Millimeter-wave imaging with slab focusing lens made of electromagnetic-induction materials.

A slab focusing lens in this work has been designed, which consists of electromagnetic-induction materials (cage-shaped granules of conductor materials) and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) materials. A compound lens with a thickness of 32 mm is composed of two slab focusing lenses, and has a refractive index of 1.41 at 35 GHz. Millimeter-wave (MMW) images of metallic objects have been obtained with the compound lens. The image quality has been compared by means of the compound lens and the polyethylene lens. The experimental results show good feasibility of the compound lens in MMW imaging.