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Two‐Ray Modeling of Recombination Effects in The Presence of a Phase Conjugation Array
Author(s) -
Chan Pak,
Fusco Vincent
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.27772
Subject(s) - multipath propagation , signal (programming language) , recombination , fading , microwave , phase (matter) , phaser , reflection (computer programming) , electronic engineering , physics , computer science , optics , computational physics , engineering , telecommunications , chemistry , channel (broadcasting) , biochemistry , decoding methods , quantum mechanics , gene , programming language
This article describes by means of a simple model how signal recombination effects behave under the influence of phase conjugating retrodirective array (RDA) technology. A two‐ray ground reflection model is used to predict the operational advantages of RDA technology in multipath rich environments. The simulation results show that advantageous signal recombination occurs due to automatic self‐phasing. As the number of elements in the RDA increases, the fading effect normally observed due to out of phase multipath signal is mitigated to the extent that the system approaches that of one operating in a free space environment. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:1987–1989, 2013