Fig. 1

Short backfire antenna geometry. a Model of hexagonal metamaterial-enabled A-SBFA. b Visualization of size comparison between A-SBFA and helical antenna currently used aboard GPS satellite, (complete helical array shown in inset)

Short backfire antenna geometry. a Model of hexagonal metamaterial-enabled A-SBFA. b Visualization of size comparison between A-SBFA and helical antenna currently used aboard GPS satellite, (complete helical array shown in inset)