Reflector Antenna Analysis using Physical Optics on Graphics Processing Units

The Physical Optics approximation is a widely used asymptotic method for calculating the scattering from electrically large bodies. It requires significant computational work and little memory, and is thus well suited for application on a Graphics Processing Unit. Here, we investigate the performance of an implementation and demonstrate that while there are some implementational pitfalls, a careful implementation can result in impressive improvements.

Publication: Proc. EuCAP 2014, The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Place: The Hague, The Netherlands