DocumentCode
1017398
Title
On reflected rays in axisymmetric radomes
Author
Gil, Gilbert R. ; Kriegsmann, Gregory A.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Co., Culver City, CA, USA
Volume
27
Issue
3
fYear
1979
fDate
5/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
432
Lastpage
435
Abstract
A method is derived by which rays that reflect off the interior of a radome in a specific direction are found. It is demonstrated that these rays (if they exist) depend upon the gimbal angle. It is observed that they do not exist for gimbal angles less than a "critical gimbal angle." It is demonstrated that the critical gimbal angle is a function of the fineness ratio of the radome. Results are given for several radome geometries.
Keywords
Geometrical optics (GO); Radomes; Antenna radiation patterns; Aperture antennas; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Gas insulated transmission lines; Geometrical optics; Helium; Microwave antennas; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1979.1142107
Filename
1142107
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