Title :
Photo-induced patch antenna for frequency and beam reconfiguration
Author :
Pendharker, Sarang ; Shevgaonkar, R.K. ; Chandorkar, A.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bombay, Mumbai, India
Abstract :
A novel photo-induced mm wave patch antenna is created dynamically by optically illuminating silicon to generate a high conductivity region. By changing the illumination pattern the resonant frequency and radiation pattern can be reconfigured.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antennas; Si; beam reconfiguration; frequency reconfiguration; high conductivity region; illumination pattern; optically illuminating silicon; photoinduced mm wave patch antenna; radiation pattern; resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
