FLORENCIO , Rafael

One planar 18 \times 18 cm2 reflectarray prototype, capable of generating adjacent pencil beams with the orthogonal circular polarizations (CPs) in the Ka-band (19.2-20.2 GHz), has been designed, manufactured, and measured as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the possibility of beam separation in the dual-CP applications. The prototype exhibits...

A method for the optimization of the crosspolar component of dual-polarized reflectarrays using full-wave analysis at the element level is described and demonstrated. The reflectarray full-wave analysis is based on local periodicity (LP) and integrated within the optimization process in order to accurately characterize the crosspolar far field....