Diffractive optical computing in free space

J Hu, D Mengu, DC Tzarouchis, B Edwards… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Structured optical materials create new computing paradigms using photons, with
transformative impact on various fields, including machine learning, computer vision …

A review of 3D printed gradient refractive index lens antennas

I Munina, I Grigoriev, G O'donnell, D Trimble - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gradient index lens antennas find their application in modern wireless communication
including radar systems, satellite communication, etc. They can ensure highly directional …

Radial GRIN lenses based on the solution of a regularized ray congruence equation

A Paraskevopoulos, F Maggiorelli… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a novel formulation for flat radial GRadient INdex (GRIN) lenses allowing for
the optimal lens design through closed-form expressions. The validity of the proposed …

Broadband inhomogeneous lens with conical radiation pattern

MM Taskhiri, S Fakhte - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This manuscript presents a lens antenna with simultaneous broadside and conical beams.
The lens is designed for the Ku band using the ray inserting method. The proposed conical …

An ultrawideband and high-aperture-efficiency all-dielectric lens antenna

W Yu, L Peng, Y Liu, Q Zhao… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A lens antenna (LA) with the characteristics of ultrawide band and high aperture efficiency is
proposed in this letter. Moreover, the proposed lens is automatically designed by the genetic …

Perforated extensible 3-D hyperbolic secant lens antenna for directive antenna applications using additive manufacturing

W Shao, H Sato, X Li, KK Mutai, Q Chen - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, a novel three-dimensional (3-D) generalized hyperbolic secant (HS) lens is
first introduced using perforated dielectric material. The attractiveness of this new lens is its …

The systematic design of noncommensurate impedance matching tapers for ultrawideband gradient-index lens antennas

W Wang, NC Garcia, JD Chisum - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a general method for designing wideband matching tapers in inhomogeneous
media where phase velocity is coupled to the taper impedance profile. Such tapers are used …

Compound grin fanbeam lens antenna with wideband wide-angle beam-scanning

NC Garcia, JD Chisum - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a parallel-plate waveguide (PPWG) fanbeam antenna achieving a field
of view with an average maximum scan loss of over the Ka-band for a flat feed surface. This …

Low-profile planar dielectric polarizer using high-dielectric-constant material and anisotropic antireflection layers

C Ding, KM Luk - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel planar dielectric polarizer made of a low-profile high-dielectric-constant material is
proposed. Two anisotropic antireflection layers are used on both sides to provide …

GO Analysis of GRIN Lens Antennas by Combining in a Single ODE, Field and Wavefront-Curvature Transport to the Ray-Tracing

I Gashi, A Paraskevopoulos, S Maci… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel very efficient algorithm based on geometrical optics (GO) is presented for the
analysis of graded index (GRIN) lens antennas, namely, dielectric inhomogeneous lenses …