A technique connecting a scalar wide-angle finitedifference beam-propagation method(FD-BPM) with a scalar finite-difference time-domain method (FD-TDM) is systematically described and used to analyze a lensed coreless fiber. The propagating field and its phase distribution are calculated to demonstrate the phase adjustment effect of the lens. The power concentration due to the lens is evaluated...

A three left-handed metamaterial unit cell antenna is presented in this article for ultrawideband applications. Each left-handed metamaterial unit cell is a combination of a modified octagonal split-ring resonator, an octagonal spiral resonator, a capacitance-loaded strip, and a wire in order to achieve a design that simultaneously exhibits both negative electrical permittivity and negative mag...

The properties of the Koch island fractal boundary microstrip patch antenna are presented. The behavior at the fundamental mode and the existence of high-order modes that exhibit localized current density distributions is discussed. The main features are the size reduction of the patch resonating at the fundamental frequency when compared to Euclidean-shaped patches, and the application of loca...

A phase conjugation based method for full-duplex digital communications is discussed. The method uses a spatially confined and directive antenna pattern while a fullduplex digital communications link is maintained between moving platforms. The communications abilit~ of the array is based on processing the phase associated with the message and the phase associated with the platform’s motion sepa...