Experimental studies on near-field holographic antenna measurement

Yingxi Zuo; Linfen Xu; Hongye An; Jixian Sun; Zheng Lou; Ji Yang; Xuguo Zhang; Zhenqiang Li; Dengrong Lu; Xinghai Pang; Yang Li

doi:10.1117/12.2232158

27 July 2016 Experimental studies on near-field holographic antenna measurement

Yingxi Zuo, Linfen Xu, Hongye An, Jixian Sun, Zheng Lou, Ji Yang, Xuguo Zhang, Zhenqiang Li, Dengrong Lu, Xinghai Pang, Yang Li

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Proceedings Volume 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI; 99064A (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232158
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

A near-field millimeter-wave holography system operating in the 3-mm waveband have been developed as a prototype for DATE5, a 5-m terahertz telescope proposed to be deployed at Dome A, Antarctica. Experimental measurements at 92 GHz have been made on a 1.45-m test antenna. During the night time at which the ambient temperature doesn’t vary rapidly, a 75-minute repeatability (repeating measurement 3 times) of ~2.3 μm rms has been achieved with an aperture resolution of 46 mm. A local surface change of known value is correctly detected. After long-time repeating measurements, thermal-induced feed displacement is also detected with an accuracy of approximately 20 μm. Random error factors of the experiment system are evaluated and their contributions to the derived surface error are also simulated, showing that relative poor pointing of the test antenna is the major factor limiting the measurement repeatability.

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Yingxi Zuo, Linfen Xu, Hongye An, Jixian Sun, Zheng Lou, Ji Yang, Xuguo Zhang, Zhenqiang Li, Dengrong Lu, Xinghai Pang, and Yang Li "Experimental studies on near-field holographic antenna measurement", Proc. SPIE 9906, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VI, 99064A (27 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232158

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