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Robert Cahill

Queen's University Belfast
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Understanding and measuring circular polarization

BY Toh, R Cahill, VF Fusco - IEEE Transactions on Education, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many modern satellite and terrestrial point-to-point communications systems use circular
polarization (CP) wave propagation in order to maximize the polarization efficiency component …

Design and measurement of reconfigurable millimeter wave reflectarray cells with nematic liquid crystal

W Hu, R Cahill, JA Encinar, R Dickie… - … on Antennas and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Numerical simulations are used to study the electromagnetic scattering from phase agile
microstrip reflectarray cells which exploit the voltage controlled dielectric anisotropy property of …

Design and demonstration of an electronically scanned reflectarray antenna at 100 GHz using multiresonant cells based on liquid crystals

…, M Barba, JA Encinar, R Cahill… - … on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design, fabrication, and measured results are presented for a reconligurable reflectarray
antenna based on liquid crystals (LCs) which operates above 100 GHz. The antenna has …

Anisotropic impedance surfaces for linear to circular polarization conversion

…, JL Gomez-Tornero, R Cahill… - … on Antennas and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Anisotropic impedance surfaces are employed as low-profile and broadband reflectors that
convert orthogonal linear to right- and left-handed circular polarization respectively. By virtue …

Liquid crystal tunable mm wave frequency selective surface

W Hu, R Dickie, R Cahill, H Gamble… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A frequency selective surface (FSS) which exploits the dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystals
to generate an electronically tunable bandpass filter response at D Band (110-170 GHz) is …

Design and experimental validation of liquid crystal-based reconfigurable reflectarray elements with improved bandwidth in F-band

…, R Dickie, M Bain, JA Encinar, R Cahill… - … on Antennas and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfigurable reflectarray which exploits the dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystals (LC)
has been designed to operate in the frequency range from 96 to 104 GHz. The unit cells are …

THz frequency selective surface filters for earth observation remote sensing instruments

R Dickie, R Cahill, V Fusco… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to review recent developments in the design and fabrication of
Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) which operate above 300 GHz. These structures act as …

94 GHz dual-reflector antenna with reflectarray subreflector

W Hu, M Arrebola, R Cahill, JA Encinar… - … on Antennas and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design, construction and measured performance is described of an offset parabolic
reflector antenna which employs a reflectarray subreflector to tilt the focused beam from the …

Liquid-crystal-based reflectarray antenna with electronically switchable monopulse patterns

W Hu, MY Ismail, R Cahill, JA Encinar… - Electronics …, 2007 - search.proquest.com
A printed reflectarray antenna, which generates a beam that can be electronically switched
from a sum to a difference radiation pattern, is presented. This is achieved by applying a bias …

Design of a Salisbury screen absorber using frequency selective surfaces to improve bandwidth and angular stability performance

FC Seman, R Cahill, VF Fusco, G Goussetis - IET microwaves, antennas & …, 2011 - IET
A new design method that greatly enhances the reflectivity bandwidth and angular stability
beyond what is possible with a simple Salisbury screen is described. The performance …