Since January 2018, AWPL is published in 12 monthly issues. Previously, there was only one volume published at the end of each year.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2025 AWPL Special Clusters:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates.
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Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2023 AWPL Special Clusters:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2022 AWPL Special Clusters:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2021 AWPL Special Clusters:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2020 AWPL Special Clusters:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL.
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We are pleased to announce the following 2019 AWPL Special Clusters:
Protential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions as for regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages technical content maximum and one reference page, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. The authors should indicate in the cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that the manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL.
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We are pleased to announce the following AWPL Special Clusters:
Protential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Antennas and Propagation for Future Transportation Systems". Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the most recent advances in antenna research. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by June 1, 2016, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster on "Antennas and Propagation for Future Transportation Systems".
Future Transportation Systems (FTS) are advanced applications which aim to provide innovative services relating to different modes of transport and enable various users to be better informed and safer. Compared with Intelligent Transportation Systems, which are mainly defined in the field of road transport, FTS refers to all modes of transport, such as railway, road, air, water, and space, and the field is divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Recent advances in FTS have led to requirements for improvements and enhancements to systems used for communications. As with any communication system, the performance is determined by the antenna system and propagation channel, and the design, testing, and improvement of the system hinges critically on our understanding of the antenna theory and propagation characteristics. The focus of this Special Cluster is to showcase a unified vision for FTS, including all modes of transport, with an emphasis on antennas and RF front ends, propagation, technology and measurement techniques, numerical methods, new applications, or other relevant aspects. More specifically, the guest editors encourage an emphasis in the following areas:
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Impact of user-related randomness on antennas and channels". The articles can deal with propagation studies and characterization/design of antennas and antenna systems and related system performance when the channel is affected by the randomness of close disturbing bodies and, in particular, by the user. This randomness can be caused by fixed or changing disturbances related to:
We especially welcome papers based on both theoretical and experimental works that:
Other related topics will also be considered.
In the early days of telecommunications, most antennas were considered as fixed installations, and their performance was determined in terms of their directivity and radiations patterns when the polarizations of the antennas on the transmitting and receiving sides were aligned. With the birth of satellite communications, there soon became a need for re-using the frequencies by polarization multiplexing, resulting in dual-polarized systems with an even stricter requirement on alignment (and on cross-polarization) in order to avoid interference between the two communication channels. Further, mobile communications resulted in random channels, owing to both fast Rayleigh fading (due to interfering multipaths) and slow shadow fading (due to variations in Line-of-Sight or dominant paths). Nowadays, wireless devices and base stations (access points) are used more and more in hugely differing contexts and environments for terminals (particularly in 4G and 5G networks). Therefore, there is very little control over what happens in their immediate vicinity. For that reason, the 4G LTE wireless standard has been designed to efficiently reduce the impact of fast fading by using both MIMO and OFDM. However, handling slow fading caused by user and other disturbances is still unaddressed. MIMO schemes and related digital signal processing techniques are already flexible enough to handle it, but there is a lack of characterization methods, implementations and demonstrations. Achieving a better understanding and developing standardized models of random joint antenna-channel variations will benefit 4G and 5G systems, especially for Gb/s transmission at mm-wave communications, for which the link instability is very high in changing environments. Vehicular communications are also a strong target, in order to support the upcoming driverless autonomous vehicles, among other needs.
Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the most recent advances in antenna research. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by March 1, 2016, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster on "Impact of user-related randomness on antennas and channels".
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Protential authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Graphene and Two-Dimensional Materials for Antenna Applications." Although graphene will be a primary focus, other emerging two- and quasi-two-dimensional materials, such as MoS2 and Black Phosphorous, are also of interest. Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the most recent advances in antenna research. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by October 1, 2015, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focused cluster on Graphene and Two-Dimensional Materials for Antenna Applications.
