AIP Advances (Feb 2018)

A combination of transformation optics and surface impedance modulation to design compact retrodirective reflectors

  • H. Haddad,
  • R. Loison,
  • R. Gillard,
  • A. Harmouch,
  • A. Jrad

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5020204
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 025114 – 025114-8

Abstract

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This study proposes a new approach to flatten retrodirective corner reflectors. The proposed method enables compact reflectors via Transformation Optics (TO) combined with Surface Impedance Modulation (SIM). This combination permits to relax the constraints on the anisotropic material resulting from the TO. Phase gradient approach is generalized to be used within anisotropic media and is implemented with SIM. Different reflector setups are designed, simulated and compared for fop = 8GHz using ANSYS® HFSS® in order to validate the use of such a combination.