Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

A metamaterial-enabled design enhancing decades-old short backfire antenna technology for space applications

  • J. Daniel Binion,
  • Erik Lier,
  • Thomas H. Hand,
  • Zhi Hao Jiang,
  • Douglas H. Werner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08032-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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There is significant interest in providing real-world applications for metamaterials. Here, the authors design an Advanced Short Backfire Antenna, augmented with anisotropic metamaterial surfaces to achieve high aperture efficiency across two frequency bands, making the antenna ideal for spaceborne applications.