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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 48 Number 3, March 2000

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Holographic Testing of Terahertz Antennas

Gary Junkin, Tao Huang and John C. Bennett

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Abstract:

In the light of future applications involving Terahertz antenna measurements, this paper revisits Gabor holography as a direct method for recovering phase, offering some interesting advantages for near-field measurements. In particular, we examine the theory and parameterization of planar near-field Gabor holography and comment on the requirements for scanner precision at Terahertz frequencies.

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