Current research is in progress on improving the efficiency of compact reflector antennas.
These antennas are required by numerous modern communication applications, such as television broadcast from satellites. Due to their relatively small sizes, their modeling requires rigorous electromagnetic techniques. This research effort is geared towards developing numerical and analytical design tools for such antennas, as well as generating innovative high-efficiency designs. In addition to the above topics, research is also focused on applying rigorous electromagnetic techniques to optical devices. Preliminary work done on modeling lenslets has established limits on the minimum dimensions required to assure acceptable lenslet operation, a result relevant to the miniaturization of optical components.