1) wire medium

Rongguo Zhou, Hualiang Zhang, Hao Xin

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Abstract

A narrow beam monopole antenna is realized by embedding the antenna within a periodic metallic wire array. The 2D wire array is designed to have an effective index of refraction smaller than unity (n_eff < 1) at the X-band frequencies (8-12 GHz), within which the antenna operates. The narrow beam effect due to the low refractive index of the wire medium is demonstrated in both simulation and experiment. Measured antenna properties including return loss and radiation pattern are in good agreement with simulation results. This simple and straightforward antenna design methodology can be applied at any microwave frequency.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2341-2345
Number of pages	5
Journal	Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume	50
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.23653
State	Published - Sep 2008

Keywords

Metallic wire array
Metamaterial
Narrow beam antenna

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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