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Low-profile metamaterial-based L-band antennas

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The aim of the present contribution is to show that metasurfaces such as reactive impedance surfaces (RIS) and artificial magnetic conductors can be efficiently used in the design of low-profile circularly polarized L-band antennas. We present the design and simulation of the compact and low-profile antennas. The solution based on RIS will be compared to a circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna using the same materials in order to prove the benefit of metasurfaces. The engineered metasurfaces allow increasing the bandwidths with few modifications on the thickness and the overall antenna size.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the French-UK European Defence Agency (EDA) program through the “Metamaterial Inspired Microwave Conformal Radar Antenna (MIMiCRA)” Project, Contract No. B0883 GEM1 ERG.

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  1. Shah Nawaz Burokur

    Present address: LEME, EA 4416, Université Paris Ouest, 92410, Ville d’Avray, France

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  1. IEF, CNRS, UMR 8622, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France

    Shah Nawaz Burokur & André de Lustrac

  2. Université Paris Ouest, 92410, Ville d’Avray, France

    Shah Nawaz Burokur & André de Lustrac

  3. LTCI, CNRS, Télécom ParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 75013, Paris, France

    Anne-Claire Lepage, Stefan Varault & Xavier Begaud

  4. Airbus Group Innovations, 92150, Suresnes, France

    Gérard-Pascal Piau

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Burokur, S.N., Lepage, AC., Varault, S. et al. Low-profile metamaterial-based L-band antennas. Appl. Phys. A 122, 326 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9885-1

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