?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F760%2F&rft.title=Performance+Enhancement+of+Linear+Scanned+Arrays+through+an+Innovative+Material-by-Design+Methodology&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Gottardi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=A+novel+quasi+conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)-based+approach+is+introduced+for+the+synthesis+of+coating+meta-lenses+that+are+able+to+improve+the+radiation+pattern+of+the+covered+linear+antenna+arrays.+Thanks+to+the+QCTO+technique%2C+the+proposed+material-by-design+synthesis+methodology+is+able+to+reduce+the+half-power+beam-width+(HPBW)+and+the+side-lobe+level+(SLL)+of+a+given+linear+array+without+introducing+strong+anisotropies+in+the+synthesized+meta-material+coating+lens.+Some+representative+numerical+examples+are+shown+in+order+to+assess+the+effectiveness%2C+as+well+as+the+limits%2C+of+the+proposed+MbD+method.%0D%0D&rft.publisher=University+of+Trento&rft.date=2016&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F760%2F1%2FPerformance%2520Enhancement%2520of%2520Linear%2520Scanned%2520Arrays%2520through%2520an%2520Innovative%2520Material-by-Design%2520Methodology.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2016)+Performance+Enhancement+of+Linear+Scanned+Arrays+through+an+Innovative+Material-by-Design+Methodology.++Technical+Report.+University+of+Trento.+++++