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Theory of Transformation Optics in Antenna Design

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Transformation optics provides a bridge between the electromagnetic functionality of the device and the material properties of the custom-engineered media. This chapter includes an overview of transformation optics theory and their application in antenna engineering. The basic theory of transformation optics is analyzed, including the general transformation and quasi-conformal mapping. Reviews are focused on the planar lens antenna, the multibeam antenna, the Luneburg lens antenna, and the metasurface Luneburg lens.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China

    Di Bao & Tie Jun Cui

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Zhi Ning Chen

  2. IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA

    Duixian Liu

  3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Hosei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

    Hisamatsu Nakano

  4. Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore, Singapore

    Xianming Qing

  5. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Bao, D., Cui, T.J. (2016). Theory of Transformation Optics in Antenna Design. In: Chen, Z., Liu, D., Nakano, H., Qing, X., Zwick, T. (eds) Handbook of Antenna Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-44-3_22

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