Title :
Optically controlled microstrip patch antenna with reconfigurable null beams
Author :
Deshuang Zhao ; Yifei Han ; Litao Lan ; Feng Liang ; Qiaoli Zhang ; Bing-Zhong Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
An optically controlled microstrip patch antenna is presented by exploring the phase changes of the parasitic element to generate reconfigurable null beams. This antenna is featured with attractive performance of optically-tuned null depth, low optical power requirement, and almost unchanged impedance bandwidth. Both simulations and experimental results validate the design.
Keywords :
microstrip antennas; optical tuning; optical power requirement; optically controlled microstrip patch antenna; optically-tuned null depth; parasitic element; reconfigurable null beam generation; unchanged impedance bandwidth; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Optical control; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6904957
