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Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 243904 (2004) [4 pages]

Multipath-Enabled Super-Resolution for rf and Microwave Communication using Phase-Conjugate Arrays

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Benjamin E. Henty* and Daniel D. Stancil
Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230, USA

Received 31 July 2003; published 10 December 2004

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We demonstrate experimentally that phase-conjugate techniques can be used to achieve super-resolution focusing of electromagnetic waves in a multipath indoor environment at 2.45 GHz. The focusing phenomena was used to direct independent signals to two locations separated by approximately one-half wavelength, thereby creating two simultaneous channels at the same frequency. An increase in channel capacity is shown to be achievable by an experimental transmission of a 1 Mbps signal over two channels created using a four element phase-conjugate array.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.243904
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.243904
PACS:
41.20.Jb, 42.25.Bs, 84.40.Ua

*Electronic address: henty@eirp.org

Electronic address: stancil@cmu.edu