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NQ6U
07-04-2013, 02:41 PM
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ISqKGSvA_2s/TLsKrjfTa8I/AAAAAAAABkQ/AODP7zvfr_I/s400/Curto_1191922_3D-figure_Qdot-YagiUda-antenna.JPG

Full article here. (http://www.2physics.com/2010/10/optical-nano-antenna-controls-single.html)

Works at the quantum level. I sure wish you could see the radiation pattern of an RF Yagi so easily.

9885

I wonder what ol' Hidetsugu would have thought of this?

K7SGJ
07-04-2013, 02:55 PM
Looks like a mornings dose of ludes.

KG4CGC
07-04-2013, 03:45 PM
Looks like a mornings dose of ludes.

D00d, yer old enough to know that l00ds are round and oft referred to as gorilla biscuits.

WX7P
07-04-2013, 03:50 PM
Looks like my mornings dose of ludes.

Fixed that for ya, Rata

WØTKX
07-04-2013, 03:55 PM
Wow, that's really interesting, scaling the Yagi down. Not surprising that it works, avoiding the issues of optics.