Historically, antennas were designed and constructed for frequencies below a few GHz, and constructed using metals. At these frequencies, typical metals can be well-approximated as perfect electrical conductors, and so much of the historical antenna literature has focused on metallic elements, often thin wires. However, a confluence of events has lead to the requirement for antennas operating at higher frequencies (e.g., THz and optical regimes, in which metals behave more like lossy dielectrics), for flexible antennas for, e.g., body-area networks, for integrated antennas in on-chip or on-board wireless applications, and for a host of other endeavors. These requirements generally demand a different set of materials and design techniques. Of particular interest are graphene and other two-dimensional materials, as they offer exciting possibilities regarding size, weight, system integration, and material response (e.g., tunability).
The objective of this special cluster of papers is to assemble and establish a body of work that will highlight current research involving the use of two-dimensional materials for advanced and novel antenna applications.
The focused cluster of papers will consider the latest in research in the following areas:
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Conformal Antennas and Arrays from New Advanced Materials". Materials of interest include Nanoinks, Phase-Change Materials, Graphene substances, Micro/Nano fibers, Bio-compatible materials, environmentally friendly composites/compounds and related materials. Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the latest and unique embodiments of antennas research. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by June 1, 2015, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focussed cluster on Conformal Antennas and Arrays from New Advanced Materials.
Historically, copper and PCB dielectrics have been used to manufacture the transmission lines, radiating portions and substrates of printed antennas and arrays. This has led to the development of a huge collection of antennas with capabilities well beyond some of the first printed microstrip patches introduced in the 1950s and 1960s. However, in modern communication systems, the demands on radio hardware and antennas is ever increasing. This is because new requirements of
To meet these more complicated demands, antenna designers are turning to materials not traditionally used in antenna and array designs, such as:
The objective of this cluster of papers is to assemble and establish a body of work that will bring to light current research on antennas with new advanced (non-traditional) materials.
The focused cluster of papers will consider the latest in research in the following areas:
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors with any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Transformation Electromagnetics". Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the latest Transformation Electromagnetics research. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by July 30, 2014, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focussed cluster on Transformation Electromagnetics.
Transformation Electromagnetics (TE) is a design technique that leverages the duality in Maxwell’s Equations between coordinate systems and material refractive index to enable complex electromagnetic (EM) behavior. By applying the principles of TE, many new and interesting components and devices have been predicted and verified to control EM waves, almost arbitrarily, by employing material systems that are, in general, inhomogeneous and anisotropic. This is a drastic divergence from the classical line of thought which is to rely purely on the shape of a device to achieve the same affect. Although new, this topic has been widely evaluated for applications in antennas, near- and far-field focusing lenses, optical components, and many more, including the almost ubiquitous electromagnetic cloak of invisibility.
Recent developments in Transformation Electromagnetics have helped to alleviate some of the implementation and performance struggles that many of the current materials systems (i.e., metamaterials) have. In particular, methods have been developed to eliminate either the inhomogeneous or anisotropic requirements of a materials system. Of course, many challenges still remain when realizing TE-based devices, such that this topic is currently of great interest to the research community.
The objective of this Special Cluster is to bring together current and emerging research performed by the antennas and propagation community in Transformation Electromagnetics. The Special Cluster will highlight the latest work in the subject area. It will include details on the design, simulations, fabricated implementation, and measurements of new TE devices and structures.
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
The Guest Editors hope you will consider submitting a manuscript for this highlighted focused cluster. This collection should prove to be a high profile outlet to disseminate your work and place it in context with a critical mass of work by other transformation electromagnetics researchers. Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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Wireless Body Area networks (WBANs) have existed for many decades: indeed, one of the first services of wireless communications, paging, had the receiver placed on the body of the paged persons. However, this last decade has seen a tremendous growth in services requesting a wireless communication or sensing node on or in the body of the user, and application fields range from military and rescue over medical to fashion and sports.
WBAN nodes and the related communication channels can be In-body (e.g., in implanted sensors), On-Body or Off-body (e.g., a base station); however, in all cases, the presence of the host body will greatly influence the link performances. The human body is hostile environment for an electromagnetic signal: it is lossy, inhomogeneous, and its characteristics may change from person to person. Also, the wearer needs to be protected from the potential hazards of exposure to electromagnetic fields (heat, etc.), limiting the power that can be used for WBAN links.
