PHYSICS 1 Chain of Oscillators Maxima Somnath Bharadwaj and Pratik Khastgir, Department of Physics and Meteorology, IIT Kharagpur, 721 302 India http://www.cts.iitkgp.ernet.in/~phy1/
Intensity Pattern
Width of Maxima
Phas difference Between 2 oscillators
Problem Consider a chain of 100 dipole antennas, d=1 m radiating at 150 MHz. Q1. In which direction is the maximum intensity? Q2. How many maxima are there? Q.3 What is the width of the maxima Q4. What happens if there is a phase difference of /8 between the oscillators?
Pased Arrays
Array of Phased Arrays
Arcminute Microwave Imager Cambridge, UK 12-18 GHz 13 m diameter
Diffraction Grating
Grating
Diffraction Grating
Dispersive Power
Chromatic Resolving Power
Chromatic Resolving Power ninina maxima
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