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Research Topic Description, including Problem Statement:
Electrically small antennas (ESAs)—antennas whose dimensions are considerably smaller than the antenna’s resonant wavelength—are of interest in numerous applications. Fundamental physics limits the performance of ESAs. This performance limit, explored by Harold Wheeler in 1947 and refined over the years by Lan Jen Chu and others, has proven to be indomitable against passive antenna designs. One approach to beat this fundamental limit is to contravene the assumptions it is based on, specifically linearity and time-invariance (LTI). Wheeler reasoned that the volume of a passive ESA limits the power it can extract from an incident field, as indicated by a small radiation resistance (P = I2R) and a corresponding small bandwidth. However, the power extraction potential of antenna-like structures with time-varying resistive or reactive loads has yet to be established, theoretically, numerically, or experimentally. For example, it is possible that an improved signal-to-noise ratio in a non-LTI antenna-like structure could be indicative of a larger effective bandwidth, as related by Shannon’s theorem for channel capacity.
Applicants are encouraged to explore other possible performance advantages beyond bandwidth. Advances in the field of non-LTI antenna-like structures could result in a paradigm shift, significantly impacting how the Intelligence Community (IC) collects radio frequency (RF) information wirelessly. This IC Postdoctoral Research topic seeks innovative approaches to any of the following:
Example Approaches:
The existing performance bounds (gain-bandwidth product, energy relations) are well understood for non-LTI RF devices such as mixers and amplifiers. It is expected that the theory governing these devices might inform the theory of non-LTI antenna-like devices. Applicants are encouraged to propose any viable approach.
The most common three categories of numerical modeling techniques fall under Method of Moments (MoM), Finite Element Method (FEM), and Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD). The MoM formulation produces a system of linear equations that are not ideally suited for non-LTI problems. However, piecewise linear approximations to the nonlinear/time varying system may be able to approximate the solution. FEM models transient responses through the Ordinary Differential Equations. The ability of FEM to model transient response of a nonlinear/time varying antenna makes it a viable solution. FDTD is well suited for modeling a nonlinear/time varying antenna because the time stepping coupled differential equations allow for easy time variation of the boundary conditions. It is expected that time varying antennas, through time varying boundary conditions, can be readily implemented using FDTD. Applicants are encouraged to pursue novel and possibly hybrid approaches. It is expected that numerical modeling will be of critical importance to inform the theory of non-LTI antenna-like structures.
There are many examples from the scientific literature of antenna designs implementing nonlinear and time variable components. Applicants are encouraged to propose designs building on these or to propose novel ones, as well as experimental approaches to characterize fabricated designs.
Relevance to the Intelligence Community:
The IC often employs electrically small antennas (ESA)—antennas whose dimensions are considerably smaller than the antenna’s resonant wavelength. Fundamental physics limits the performance of ESAs. Advances in the field of non-LTI antenna-like structures could result in a paradigm shift, significantly impacting how the IC collects RF information wirelessly.
Key Words: Antenna, Electrically-Small, Nonlinear, Time-Varying, Wheeler, Chu, Shannon, Radio Frequency, Method of Moments, MoM, Finite Element Method, FEM, and Finite Difference Time Domain, FDTD
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