WBAN communication has created the need for dedicated efficient antennas, leading to many promising designs. The requirements for such antennas are, on the one hand, similar to classic mobile communication antennas, in the sense that they should be electrically small, lightweight and well-integrated with the communication device, as the frequency bands considered can be as low as 400 MHz. On the other hand, the specific environment of antennas for WBAN leads to an additional requirement: they should minimize the coupling of EM energy to the wearer, while maximizing the coupling to wanted the communication channel. Only in this way can both communication (e.g., radiation efficiency, data rate, range) and biological (e.g., specific absorption rate) features be optimized for a specific application.
The objective of this Focussed Cluster is to highlight current and emerging research in antennas for WBANs, as well as applications of this technology. The Cluster will bring together the latest work in antennas for In-, On- and Off- Body communication, but also consider the important aspect of SAR (specific absorption rate) estimation and measurement, wearable electronics, RFD tracking and sensing, and the influence of the channel on antenna design.
To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by August 31, 2014, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focussed cluster on Antennas for Wireless Body Area Networks. Manuscripts should conform to the requirements for regular papers as specified in the Information for Authors. Potential contributors may contact one of the Guest Editors by email (with the contact information provided below) to determine the suitability of their contribution to the special issue. All invited and contributed papers must be submitted through Manuscript Central and are subject to the usual page charges – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
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IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) announces a focused article cluster on "Compressive Sensing as applied to Electromagnetics". Articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the latest Compressive Sensing (CS) research, broadly understood, in the area of antennas and propagation. To be considered for this focused cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by August 30, 2014, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the focussed cluster on Compressive Sensing.
The focused cluster will specifically cover the current results and most advanced developments in the following CS areas:
Accordingly, prospective authors are invited to submit papers concerning the application and advancement of CS techniques as applied to Electromagnetic topics including, but not limited to:
The Guest Editors of this Focused Cluster are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
The Guest Editors hope you will consider submitting a manuscript for this highlighted focused cluster. This collection should prove to be a high profile outlet to disseminate your work and place it in context with a critical mass of work by other compressive sensing researchers. Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
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This Special Cluster welcomes articles featuring innovative work in these or related topics to terminal antenna systems for 4G and beyond. To be considered for this cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by Oct. 15, 2013 (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/awpl), and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers on Terminal Antenna Systems for 4G and Beyond.
Guest Editors of this Special Cluster of short manuscripts are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
The Guest Editors hope you will consider submitting a manuscript for this highlighted focus cluster. This collection should prove to be a high profile outlet to disseminate your work and place it in context with a critical mass of work by other terminal antenna researchers. Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL – page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
Submission Deadline: Oct. 15, 2013 (please submit 1-page abstract until July 21, 2013 for the joint workshop)
The evolution of wireless power and data telemetry technologies fueled by continued advances in electronic systems and miniaturization of antennas and components is rapidly changing the landscape of wireless medical devices in personal healthcare. This has lead to numerous applications in medical diagnostics and therapeutics ranging from in-vivo cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators to emerging devices in visual prosthesis, brain computer interfaces and body area networks for sensing oxygen, glucose, pH level, pressure, temperature and other medically useful quantities. These practical applications impose stringent requirements at all levels of design. One of the critical design requirements is the data telemetry due to the challenges associated with wireless power and data transfer within or to/from the human body. The performance tradeoffs depend on numerous factors, including but not limited to the operating range, power transmission efficiency, heat dissipation, power delivered to the load, device size, location in the body, body posture, data rate, frequency and bandwidth, system complexity and functionality, safety and regulatory standards. The increased interest in wireless medical applications has spurred engineers to reevaluate existing performance trade-offs and propose new devices. The impact on antennas and propagation for wireless power and data telemetry includes: novel antenna and coil designs, low power electronic front-ends, adaptive impedance matching, analysis and numerical techniques, signal propagation and interaction with biological tissues, and heat effects. We will welcome articles featuring innovative work in these or related topics to wireless power and data telemetry in medical applications. To be considered for this cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by October 15, 2012 (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/awpl), and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the Wireless Power and Data Telemetry for Medical Applications Cluster.
Guest Editors of this Special Cluster of short manuscripts on medical wireless power and data telemetry are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for any questions or to determine the suitability of their contribution for this special cluster.
