?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F761%2F&rft.title=Synthesis+of+Metamaterial+Enhancing+Lenses+for+Improving+the+Radiation+Performance+of+Existing+Linear+Antenna+Arrays+&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=This+work+presents+an+innovative+material-by-design+(MbD)+technique++for+the+improvement+of+the+radiation+features+(in+terms+of+beam-width%2C+directivity+and+side-lobe+level)+of+existing+linear+scanned+arrays.+The+developed+strategy+exploits+a+suitably+customized+quasi+conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+technique+to+synthesize+meta-material+radomes+with+reduced+anisotropy+as+well+as+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy+in+order+to+let+the+original+array+mimic+the+radiation+performance+of+significantly+larger+apertures.+Some+numerical+results+are+presented+ad+discussed+in+order+to+validate+the+effectiveness+of+the+MbD+approach+and+its+suitability+to+improve+the+radiation+characteristics+of+linear+arrays.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F761%2F1%2FSynthesis%2520of%2520Metamaterial%2520Enhancing%2520Lenses%2520for%2520Improving%2520the%2520Radiation%2520Performance%2520of%2520Existing%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Arrays.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+Synthesis+of+Metamaterial+Enhancing+Lenses+for+Improving+the+Radiation+Performance+of+Existing+Linear+Antenna+Arrays.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++