Generation of OAM radio beams with modified uniform circular array antenna

2016/04/11 by Tiezhu Yuan, Yongqiang Cheng, Hongqiang Wang +2 · 28 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Acoustics #Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies #Angular momentum #Antenna (radio) #Antenna array #Azimuth #Circular buffer #Computer science #Elevation (ballistics) #Elevation angle #Mode (computer interface) #Optics #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Physics #Radar #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Telecommunications

paper · doi:10.1049/el.2016.0269

published in Electronics Letters 52(11), 896-898 (Institution of Engineering and Technology)

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Abstract

A modified uniform circular array is analysed and configured to generate radio waves carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). The relationship between OAM mode and array parameters is derived mathematically. Results show that the produced OAM mode can be altered arbitrarily by changing the exciting frequency when the array is fixed. Moreover, the OAM mode is associated with elevation angle, offering the potential of elevation resolution for radar imaging.

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