TH-A2.2P: Applications of Periodic Structures | 
   | Session Type: Oral | 
   | Time: Thursday, July 13, 13:20 - 16:20 | 
   | Location: Solana Beach | 
   | Session Chairs: Eva Rajo-Iglesias, University Carlos III of Madrid and Christos  Christodoulou , University of New Mexico
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   | 13:20 - 13:40 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.1: MODE-FREE RADIATING ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP MATERIALS AS PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA ELEMENTS | 
   
  
    |          Enver Adas, Franco De Flaviis, University of California, Irvine, United States; Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos, Broadcom Foundation, United States | 
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   | 13:40 - 14:00 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.2: NEW EBG-FILTER DESIGN IN INVERTED MICROSTRIP GAP WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY | 
   
  
    |          Luis Inclan-Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez-Cabello, Jose Luis Vazquez-Roy, Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain | 
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   | 14:00 - 14:20 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.3: REFLECTION PHASE CHARACTERIZATION OF SPHERICAL HIGH IMPEDANCE SURFACES WITH CIRCULAR PERIODICITY | 
   
  
    |          Mikal Amiri, Constantine A. Balanis, Craig R. Birtcher, Arizona State University, United States | 
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   | 14:20 - 14:40 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.4: EXTENDING THE PERFORMANCE OF QUASICONFORMAL LENS TRANSFORMATIONS USING GEOMETRICAL OPTICS PRINCIPLES | 
   
  
    |          Sawyer D. Campbell, Jogender Nagar, Douglas H. Werner, The Pennsylvania State University, United States | 
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   | 14:40 - 15:00 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.5: A SPIRAL ELEMENT ABOVE A SPHERICALLY CURVED AMC GROUND PLANE | 
   
  
    |          Mikal Askarian Amiri, Constantine A. Balanis, Craig R. Birtcher, Arizona State University, United States | 
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  | 15:00 - 15:20 Break | 
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   | 15:20 - 15:40 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.6: NOTABLE GAIN ENHANCEMENT OF CURVILINEAR ELEMENTS USING A CIRCULAR HIS GROUND PLANE | 
   
  
    |          Mikal Askarian Amiri, Constantine A. Balanis, Craig R. Birtcher, Arizona State University, United States | 
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   | 15:40 - 16:00 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.7: A NOVEL ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP STRUCTURES FOR TWO-ELEMENT MIMO ANTENNA | 
   
  
    |          Xiaochao Jiang, Jiahe Mei, Tao Jiang, Harbin Engineering University, China; Yachen Zhang, Heilongjiang University, China | 
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   | 16:00 - 16:20 | 
   |   TH-A2.2P.8: ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM GENERATION FROM A DEFECT IN PHOTONIC CRYSTALS | 
   
  
    |          Menglin Chen, Li Jun Jiang, Wei Sha, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR of China | 
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