PHARA researcher Gabriele Federico represented the group at the 26th Applied Electromagnetics Symposium (AES), held in Sicily, Italy. The conference brought together researchers and engineers from across the world to discuss the latest advances in antennas and electromagnetics.

This year’s programme had a strong focus on metasurfaces in antenna design, with numerous presentations exploring their potential for enhancing antenna performance, enabling beam shaping and polarization control, and supporting next-generation wireless communication systems. The event was a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and engage with current research trends alongside colleagues from leading universities worldwide.

Gabriele presented the paper “Analysis of Polarization Purity in Dual-Polarized Phased Array Antennas”, work developed by PHARA postdoc Pilar Castillo Tapia, as part of the Young Researchers in Antennas and Metasurfaces special session (SP9). The talk examined how polarization purity in dual-polarized phased arrays can be improved through the combined use of sequential rotation, differential feeding, and lenses, techniques of direct relevance to the high-performance radar and sensing systems at the core of PHARA’s research.