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Wearable on-body millimeter-wave (mmWave) radars can provide obstacle detection and guidance for visually impaired individuals. The antennas, being a crucial component of these systems, must be lightweight, flexible, low-cost, and compact.…

We demonstrate imaging over the visible band using a single planar diffractive lens. This is enabled via multi-level diffractive optics that is designed to focus over a broad wavelength range, which we refer to as an achromatic diffractive…

Optics · Physics 2017-12-27 Nabil Mohammad , Monjurul Meem , Bing Shen , Rajesh Menon

In this paper we present a novel telescope composed exclusively of thin, flat optical elements, each being a hot-pressed multi-layered structure combining the properties of a lens, its anti-reflection coating and frequency selection or…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-03 Giorgio Savini , Peter Hargrave , Peter A. R. Ade , Alexey Shitvov , Rashmi Sudiwala , Giampaolo Pisano , Carole Tucker , Jin Zhang

A multi-level tunable reflection array wide-angle beam scanning method is proposed to address the limited bandwidth and small scanning angle issues of current terahertz beam scanning technology. In this method, a focusing lens and its array…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-09 Weihua Yu , Hong Peng , Mingze Li , Haolin Li , Yuan Xue , Huikai Xie

A novel and compact tri-band planar antenna for 2.4/5.2/5.8-GHz wireless local area network (WLAN), 2.3/3.5/5.5GHz Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Bluetooth applications is proposed and studied in this paper. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Peshal Nayak , Sudhanshu Verma , Preetam Kumar

We investigate certain configurations of Luneburg lenses that form light propagating and guiding networks. We study single Luneburg lens dynamics and apply the single lens ray tracing solution to various arrangements of multiple lenses. The…

Optics · Physics 2013-09-24 Marios Mattheakis , George Tsironis , Vassilios Kovanis

In this paper, a novel wideband and widebeam unidirectional magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna for Wi-Fi-7 (5.18-7.125GHz) applications is presented. The element is printed on low-cost substrate and is showing wide-band characteristics…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Sivadeep R. Kalavakuru , Navid P. Gandji , Jonathan P. Cyphert

Conventional structural Luneburg lens is a symmetric circular gradient-index lens with refractive indices decreasing from the centre along the radial direction. In this paper, a flattened structural Luneburg lens (FSLL) based on structural…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-04-21 Liuxian Zhao , Miao Yu

Similar to their optic counterparts, acoustic components are anticipated to flexibly tailor the propagation of sound. However, the practical applications, e.g. for audible sound with large wavelengths, are frequently hampered by the issue…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-06-16 Kun Tang , Chunyin Qiu , Manzhu Ke , Jiuyang Lu , Yangtao Ye , Zhengyou Liu

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fiber spectrum analyzer based on a planar waveguide chip butt-coupled with an input fiber and aligned to a standard camera without any free-space optical elements. The chip consists of a…

Original realization of a lens capable to transmit images with sub-wavelength resolution is proposed. The lens is formed by parallel conducting wires and effectively operates as a telegraph: it captures image at the front interface and the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Pavel A. Belov , Yang Hao , Sunil Sudhakaran

A novel mm-wave microstrip-fed patch antenna with broad bandwidth and wide angular coverage suitable for integration in planar arrays is designed, analyzed and verified by measurements. The antenna provides a bandwidth of 13.1% between 34.1…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-27 Jonas Kornprobst , Kun Wang , Gerhard Hamberger , Thomas F. Eibert

A plethora of metalenses and diffractive lenses (flat lenses) have been demonstrated over the years. Recently, attempts have been made to stretch their performance envelope, particularly in the direction of wide-band achromatic performance.…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-03 Jacob Engelberg , Uriel Levy

We report an inhomogeneous acoustic metamaterial lens based on spatial variation of refractive index for broadband focusing of underwater sound. The index gradient follows a modified hyperbolic secant profile designed to reduce aberration…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-05-30 Xiaoshi Su , Andrew N. Norris , Colby W. Cushing , Michael R. Haberman , Preston S. Wilson

We present the status of the laue project devoted to develop a technology for building a 20 meter long focal length Laue lens for hard x-/soft gamma-ray astronomy (80 - 600 keV). The Laue lens is composed of bent crystals of Gallium…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-20 E. Virgilli , F. Frontera , P. Rosati , V. Liccardo , S. Squerzanti , V. Carassiti , E. Caroli , N. Auricchio , J. B. Stephen

In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid plasmonic waveguide fed broadband optical patch nano-antenna for nanophotonic applications. Through full wave electromagnetic simulation, we demonstrated our proposed antenna to radiate and receive…

An isotropic three-dimentional perfect lens based on cubic meshes of interconnected transmission lines and bulk loads is proposed. The lens is formed by a slab of a loaded mesh placed in between two similar unloaded meshes. The dispersion…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Alitalo , S. Maslovski , S. Tretyakov

In this paper, a novel gradient index (GRIN) structural lens based on the concept of generalized Luneburg lens (GLL) is proposed. This lens allows for the realization of double foci and localization of energy flow between the two focal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 Liuxian Zhao , Miao Yu

In this study, the design of a directional cloaking based on the Luneburg lens system is proposed and its operating principle is experimentally verified. The cloaking concept is analytically investigated via geometrical optics and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-04-30 Ceren Babayigit , Aydin Sinan Evren , Emre Bor , Hamza Kurt , Mirbek Turduev

Flat lenses have shown promising applications in miniaturized and ultracompact lightweight optical systems. However, it has been a great challenge in simultaneously achieving broadband achromatism and high numerical aperture. Here, we…

Optics · Physics 2024-04-29 Jingen Lin , Jinbei Chen , Jianchao Zhang , Haowen Liang , Juntao Li , Xue-Hua Wang