TANG Bo, BAI Jian, SHENG Xin-qing. Coupling Effects on the Vortex Wave Generation of the Uniform Circular Array[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2018, 46(9): 2291-2294.
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TANG Bo, BAI Jian, SHENG Xin-qing. Coupling Effects on the Vortex Wave Generation of the Uniform Circular Array[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2018, 46(9): 2291-2294. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0372-2112.2018.09.035.
Coupling Effects on the Vortex Wave Generation of the Uniform Circular Array
Uniform circular array (UCA) can generate vortex wave with orbital angular momentum (OAM) in microwave band
this paper studies the effects of the coupling among the units on the OAM modes. The effects are evaluated by analysis and numerical computation based on momentum method (MoM). The results show that
if the coupling among units is rotational symmetry
then the coupling will not affect the generation of the OAM-carrying vortex wave. But if the coupling among units is not rotational symmetry
then the coupling will affect it. The effects is influenced by the mode number
the radius of the UCA
and the azimuth location of the field. Based on the characteristics used in the paper
even if the distance between the neighboring units is larger than two wavelengths
the mode number can be changed by more than 14%. It is significant for UCA design for vortex wave generation.