Title :
Radially Inhomogeneous Spherical Dielectric Lens for Matching 100-ps Pulses Into Biological Targets
Author :
Kumar, Prashanth ; Altunc, Serhat ; Baum, Carl E. ; Buchenauer, C. Jerald ; Christodoulou, Christos G. ; Schamiloglu, Edl
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Design, simulations, and experiments on a radially inhomogeneous spherical dielectric lens, that is used at the second focal point of a prolate-spheroidal impulse radiating antenna, are presented. This lens is designed to match 100-ps pulses into a biological medium. The higher field amplitude and smaller spot size obtained with such a lens are useful for various bioelectric applications.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; dielectric bodies; electromagnetic pulse; lenses; bioelectric applications; biological targets; focal point; prolate-spheroidal impulse radiating antenna; radially inhomogeneous spherical dielectric lens; spot size; time 100 ps; Dielectric lens; electromagnetic pulse (EMP); focal waveform; focusing lens; impulse radiating antenna; prolate spheroid;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2010.2048583
