Symmetry in Antenna Theory and Design
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 4740
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antenna theory and design; electromagnetic field; small antennas; feeds for reflector antennas; fractals
Interests: electromagnetic field theory; antenna theory; antenna arrays; wireless power transfer; RFID technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Special Issue of the MDPI Symmetry journal with the title Symmetry in Antenna Theory and Design.
Symmetry plays a crucial role in natural sciences, and, consequently, increasing interest in utilizing symmetry has appeared in the area of antenna theory and design. In the case of modal approaches of antenna theory, consideration of symmetry can enable the design of uncorrelated channels and orthogonal radiation states for antennas, tracking of modes by sweeping of design parameters, and investigation of fundamental electromagnetic bounds. The introduction of higher symmetry, e.g., glide or twist symmetry, into periodic structures described by a unit cell is expected to yield improvement in their properties, such as increase of bandwidth, reduction of losses, or resistance to defects.
Therefore, seeing the potential in utilization of symmetry in antennas and, generally, in electromagnetics, we would like to present the current advances in this topical field through this Special Issue. Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas related to the topic of symmetry in antennas and electromagnetics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Channel correlation;
- Characteristic modes;
- Fundamental bounds;
- Group theory;
- Higher symmetry;
- Metamaterials, artificial materials, and frequency selective surfaces;
- MIMO, multimode, and multiport antennas;
- Modal decomposition;
- Mutual coupling;
- Unit cell approaches to radiation and scattering;
- Other topics.
Dr. Pavel Hazdra
Dr. Jan Kracek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antenna theory
- antenna design
- electromagnetics
- channel correlation
- characteristic modes
- fundamental bounds
- group theory
- higher symmetry
- metamaterials
- artificial materials
- frequency selective surfaces
- MIMO antennas
- multimode antennas
- multiport antennas
- modal decomposition
- mutual coupling
- unit cell
- radiation
- scattering
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