Millimeter-wave beam shaping using phased antenna arrays for imaging plasma reflectometry

Author

Liang, Y. ; Chang, C.C. ; Domier, C.W. ; Luhmann, N.C., Jr. ; Mazzucato, E. ; Munsat, T. ; Park, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

266

Abstract

A millimeter-wave phased antenna array (PAA) is under development for use in radar reflectometric imaging in magnetic fusion plasmas. Functioning as a variable focal length lens, the output of the piezoelectric transducer controlled PAA can be imaged onto the target plasma with a voltage-controlled image depth. Measurement and simulation data are presented.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; microwave reflectometry; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave imaging; piezoelectric transducers; imaging plasma reflectometry; magnetic fusion plasmas; millimeter wave beam shaping; millimeter wave phased antenna array; piezoelectric transducer; radar reflectometric imaging; variable focal length lens; voltage controlled image depth; Antenna arrays; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave radar; Particle beams; Phased arrays; Plasma measurements; Plasma simulation; Radar antennas; Reflectometry; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2004 and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, 2004. Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8490-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2004.1422057

Filename

1422057