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Starting from a new factorization of the frequencydomain modal expansion coefficients, we generate analytical expressions in time-domain for the various quantities of interest of a biconical antenna of arbitrary length and cone angle. In…
This paper considers the 3D spatial fading correlation (SFC) resulting from an angle-of-arrival (AoA) distribution that can be modelled by a mixture of Fisher-Bingham distributions on the sphere. By deriving a closed-form expression for the…
Directional modulation (DM) is a physical layer security technique based on antenna arrays and so far the polarisation information has not been considered in its designs. To increase the channel capacity, we consider exploiting the…
We analyse a new notion of total anisotropic higher-order variation which, differently from the Total Generalized Variation by Bredies et al., quantifies for possibly non-symmetric tensor fields their variations at arbitrary order weighted…
The Zassenhaus formula finds many applications in theoretical physics or mathematics, from fluid dynamics to differential geometry. The non-commutativity of the elements of the algebra implies that the exponential of a sum of operators…
Following on from the increasing interest for electromagnetic waves carrying Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), different configurations of antenna systems able to generate such beams have been proposed. However, in our opinion, a traditional…
We derive closed-form expressions for the poles and zeros of approximate fractional integrator/differentiator filters, which correspond to spectral roll-off filters having any desired log-log slope to a controllable degree of accuracy over…
This paper proposes a narrowband fully-analog $N$-antenna transmitter that emulates the functionality of a narrowband fully-digital $N$-antenna transmitter. Specifically, in symbol interval $m$, the proposed fully-analog transmitter…
The Landauer formula allows us to describe theoretically the conductance in terms of the transmission function in a mesoscopic system. We propose a general method to evaluate the transmission function in the complex domain for systems…
In this letter, an approach for designing a tunable and steerable antenna is presented. The antenna model is based on a wideband bow-tie radiating element mounted above an active Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC). The AMC geometry…
Conformal techniques, based on the covariance of Maxwell's electrodynamics under the full conformal group in four spacetime dimensions, are discussed in relation with the constant input impedance properties of frequency-independent…
Given a bounded $C^2$ domain in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ and an integral $n$-rectifiable varifold $V$ with bounded first variation and bounded generalized mean curvature. Given a $C^1$ function $\theta$ defined on the boundary of the domain with…
In this work, a novel design of electromagnetically reconfigurable antennas (ERAs) based on a fluid antenna system (FAS) is proposed, and the corresponding wireless channel model is established. Different from conventional antenna arrays…
A continuous aperture array (CAPA)-based secure communication system is investigated, where a base station equipped with a CAPA transmits signals to a legitimate user under the existence of an eavesdropper. For improving the secrecy…
A unified construction of high order shape functions is given for all four classical energy spaces ($H^1$, $H(\mathrm{curl})$, $H(\mathrm{div})$ and $L^2$) and for elements of "all" shapes (segment, quadrilateral, triangle, hexahedron,…
This paper studies the effects of directional antenna element complex gain patterns and nonidealities in direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. We compare sparse arrays and classical uniform linear arrays, harnessing EM simulation tools to…
This letter presents a near-field flat-top beam synthesis method based on a semi-closed-form approach. First, the feasibility of achieving a flat-top beam in the near field is examined using a closed-form analysis. A circular concentric…
The upper envelope of the amplitude of the VLBI visibility function usually represents the most compact structural pattern of extragalactic radio sources, in particular, the "core-jet" morphologies. By fitting the envelope to a circular…
This paper presents a method of computing section lift characteristics for a 2-dimensional airfoil with a second 2-dimensional object at a position at or ahead of the leading edge of the airfoil. Since both objects are 2-dimensional, the…
We introduce a notion of strong closing property of contact forms, inspired by the $C^\infty$ closing lemma for Reeb flows in dimension three. We then prove a sufficient criterion for strong closing property, which is formulated by…