?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F759%2F&rft.title=A+QCTO%E2%80%90SI+Method+for+the+Design+of+Enhancing+Lenses+for+Linear+Antenna+Arrays&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Gottardi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=In+this+work+a+novel+material-by-design+(MbD)+strategy+is+proposed+to+address+the+problem+of+enhancing+the+radiation+performance+(in+terms+of+directivity+and+side-lobe+level)+of+existing+linear+phased+arrays.+Thanks+to+the+integration+of+the+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+technique+with+a+customized+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy%2C+the+proposed+approach+enables+the+synthesis+of+meta-material+lenses+with+reduced+anisotropy+indexes+that+are+able+to+significantly+enhance+the+radiation+characteristics+of+linear+antenna+arrays%2C+letting+them+mimic+the+performance+of+larger+apertures.+To+prove+the+effectiveness+of+the+MbD+methodology%2C+some+numerical+benchmarks+are+reported+and+discussed.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F759%2F1%2FA%2520QCTO%25E2%2580%2590SI%2520Method%2520for%2520the%2520Design%2520of%2520Enhancing%2520Lenses%2520for%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Arrays.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+A+QCTO%E2%80%90SI+Method+for+the+Design+of+Enhancing+Lenses+for+Linear+Antenna+Arrays.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++