Antenna Array Thinning Through Quantum Fourier Transform

Thinning antenna arrays through quantum Fourier transform (<italic>QFT</italic>) is proposed. Given the lattice of the candidate locations for the array elements, the problem of selecting which antenna location has to be either occupied or not by an array element is formulated in the quantum computing (<italic>QC</italic>) framework and then addressed with an <italic>ad-hoc</italic> design method based on a suitable implementation of the <italic>QFT</italic> algorithm. Representative numerical results are presented and discussed to point out the features and the advantages of the proposed <italic>QC</italic>-based thinning technique.

# Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering # Antenna array synthesis # quantum computing # quantum Fourier transform # thinned antenna array

Paolo Rocca, Nicola Anselmi, Giacomo Oliveri, et al. (2021). "Antenna Array Thinning Through Quantum Fourier Transform". IEEE Access. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3109938