The Guest Editors hope you will consider submitting a manuscript for this highlighted focus cluster. This collection should prove to be a high profile outlet to disseminate your work and place it in context with a critical mass of work by other wireless power and data telemetry researchers. Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL - page one is free, each subsequent page is $200.
Submission Deadline: Oct. 15th, 2012
First Decision by: Nov. 15th, 2012
Revised Manuscripts Deadline: Nov. 30th, 2012
Publication: December, 2012
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) recently introduced clusters, which are groups of letters on a selected topic. This call for papers is for a 2012 special cluster on the topic of microwave imaging in medicine. The accepted papers in this cluster will be published together along with an editorial, providing a focused collection of some of the latest microwave medical imaging research of interest to the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. To be considered for this cluster, please submit your article to AWPL by October 15, 2012 (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/awpl), and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is being submitted in response to the Call for Papers for the Microwave Medical Imaging Cluster.
The concept of using of non-ionizing microwave-frequency electromagnetic waves to image the human body has intrigued engineers and clinicians alike for several decades. Low-power microwaves can be used to sense the dielectric properties of human tissue in a low-cost manner that poses no health risk to the patient. Yet numerous challenges need to be overcome in order to achieve the promise of microwave imaging in a clinical setting. We welcome the submission of manuscripts discussing novel advances that show promise for moving microwave imaging technology towards clinical realization. Letters may examine theoretical and/or experimental issues, including topics ranging from image reconstruction algorithms to antenna elements and complete systems. Application to a specific medical imaging challenge must be briefly described.
The Guest Editors for this special cluster are as follows:
Prospective authors are welcome to contact the Guest Editors with questions.
Manuscripts should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication page charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL (no charge for the first page; subsequent pages are $200/page).
Submission Deadline: Oct. 15, 2012
First Decision: Nov. 15, 2012
Revised Manuscript Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2012
Final Decision: Dec. 15, 2012
Online publication: January 2013
"In Print" Publication of 2012 Issue: February 2013
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL) is introducing a series of focused article clusters. The topic of the first cluster is metamaterials. These articles will appear with an editorial in highlighted sections of the journal, providing a single location for some of the latest metamaterial research in the area of antennas and propagation. To be included in this focus cluster please submit your article to AWPL by 15 October, 2011, and clearly indicate in your cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief that your manuscript is in response to the special cluster on metamaterials call for papers.
The metamaterial concept has captured the imagination of a significant and growing pool of researchers from a wide range of fields, with the move toward practical applications perhaps most evident in the area of antennas and wireless propagation. The idea of using collections of sub-wavelength elements in a structured medium of three dimensions (volumetric metamaterials), two dimensions (meta-surfaces) and even one dimension (meta-wires) provides unprecedented control over medium properties. These mediums can have exotic properties, previously inaccessible, or common properties with uncommon control over spatial variation, polarization sensitivity and frequency dispersion. This expansion of the available parameter space of mediums has spurred engineers to reevaluate existing performance trade-offs and propose new devices. The impact on antennas and propagation includes: high impedance ground planes, engineered reflectance, matching and bandwidth enhancement, multiple-antenna interference reduction, compact resonators, transparent media and low aberration (high gain) refractive elements. In addition, resonator designs initially created for metamaterials have often been used singly or in small groups, as their characteristics became well understood and were found to be favorable. Analysis techniques, numerical methods and experimental characterization methods developed in metamaterial research have also migrated to engineering work not strictly incorporating metamaterials.
Guest Editors of this Special Cluster of short manuscripts on Metamaterials are:
Prospective authors are encouraged to contact the Guest Editors for any questions.
The Guest Editors hope you will consider submitting a manuscript for this highlighted focus cluster. This collection should prove to be a high profile outlet to disseminate your work and place it in context with a critical mass of work by other metamaterial researchers. Papers should be prepared following the same submission instructions of regular IEEE AWPL manuscripts (four-pages maximum, double-column, IEEE format), available via the Information for Authors page. Prospective authors should refer to the timeline below for key dates. The publication charges will be at the standard rates for AWPL - page one is free, each subsequent pages is $200.