?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F762%2F&rft.title=Quasi-Conformal+Transformation+Optics+as+Applied+to+Linear+Antenna+Array+Performance+Enhancement&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+aimed+at++improving+the+radiation+features+of+existing+linear+active+electronically-scanned+arrays+(AESAs).+Such+a+performance+enhancement+(in+terms+of+beam-width%2C+directivity%2C+and+side-lobe+level)+is+guaranteed+without+increasing+the+number+of+elements+nor+requiring+the+re-design+of+the+radiators+and%2For+feeding+network.+Thanks+to+a+suitable+customization+and+integration+of+the+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+technique+approach+with+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy%2C+the+developed+methodology+enables+the+synthesis+of+meta-material+enhancing+radomes+with+reduced+complexity+(in+terms+of+anisotropy+indexes)+able+to+let+the+original+array+reproduce+the+radiation+performance+of+larger+target+apertures.+Some+representative+numerical+results+are+shown+in+order+to+validate+the+effectiveness+of+the+proposed+MbD+approach%2C+by+taking+into+account+the+existing+trade-off+between+the+achievable+boost+and+the+overall+cost+in+terms+of+complexity+of+the+QCTO-synthesized+meta-materials.&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%2F762%2F1%2FQuasi-Conformal%2520Transformation%2520Optics%2520as%2520Applied%2520to%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Array%2520Performance%2520Enhancement.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+Quasi-Conformal+Transformation+Optics+as+Applied+to+Linear+Antenna+Array+Performance+Enhancement.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++