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PHARA researcher Gabriele Federico<\/a> represented the group at the\u00a026th Applied Electromagnetics Symposium (AES)<\/strong><\/a>, held in Sicily, Italy. The conference brought together researchers and engineers from across the world to discuss the latest advances in antennas and electromagnetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriele presented the paper\u00a0“Analysis of Polarization Purity in Dual-Polarized Phased Array Antennas”<\/strong>, work developed by PHARA postdoc\u00a0Pilar Castillo Tapia<\/a>, as part of the\u00a0Young Researchers in Antennas and Metasurfaces<\/em>\u00a0special 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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