Abstract

With the goal of producing larger working regions of uniform irradiance and phase in microwave anechoic chambers, we have built a disassemblable, tapered chamber in which to study the effects of (a) source size and (b) source position. Recognizing that the long walls of tapered anechoic chambers are partially reflecting mirrors, we have developed an elementary theory for optical design of chambers, and made computations that agree with microwave experiments. To design wider plateaus of irradiance in the working region, we have used computer programs for the interference patterns produced by the primary source and the multiple-image virtual sources.

© 1972 Optical Society of America

Near-field diffraction on the axes of disks*

Intaik Chung, C. L. Andrews, and L. F. Libelo
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67(11) 1561-1566 (1977)

Formulation of a Reflector-Design Problem for a Lighting Fixture

J. S. Schruben
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(12) 1498-1501 (1972)

Reflection, Transmission, and Phase Shift of Light at Imbedded Optical Films

J. B. Saunders
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(1) 6-9 (1972)

Effect of Amplitude Filter on the Partially Space-Coherent Diffraction of a Defocused Optical System

P. K. Katti and B. N. Gupta
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(1) 41-44 (1972)

Imaginary-Case Optical-Design Modules*

R. I. Mercado
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62(4) 495-501 (1972)