Generating Steering Orbital Angular Momentum Vortex Beams Using Conical Conformal Array Antenna

IF 3.7 2区计算机科学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-19 DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2024.3502398

Shilong Tan;Shixing Yu;Na Kou

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Abstract

In this letter, we propose using the conical conformal array antenna to launch the steering electromagnetic orbital angular momentum (OAM) vortex waves. First, the theoretical calculation method for generating the steering OAM beams using conical array antenna is deduced and the formula of compensated phase shift for each antenna unit located in the conical array is derived. In addition, a polarization correction approach is proposed to achieve better radiation characteristics of the OAM vortex beam. Next, a prototype of a conical conformal array antenna, which consists of 114 U-slot microstrip patch antennas, is fabricated and experimentally verified. The measured results indicate that using the conical array antenna to launch steering OAM vortex beams directed at the elevation angle of 0° to 60° can prevent significant distortion and guarantee high mode purity even though the scanning angle becomes large. This could serve as a reference for potential future applications of electromagnetic vortex communication on a conformal carrier.

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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 工程技术-电信学

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