Experimental demonstration of superdirective spherical dielectric antenna

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An experimental demonstration of directivities exceeding the fundamental Kildal limit, a phenomenon called superdirectivity, is provided for spherical high-index dielectric antennas with an electric dipole excitation. A directivity factor of about 10 with a total efficiency of more than 80% for an antenna having a size of a third of the wavelength was measured. High directivities are shown to be associated with constructive interference of particular electric and magnetic modes of an open spherical resonator. Both analytic solutions for a point dipole and a full-wave rigorous simulation for a realistic dipole antenna were employed for optimization and analysis, yielding an excellent agreement between experimentally measured and numerically predicted directivities. The use of high-index low-loss ceramics can significantly reduce the physical size of such antennas while maintaining their overall high radiation efficiency. Such antennas can be attractive for various high-frequency applications, such as antennas for the Internet of Things, smart city systems, 5G network systems, and others. The demonstrated concept can be scaled in frequency.

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Gaponenko, R., Sidorenko, M. S., Zhirihin, D., Rasskazov, I. L., Moroz, A., Ladutenko, K., … Shcherbakov, A. (2023). Experimental demonstration of superdirective spherical dielectric antenna. Journal of Applied Physics, 134(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155677

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