INVESTIGATION OF THE ENHANCED EFFICIENCIES OF SMALL SUPERCONDUCTING LOOP ANTENNA ELEMENTS

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KHAMAS, SK [1 ]
COOK, GG [1 ]
KINGSLEY, SP [1 ]
WOODS, RC [1 ]
ALFORD, NM [1 ]
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[1] ICI PLC,PLC,ADV MAT,RUNCORN WA7 4QE,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.354647
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The fields backscattered from arrays of electrically small copper and YBCO superconducting loops are measured and compared with moment method predictions to confirm the gain enhancements and changes in Q factors due to increasing the efficiencies of the antenna elements alone, without the influence of feed and matching networks. Measurements on coplanar and parallel loop arrays show only small increases in the backscattered fields of the YBCO scatterers, with the largest increase in efficiency being for the single loop. The mutual resistance between elements reduces the benefit of adding more elements to a YBCO loop, to a greater extent than when copper elements are added to a copper loop.
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